The Great Civil War of the Times of Charles I and CromwellH.G. Bohn, 1852 - 279 oldal |
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8. oldal
... condition , that for the new Covenant should be substituted that of King James . At the same time , a national assembly and a parlia- ment were fixed , to discuss freely all questions in dispute . With these concessions the clergy and ...
... condition , that for the new Covenant should be substituted that of King James . At the same time , a national assembly and a parlia- ment were fixed , to discuss freely all questions in dispute . With these concessions the clergy and ...
9. oldal
... conditions before proposed at Edin- burgh by Hamilton , the miserable armistice known in the history of the time as the Pacification of Berwick . It was a fatal hour for England , when - whoever might be its true author - the attempt ...
... conditions before proposed at Edin- burgh by Hamilton , the miserable armistice known in the history of the time as the Pacification of Berwick . It was a fatal hour for England , when - whoever might be its true author - the attempt ...
12. oldal
... condition to chastise the invaders . Vain were all his exertions : in spite of threats and blandishments , he was borne back upon York , leaving the northern counties in the undisputed possession of the enemy . No longer able to forego ...
... condition to chastise the invaders . Vain were all his exertions : in spite of threats and blandishments , he was borne back upon York , leaving the northern counties in the undisputed possession of the enemy . No longer able to forego ...
15. oldal
... condition of the kingdom , aggravated all the particulars which had been done amiss in the government , as done and contrived maliciously , and upon deliberation , to change the whole frame , and to deprive the nation of all the liberty ...
... condition of the kingdom , aggravated all the particulars which had been done amiss in the government , as done and contrived maliciously , and upon deliberation , to change the whole frame , and to deprive the nation of all the liberty ...
21. oldal
... man with conscious intellectual power , shaded by suffering and a just sensibility to his condition - harmonized well both with his past greatness and his present misfortunes . The effect is described as STRAFFORD . 21.
... man with conscious intellectual power , shaded by suffering and a just sensibility to his condition - harmonized well both with his past greatness and his present misfortunes . The effect is described as STRAFFORD . 21.
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already answer appeared appointed arms army Ashburnham attended authority battle Berkley Bevil Grenvil brought Castle cause cavalry charge Charles Charles's church Colonel command commissioners consent courage court covenant Covenanters Cromwell Cromwell's declared defence desire despatched Donnington Castle Earl Earl of Newcastle effect enemy engaged England Essex Fairfax farther favour followed foot force friends garrison Hammond Hampden hands Holdenby honour horse House of Commons immediately instantly Ireland Ireton king king's kingdom London Lord loyalty majesty Marquess Marquess of Newcastle military Montrose negotiations Newcastle officers Oxford parliament parliamentarians party passed peace person petition Presbyterians present Prince Rupert prisoners proceeded proposed propositions queen raised rebels received refused regiment religion replied republican resolved retired royal royalists Scotland Scots sent side siege Sir John Sir John Gell soldiers solemn sovereign Strafford success surrender sword town treason treaty troops victory vote Waller Westminster whole
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280. oldal - So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are : for blood it defileth the land : and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
103. 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.
99. oldal - We the inhabitants, magistrates, officers, and soldiers, within this garrison of Gloucester, unto his majesty's gracious message return this humble answer : That we do keep this city, according to our oaths and allegiance, to and for the use of his majesty and his royal posterity : and do accordingly conceive ourselves 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.
25. oldal - Certainly," says Whitlocke,** with his usual candor, "never any man acted such a part, on such a theatre, with more wisdom, constancy, and eloquence, with greater reason, judgment, and temper, and with a better grace in all his words and actions, than did this great and excellent person; and he moved the hearts of all his auditors, some few excepted, to remorse and pity.
177. oldal - Honest men served you faithfully in this action. Sir, they are trusty : I beseech you, in the name of God, not to discourage them. I wish this action may beget thankfulness and humility in all that are concerned in it. He that ventures his life for the liberty of his country, I wish he trust God for the liberty of his conscience, and you for the liberty he fights for.
104. oldal - ... engaged his person in those troops, which he thought by the forwardness of the commanders to be most like to be farthest engaged : and in all such encounters he had about him an extraordinary cheerfulness, without at all affecting the execution that usually attended them ; in which he took no delight...
104. 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...
276. oldal - Sir," said he, addressing the speaker, " if any man whatsoever have carried on this design of deposing the king, and disinheriting his posterity, or if any man have still such a design, he must be the greatest traitor and rebel in the world; but since the providence of God has cast this upon us, I cannot but submit to Providence, though I am not yet prepared to give you my advice.
115. oldal - Get thee gone, thou cursed book, which hast seduced so many precious souls ; get thee gone, thou corrupt rotten book ! Earth to earth and dust to dust. Get thee gone into the place of rottenness, that thou mayest rot with thy author, and see corruption.
30. oldal - I beheld on Tower-hill the fatal stroke which severed the wisest head in England from the shoulders of the Earl of Strafford, whose crime coming under the cognizance of no human law, or statute, a new one was made, not to be a precedent, but his destruction.