Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain...: With Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Their Lives and Actions, 6. kötetHarding and Lepard, 1835 |
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... horse within a very few days after ; for the Lord Grandison , by the miscarriage of orders , was exposed at too great a distance from the army with his single regiment of horse consisting of three hundred , and a regiment of two hundred ...
... horse within a very few days after ; for the Lord Grandison , by the miscarriage of orders , was exposed at too great a distance from the army with his single regiment of horse consisting of three hundred , and a regiment of two hundred ...
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... horse , that never charged till they touched the enemies ' horses ' head . " How far these two accounts may be reconcileable , it is needless here to inquire ; thus much however is certain that on the twenty - fifth of that month , the ...
... horse , that never charged till they touched the enemies ' horses ' head . " How far these two accounts may be reconcileable , it is needless here to inquire ; thus much however is certain that on the twenty - fifth of that month , the ...
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... Horse . " In the spring of 1643 Prince Rupert , their commander , marched from the banks of the Severn , where he had been for several weeks quartered , towards the northern coast , to meet the Queen , who had lately landed there from ...
... Horse . " In the spring of 1643 Prince Rupert , their commander , marched from the banks of the Severn , where he had been for several weeks quartered , towards the northern coast , to meet the Queen , who had lately landed there from ...
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... horse . There are four thousand foot more raised , they saie : two thousand by my Lord Strange ; one thousand by Sir Thomas Salisburie ; and twelve hundred by Sir Edward Stradling ; all which will be here within a few days . This is a ...
... horse . There are four thousand foot more raised , they saie : two thousand by my Lord Strange ; one thousand by Sir Thomas Salisburie ; and twelve hundred by Sir Edward Stradling ; all which will be here within a few days . This is a ...
5. oldal
... horse . He returned with the King to Oxford , and , on the eighth of June 1643 , was advanced to the dignity of Earl of Sunderland . He was at that time assisting Prince Rupert in the reduction of Bristol , which he left in the ...
... horse . He returned with the King to Oxford , and , on the eighth of June 1643 , was advanced to the dignity of Earl of Sunderland . He was at that time assisting Prince Rupert in the reduction of Bristol , which he left in the ...
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affairs affection afterwards appointed army became Buckingham castle character Charles Church command Council Court covenanters Cranfield Crown daughter death died dignity DUKE OF HAMILTON Earl of Arundel Earl of Denbigh Earl of Essex Earl of Holland eldest endeavours enemy engaged England estates father favour favourite force France friends Goring GRACE hath heir Henry honour horse House of Commons House of Peers James King King's kingdom lady late Laud length letter London Long Parliament Lord Capel Lord Clarendon Majesty marched Marquis married master means memoir military Montrose never noble nobleman occasion ORIGINAL OF VANDYKE Oxford Parliament party passed passion Peers person presently Prince Privy Queen rebels received religion says Lord Clarendon scarcely Scotland Scots Scottish shew Sir Edward Walker soon succeeded thought thousand pounds tion tonnage and poundage treaty troops unto Viscount wilbe William WILLIAM LAUD
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9. oldal - His stature was low, and smaller than most men ; his motion not graceful, and his aspect so far from inviting, that it had somewhat in it of simplicity ; and his voice the worst of the three, and so untuned that instead of reconciling-, it offended the ear, so that nobody would have expected music from that tongue ; and sure no man was ever less beholden to nature for its recommendation into the world.
9. oldal - Falkland ; a person of such prodigious parts of learning and knowledge, of that inimitable sweetness and delight in conversation, of so glowing 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.