Oliver Cromwell and the ProtectorateT. Nelson, 1848 - 304 Seiten |
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... hope for sleep , when suddenly the curtains of his bed were slowly withdrawn by a gigantic figure which bore the aspect of a woman , and which , gazing at him silently for a while , told him that he should , before his death , be the ...
... hope for sleep , when suddenly the curtains of his bed were slowly withdrawn by a gigantic figure which bore the aspect of a woman , and which , gazing at him silently for a while , told him that he should , before his death , be the ...
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... hope ; and here the promise seemed well based . Charles I. was in the vigour of youth , at the age of twenty- five ; with morals seemingly uncontaminated by the cor- ruptions of a court , and many amiable traits of genial af- fection ...
... hope ; and here the promise seemed well based . Charles I. was in the vigour of youth , at the age of twenty- five ; with morals seemingly uncontaminated by the cor- ruptions of a court , and many amiable traits of genial af- fection ...
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... hope , however , is also necessarily one of jealous watchfulness against encroachments ; and neither Charles nor the Eng- lish nation understood then how strangely at variance were the tendencies of the King , nursed into bigoted faith ...
... hope , however , is also necessarily one of jealous watchfulness against encroachments ; and neither Charles nor the Eng- lish nation understood then how strangely at variance were the tendencies of the King , nursed into bigoted faith ...
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... hope of future change . Southey congratulates the Church on this fortunate occurrence , since it rendered the transition from Popery to Protestantism so easy . It was only putting off the evil day however , and Charles perished in the ...
... hope of future change . Southey congratulates the Church on this fortunate occurrence , since it rendered the transition from Popery to Protestantism so easy . It was only putting off the evil day however , and Charles perished in the ...
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... hope and confidence , -thinks , nay , is sure , that " when Cromwell wrote that letter he was rather thinking of the parliament that must be summoned soon , and the place he was likely to succeed in standing for ; " while less ingenious ...
... hope and confidence , -thinks , nay , is sure , that " when Cromwell wrote that letter he was rather thinking of the parliament that must be summoned soon , and the place he was likely to succeed in standing for ; " while less ingenious ...
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afterwards already altogether army assembly called Carlyle cause cavalry Charles chief Christian Church command Commonwealth Commonwealth of England court Covenant Crom Cromwell's Letters crown death despotic divine Duke of Savoy duties Earl Edinburgh enemy England English English Commonwealth Essex evidence faith favour force Forster genius Hampden hands hath heart Henry Cromwell Hinchinbrook honest honour hope House of Commons House of Peers Huntingdon Ireland Ireton judge King King of Scots King's leaders Letters and Speeches liberty London long parliament Lord Protector ment mercy monarch nation noble officers Oliver Cromwell once parlia parliamentary party passed peace person popular Presbyterian Prince Prince Rupert Protestant proved Puritan religion republican royal royalist Rupert says scarcely scene Scotland Scots Scottish seemed sent soldiers spirit Stuart summoned sword things thought tion unto Vane victory Westminster wherein Whitehall Whitelocke whole worthy
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Seite 289 - Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. 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.
Seite 192 - GREAT men have been among us ; hands that penned And tongues that uttered wisdom — better none : The later Sidney, Marvel, Harrington, Young Vane, and others who called Milton friend. These moralists could act and comprehend : They knew how genuine glory was put on ; Taught us how rightfully a nation shone In splendour : what strength was, that would not bend But in magnanimous meekness.
Seite 67 - This done, he makes through a number of people towards his coach, all gazing, no man capping to him, before whom that morning the greatest of England would have stood discovered, all crying. What is the matter ? he said, A small matter, I warrant you...
Seite 186 - I have sought the Lord night and day, that He would rather slay me than put me upon the doing of this work.
Seite 225 - I was by birth a gentleman ; living neither in any considerable height, nor yet in obscurity. I have been called to several employments in the nation : To serve in...
Seite 301 - Land ! For all the broken-hearted The mildest herald by our fate allotted, Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand Into the land of the great Departed, Into the Silent Land ! L
Seite 291 - WE receive this child into the congregation of Christ's flock, * and do sign him with the sign of the cross, in token that hereafter he shall not be ashamed to confess the faith of Christ crucified, and manfully to fight under his banner, against sin, the world, and the Devil, and to continue Christ's faithful soldier and servant unto his life's end.
Seite 133 - ... we were to search all that went in and out there ; but as he looked like an honest man, we would only search his saddle and so dismiss him.
Seite 120 - Being commanded by you to this service, I think myself bound to acquaint you with the good hand of God towards you and us. We marched yesterday after the King, who went before us from Daventry to Harborough ; and quartered about six miles from him. This day we marched towards him. He drew-out to meet us; both Armies engaged. We, after three -hours...
Seite 36 - Building of hospitals provides for men's bodies; to build material temples is judged a work of piety; but they that procure spiritual food, they that build up spiritual temples, they are the men truly charitable, truly pious.