 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson - 1871 - 341 Seiten
...way and the colonel was his substitute. " O Lord," petitioned stout Sir Jacob Astley, at Edgehill, " thou knowest how busy I must be this day ; if I forget thee, do not thou forget me ! " — after which he rose up, crying, " March on, boys ! " And as the Puritans had_ not the monopoly... | |
 | Frances M. Wilbraham - 1871
...well be learnt by many whose calling gives them not the leisure that appertains to women : ' O Lord, Thou knowest how busy I must be this day, if I forget Thee, do not Thou forget me.' When the ' Show Troop,' as Lord Bernard Stuart's regiment was nicknamed, had joined Prince Rupert,... | |
 | Frederic Festus Kelly - 1873 - 271 Seiten
...and so old Sir Jacob Astley knelt down, whilst his men stood in line of battle, and said, " O LORD, Thou knowest how busy I must be this day. If I forget Thee, do not Thou forget me." Then rising, he gave the word to advance, and forward the brave old soldier went with his men, in the... | |
 | 1876
...death, your King will bear you company." Lord Lindsey's prayer before the battle is famous, " О Lord, Thou knowest how busy I must be this day. If I forget Thee, do not Thou forget me. March on, boys ! " The descent on the village of Radway is short, but very steep. At the northern angle,... | |
 | Charles Carroll Bombaugh - 1874 - 864 Seiten
...prayer, which he says was that of Lord Ast-lcy, before he charged at Edge-hill. It ran thus: "O Lord, thou knowest how busy I must be this day; if I forget thee, do not thou forget me." And Hume adds, "There were certainly much longer prayers in the Parliamentary army, but I doubt if... | |
 | E S. P - 1874
...lock. LOED ASHLEY, before he charged at the battle of Edge Hill, made this short prayer : — " O Lord, Thou knowest how busy I must be this day : if I forget Thee, do not Thou forget me." No man can hinder our private addresses to God : every man can build a chapel in his breast, himself... | |
 | James Hogg, Florence Marryat - 1874
...characteristic prayer of the old Royalist general before the battle — '0 Lord, Thou knowest liow busy I must be this day. If I forget Thee, do not Thou forget me. — March on, my boys !, The Leamington season begins about the 1st of January, and continues until... | |
 | 1874 - 319 Seiten
...excellent, pious, short and soldierly prayer. Lifting his hands and eyes to heaven, he said, " O God, Thou knowest how busy I must be this day. If I forget Thee, oh, do not Thou forget me." And with that he rose up, crying, " March on, boys." At the onset, fiery... | |
 | 1875
...prayer, which he says was that of Lord Astley, before he charged at Edge-hill. It ran thus: "0 Lord, thou knowest how busy I must be this day; if I forget thee, do not thou forget me."- And Hume adds, " There were certainly much longer prayers in the Parliamentary army, but I doubt if... | |
 | John Newman Edwards - 1877 - 488 Seiten
...Lord Astley made at Edgehill, which battle was fought between Charles 1. and the Puritans: "Oh! Lord, thou knowest how busy I must be this day. If I forget Thee, do not Thou forget me. March on, boys!" Like Coffee, Cockrell also recruited a regiment. Captain J.. O. Shelby — only a... | |
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