The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England: Together with an Historical View of the Affairs of Ireland, 3. kötetUniversity Press, 1849 |
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... hundred ; the fortifications were very mean to endure a formed siege , being made only to secure a winter quarter , and never intended for a standing garrison . And it is very true , that it was resolved at a council of war at Oxford ...
... hundred ; the fortifications were very mean to endure a formed siege , being made only to secure a winter quarter , and never intended for a standing garrison . And it is very true , that it was resolved at a council of war at Oxford ...
21. oldal
... hundred foot into the town , but received advertise- ment from thence of the governor's hurt , and that they must expect to be relieved within a week , beyond which time they should not be able to hold out . How ill the king was ...
... hundred foot into the town , but received advertise- ment from thence of the governor's hurt , and that they must expect to be relieved within a week , beyond which time they should not be able to hold out . How ill the king was ...
22. oldal
... hundred soldiers , besides the inhabitants well armed ; yet , without the loss of one man on either side , to the admiration of all who then heard it or have ever since heard of it , he persuaded them fairly to give up the town , and ...
... hundred soldiers , besides the inhabitants well armed ; yet , without the loss of one man on either side , to the admiration of all who then heard it or have ever since heard of it , he persuaded them fairly to give up the town , and ...
23. oldal
... hundred horse and dragoons , and six or seven hundred foot , marched towards Litchfield ; which if he could reduce , and settle there a garrison for the king , lay most convenient for that northern communication ; and would with it ...
... hundred horse and dragoons , and six or seven hundred foot , marched towards Litchfield ; which if he could reduce , and settle there a garrison for the king , lay most convenient for that northern communication ; and would with it ...
64. oldal
... hundred prisoners , and seven cornets of horse , and four ensigns of foot , with most of the men he carried from thence ; some few excepted , who had been killed in the action , whereof some were of name . 78 And the prince presented ...
... hundred prisoners , and seven cornets of horse , and four ensigns of foot , with most of the men he carried from thence ; some few excepted , who had been killed in the action , whereof some were of name . 78 And the prince presented ...
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able advance ammunition amongst arms believed Bristol cannon castle charge church colonel command commissioners commons condition consent Cornwall council courage court covenant declared defend desired discourse earl of Antrim earl of Essex enemy enemy's engaged England expected farther garrison Gloucester governor hath honour hope horse and foot house of peers houses of parliament hundred inclined Ireland jealousy king king's army kingdom kingdom of England knew letters likewise London lord Digby lord Hopton lord Wilmot majesty majesty's marquis ment never Newbury night officers Oxford party pass peace persons persuaded present preserve prince Maurice prince Rupert prisoners provisions quarters raised Ralph Hopton reason rebels received regiment religion reputation resolution resolved retire returned Scotland Scots sent siege sir William Waller soever soldiers supply taken thence thing thither thought thousand tion town trained bands treaty troops trust victuals VIII whereof whilst
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185. oldal - Falkland ; a person of such prodigious parts of learning and knowledge, of that inimitable sweetness and delight in conversation, of so flowing and obliging a humanity and goodness to mankind, and of that primitive simplicity and integrity of life, that if there were no other brand upon this odious and accursed civil war, than that single loss, it must be most infamous and execrable to all posterity.
197. oldal - When there was any overture, or hope of peace, he would be more erect and vigorous, and exceedingly solicitous to press any thing which he thought might promote it; and sitting among his friends, often, after a deep silence and frequent sighs, would, with a shrill and sad accent, ingeminate the word peace, peace...
217. oldal - God, endeavour in our several places and callings, the preservation of the reformed religion in the Church of Scotland, in doctrine, worship, discipline and government, against our common enemies ; the reformation of religion in the kingdoms of England and Ireland, in doctrine, worship, discipline and government, according to the Word of God. and the example of the best reformed Churches...
68. oldal - Afterwards, he retired to a more reserved and melancholy society, yet preserving his own natural cheerfulness and vivacity, and above all, a flowing courtesy to all men...
219. oldal - ... all the days of our lives, zealously and constantly continue therein, against all opposition, and promote the same according to our power, against all lets and impediments whatsoever. And what we are not able ourselves to suppress or overcome, we shall reveal and make it known, that it may be timely prevented or removed ; all which we shall do as in the sight of God.
198. oldal - In the morning before the battle, as always upon action, he was very cheerful, and put himself into the first rank of the lord Byron's regiment, who was then advancing upon the enemy, who had lined the hedges on both sides with musketeers ; from whence he was shot with a musket in the lower part of the belly, and in the instant falling from his horse, his body was not found till the next morning; till when, there was some hope he might have been a prisoner ; though his nearest friends, who knew his...
260. oldal - Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master? Should it not be with the heads of these men? 5. Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
70. oldal - ... courage equal to his best parts ; so that he was an enemy not to be wished wherever he might have been made a friend, and as much to be apprehended, where he was so, as any man could deserve to be ; and therefore his death was no less pleasing to the one party, than it was condoled in the other.
188. oldal - He was superior to all those passions and affections which attend vulgar minds, and was guilty of no other ambition than of knowledge, and to be reputed a lover of all good men ; and that made him too much a contemner of those arts which must be indulged in the transactions of human affairs.
239. oldal - And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had built, and the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cup-bearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the Lord, there was no more spirit in her.