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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3. oldal
... marched northward , with a force of horse , and raised the siege of Newark ; and then , to use the words of Lloyd , “ brought , in his dextrous way of marching horse , several supplies , through the thickest of his enemies , to Oxford ...
... marched northward , with a force of horse , and raised the siege of Newark ; and then , to use the words of Lloyd , “ brought , in his dextrous way of marching horse , several supplies , through the thickest of his enemies , to Oxford ...
6. oldal
... 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 Holland , and , on his way , seized the virulently disaffected town ...
... 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 Holland , and , on his way , seized the virulently disaffected town ...
5. oldal
... marched with Charles into Northamptonshire , and , on the twenty - third , when the King's guards , in the battle of Edgehill , besought his Majesty to permit them to quit his person , and to charge in the front of the army , threw ...
... marched with Charles into Northamptonshire , and , on the twenty - third , when the King's guards , in the battle of Edgehill , besought his Majesty to permit them to quit his person , and to charge in the front of the army , threw ...
7. oldal
... marched across the country , hanging on the rear of the King's army , which was on its way from Shrewsbury to London . A sharp rencounter , in which a strong detachment of his troops was routed near Worcester by a party under Prince ...
... marched across the country , hanging on the rear of the King's army , which was on its way from Shrewsbury to London . A sharp rencounter , in which a strong detachment of his troops was routed near Worcester by a party under Prince ...
8. oldal
... marched with renewed spirits towards London , followed closely by Charles , who sought to bring him to a general engage- ment , and succeeded . This severe action , distinguished as " the first battle of Newbury , " confirmed his ...
... marched with renewed spirits towards London , followed closely by Charles , who sought to bring him to a general engage- ment , and succeeded . This severe action , distinguished as " the first battle of Newbury , " confirmed his ...
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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.