Oliver Cromwell and His TimesSherwood, Neely and Jones, 1822 - 588 Seiten |
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... Enemies - Anecdote of Admiral Blake and his Seamen in Spain - Treaties with Holland , Denmark , and Portugal - High Tone of Cromwell with those Nations and the Rest of the Continent - Singular Conclusion of the Por- tuguese Treaty ...
... Enemies - Anecdote of Admiral Blake and his Seamen in Spain - Treaties with Holland , Denmark , and Portugal - High Tone of Cromwell with those Nations and the Rest of the Continent - Singular Conclusion of the Por- tuguese Treaty ...
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... enemy , will seem only to prove that his genius , as every one knows is not uncommon , had in it a consi- derable dash of versatility . But , when the same author gravely recounts his depredations upon orchards and dove - cotes - while ...
... enemy , will seem only to prove that his genius , as every one knows is not uncommon , had in it a consi- derable dash of versatility . But , when the same author gravely recounts his depredations upon orchards and dove - cotes - while ...
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... enemies may have advanced , irreproachable ; and his religious dis- tinguished , if at all , by its excess . Throughout this long period , it is probable that his mind , not yet awakened to its superior energies by events of much more ...
... enemies may have advanced , irreproachable ; and his religious dis- tinguished , if at all , by its excess . Throughout this long period , it is probable that his mind , not yet awakened to its superior energies by events of much more ...
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... enemies , a member pro- phetically remarked : " I fear not foreign ene- mies ; God send us peace at home . " The famed Petition of Right was next contemplated , and * Rushworth . Hist . Collect . Charles's assent to it hardly wrung from ...
... enemies , a member pro- phetically remarked : " I fear not foreign ene- mies ; God send us peace at home . " The famed Petition of Right was next contemplated , and * Rushworth . Hist . Collect . Charles's assent to it hardly wrung from ...
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... £ 120 , ) which he had formerly won by gambling , to the losers . Of the truth of this account , since his enemies join in its relation , there cannot be a doubt and who will contend , that to restore 60 OLIVER CROMWELL ,
... £ 120 , ) which he had formerly won by gambling , to the losers . Of the truth of this account , since his enemies join in its relation , there cannot be a doubt and who will contend , that to restore 60 OLIVER CROMWELL ,
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affairs afterward appears army assembly authority Bishop Burnet Broghill Buonaparte cause Charles chief civil command commissioners Commons commonwealth conduct constitution Council Court Crom Cromwell Cromwell's crown death declared desire Earl effect endeavour enemies England English equally execution Fairfax favour forces former friends give hand hath Henry Henry Cromwell honour horse House Ireland Ireton judge justice King King's kingdom late letter liament liberty Lieutenant-general London Long Parliament Lord Broghill Lord Clarendon Lord Protector Lordship Ludlow Majesty ment military mind monarch nation neral ness never noble observed occasion officers Oliver Parlia Parliament party perhaps period person petition political possessed Presbyterians present Prince proceeded racter reign religious resolved restoration Richard Richard Cromwell royal royalists Scotland Scots sent shew sion Sir Thomas Fairfax sovereign spirit things thought throne tion took treaty troops unto Whitehall Whitelock whole
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Seite 286 - The Lord at thy right hand: Shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath. He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies : He shall wound the heads over many countries.
Seite 117 - I raised such men as had the fear of God before them, and made some conscience of what they did, and from that day forward, I must say to you, they were never beaten, and wherever they were engaged against the enemy they beat continually...
Seite 149 - Peace. But this I would recommend to your prudence, Not to insist upon any complaint or oversight of any Commander-inchief upon any occasion whatsoever ; for as I must acknowledge myself guilty of oversights, so I know they can rarely be avoided in military affairs.
Seite 392 - And was it fit for them to sit heavy upon others? Is it ingenuous to ask liberty, and not to give it? What greater hypocrisy than for those who were oppressed by the Bishops to become the greatest oppressors themselves, so soon as their yoke was removed...
Seite 117 - are most of them old decayed serving men, and tapsters and such kind of fellows and,' said I, 'their troops are gentlemen's sons, younger sons and persons of quality. Do you think that the spirits of such base and mean fellows will ever be able to encounter gentlemen that have honour and courage and resolution in them?
Seite 263 - And if he were not the greatest king, if he were without some parts and qualities which have made some kings great and happy, no other prince was ever unhappy who was possessed of half his virtues and endowments, and so much without any kind of vice.
Seite 336 - I have sought the Lord night and day, that He would rather slay me than put me upon the doing of this work.
Seite 136 - III. We shall with the same sincerity, reality and constancy, in our several vocations, endeavour with our estates and lives mutually to preserve the rights and privileges of the Parliaments, and the liberties of the kingdoms...
Seite 394 - It is an easy thing to talk of Necessities when men create Necessities : would not the Lord Protector make himself great and his family great ? Doth not he make these Necessities ? And then he will come upon the People with his argument of Necessity !" — This were something hard indeed. But I have not yet known what it is to " make Necessities," whatsoever the thoughts or judgments of men are.
Seite 389 - I HAVE CAUSED A STOP TO BE PUT TO YOUR ENTRANCE INTO THE PARLIAMENT HOUSE.