The Pythouse Papers: Correspondence Concerning the Civil War, the Popish Plot, and a Contested Election in 1680. Transcribed from Mss. in the Possession of V.F. Benett-StanfordWilliam Ansell Day Bickers, 1879 - 105 Seiten |
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... action of time , brought them to accept of leave to depart , that is , to disband without their arms or any carriage or baggage . Thus he relieved Newark , and took about 4,000 arms , 11 pieces of brass cannon , two mortar pieces , and ...
... action of time , brought them to accept of leave to depart , that is , to disband without their arms or any carriage or baggage . Thus he relieved Newark , and took about 4,000 arms , 11 pieces of brass cannon , two mortar pieces , and ...
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... for expostulation , and for argument had passed , the hour of action had arrived , and Cavalier and Roundhead alike discarded all qualms as to the abstract justice of their cause , when engaged in struggle for xviii INTRODUCTION .
... for expostulation , and for argument had passed , the hour of action had arrived , and Cavalier and Roundhead alike discarded all qualms as to the abstract justice of their cause , when engaged in struggle for xviii INTRODUCTION .
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... action proved himself to be a gallant gentleman as well as a loyal subject . His strength had , however , been miscalculated ; he did not command the love of his inferiors ; he should have possessed the influence which great estates and ...
... action proved himself to be a gallant gentleman as well as a loyal subject . His strength had , however , been miscalculated ; he did not command the love of his inferiors ; he should have possessed the influence which great estates and ...
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... action Lord Derby was the first man to take a colour from the enemy ; at Marston he three times rallied his men and led them to the charge , and after that defeat he took refuge in the Isle of Man which he held for the Crown , and ...
... action Lord Derby was the first man to take a colour from the enemy ; at Marston he three times rallied his men and led them to the charge , and after that defeat he took refuge in the Isle of Man which he held for the Crown , and ...
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... action . In council , he used few , but very pertinent words ; and was not at all pleased with the long speeches usually made there , and which rather confounded than informed his understanding ; so that he rather collected the ends of ...
... action . In council , he used few , but very pertinent words ; and was not at all pleased with the long speeches usually made there , and which rather confounded than informed his understanding ; so that he rather collected the ends of ...
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Seite xxxii - ... wholly bound to obey the commands of his majesty, signified by both houses of parliament : and are resolved, by God's help, to keep this city accordingly.
Seite viii - I have eaten his bread, and served him near thirty years, and will not do so base a thing as to forsake him; and choose rather to lose my life (which I am sure I shall do) to preserve and defend those things which are against my conscience to preserve and defend : for I will deal freely with you, I have no reverence for the bishops, for whom this quarrel [subsists.]" It was not a time to dispute; and his affection to the church had never been suspected.
Seite lxiii - Though the loss of Bristol be a great blow to me, yet your surrendering it as you did is of so much affliction to me, that it makes me not only forget the consideration of that place, but is likewise the greatest trial of my constancy that hath yet befallen me ; for what is to be done, after one that is so near me as you are, both in blood and friendship, submits himself to so mean an action.
Seite xx - O Lord, thou knowest how busy I must be this day. If I forget thee, do not thou forget me," And with that rose up and cried, "March on, boys!
Seite lxxxvi - That the lords and commons are of opinion, that there hath been, and still is, a damnable and hellish plot, contrived and carried on by the Popish recusants, for assassinating the king, for subverting the government, and for rooting out and destroying the Protestant religion.".
Seite ix - For let occasion be never so handsome, unless a man were resolved to fight on the parliament side, which, for my part, I had rather be hanged, it will be said, without doubt, that a man is afraid to fight. If there could be an expedient found to salve the punctilio of honor, I would not continue here an hour.
Seite xiii - ... war, could make him swerve from the most precise rules of it ; and of that rare piety and devotion, that the court, or camp, could not shew a more faultless person, or to whose example young men might more reasonably conform themselves.
Seite viii - I do not like the quarrel, and do heartily wish that the king would yield and consent to what they desire; so that my conscience is only concerned in honour and in gratitude to follow my master. I have eaten his bread, and served him near thirty years, and will not do so base a thing as to forsake him; and choose rather to lose my life (which I am sure I shall do) to preserve and defend...
Seite xlii - York be relieved, and you beat the rebels' armies of both kingdoms which are before it, then, but otherwise not, I may possibly make a shift, upon the defensive, to spin out time until you come to assist me: Wherefore I command...