Oliver CromwellFrancis Lister Hawks James S. Dickerson, 1856 - 330 Seiten |
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... nights in dissolute company , at the taverns , brothels , and gaming - houses , polluting his heart and wasting his vigor and substance in play , riot , and de- bauch . The two or three years passed by Cromwell in London , between the ...
... nights in dissolute company , at the taverns , brothels , and gaming - houses , polluting his heart and wasting his vigor and substance in play , riot , and de- bauch . The two or three years passed by Cromwell in London , between the ...
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... night all London was illuminated to cele brate the occasion , and the populace rejoiced greatly at their triumph in the great man's death . The Long Parliament continued its sweeping re- forms . The Parliament was declared perpetual ...
... night all London was illuminated to cele brate the occasion , and the populace rejoiced greatly at their triumph in the great man's death . The Long Parliament continued its sweeping re- forms . The Parliament was declared perpetual ...
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... night , and until near the dawn of the next morning . For fourteen hours the question was agitated with great warmth , and the dis- cussion became so stormy , that had it not been for the conciliatory management of the patriot Hamp- den ...
... night , and until near the dawn of the next morning . For fourteen hours the question was agitated with great warmth , and the dis- cussion became so stormy , that had it not been for the conciliatory management of the patriot Hamp- den ...
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... without venturing on either side to renew the attack , and they re- mained under arms on the field of battle during the whole night without striking a blow . All , soldier as well as officer , seemed averse to renew a.
... without venturing on either side to renew the attack , and they re- mained under arms on the field of battle during the whole night without striking a blow . All , soldier as well as officer , seemed averse to renew a.
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... night put an end to the action , and left the victory unde- cided . On the morning after , Essex pursued his march , much harassed by the King's forces in his rear , but reached London in safety , where he was re- ceived with ...
... night put an end to the action , and left the victory unde- cided . On the morning after , Essex pursued his march , much harassed by the King's forces in his rear , but reached London in safety , where he was re- ceived with ...
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Seite 275 - ... with equal facility both the riches of the south and the poverty of the north; to be feared and courted by all foreign princes, and adopted a brother to the gods of the earth; to call together parliaments with a word of his pen.
Seite 44 - You know what my manner of life hath been. Oh, I lived in and loved darkness, and hated the light. I was a chief, the chief of sinners. This is true; I hated godliness, yet God had mercy on me.
Seite 263 - I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. 12 I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. 13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Seite 199 - I think it my duty to tell you that it is not for the profit of these Nations, nor for common and public good, for you to continue here any longer. And therefore I do declare unto you, That I do dissolve this Parliament.
Seite 275 - ... and to command them victoriously at last ; to over-run each corner of the three nations, and overcome with equal facility both the riches of the south and the poverty of the north ; to be feared and courted by all...
Seite 210 - AVENGE, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold ; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones, Forget not ; in thy book record their groans Who were thy sheep, and in their ancient fold Slain by the bloody Piedmontese, that rolled Mother with infant down the rocks.
Seite 66 - My lords, I have now troubled your lordships a great deal longer than I should have done. Were it not for the interest of these pledges, which a saint in heaven left me, I should be loth...
Seite 68 - Sir, my consent shall more acquit you herein to God than all the world can do besides. To a willing man there is no injury done, and as by God's grace I forgive all the world with a calmness and meekness of infinite contentment to my dislodging soul, so Sir, to you I can give the life of this world with all the cheerfulness imaginable, in the just acknowledgment of your exceeding favours...
Seite 276 - ... his disposal, as was the little inheritance of his father, and to be as noble and liberal in the spending of them; and lastly (for there is no end of all the particulars of his glory) to bequeath all this with one word to his posterity ; to die with peace at home, and triumph abroad ; to be buried among kings, and with more than regal solemnity ; and to leave a name behind him, not to be extinguished but with the whole world ; which, as it is now too little for his praises, so might have been...
Seite 65 - I believe him to be still that grand apostate to the Commonwealth, who must not expect to be pardoned in this world till he be despatched to the other.