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When, by the end of April, he had cleared the shires of the association from
hostile forces, he made his way into Lincolnshire, and called on the neighbouring
military commanders of his own party to join him in an attack on the Royalist
garrison ...
When, by the end of April, he had cleared the shires of the association from
hostile forces, he made his way into Lincolnshire, and called on the neighbouring
military commanders of his own party to join him in an attack on the Royalist
garrison ...
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Of his four sons, two had already passed away : — Robert, leaving behind him a
memory of unusual piety, had died in his schoolboy days ; whilst Oliver, who had
charged and fled at Edgehill had lately succumbed to small-pox in the garrison ...
Of his four sons, two had already passed away : — Robert, leaving behind him a
memory of unusual piety, had died in his schoolboy days ; whilst Oliver, who had
charged and fled at Edgehill had lately succumbed to small-pox in the garrison ...
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Goring attempted to guard the western counties ; but after this the war resolved
itself into a succession of sieges which could end but in one way, as Charles had
no longer a field army to bring to the relief of Royalist garrisons. For some months
...
Goring attempted to guard the western counties ; but after this the war resolved
itself into a succession of sieges which could end but in one way, as Charles had
no longer a field army to bring to the relief of Royalist garrisons. For some months
...
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The greatest part of the common soldiers," he wrote, " especially of the foot, were
ignorant men of little religion, abundance of them such as had been taken
prisoners or turned out of garrisons under the King, and had been soldiers in his
army ...
The greatest part of the common soldiers," he wrote, " especially of the foot, were
ignorant men of little religion, abundance of them such as had been taken
prisoners or turned out of garrisons under the King, and had been soldiers in his
army ...
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They plainly showed me," complained Baxter, " that they thought God's
providence would cast the trust of religion and the Kingdom upon them as
conquerors ; they made nothing of all the most wise and godly in the armies and
garrisons that ...
They plainly showed me," complained Baxter, " that they thought God's
providence would cast the trust of religion and the Kingdom upon them as
conquerors ; they made nothing of all the most wise and godly in the armies and
garrisons that ...
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Página 276 - So dear to Heaven is saintly chastity That, when a soul is found sincerely so, A thousand liveried angels lackey her, Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt...
Página 200 - Hast reared God's trophies, and his work pursued ; While Darwen stream, with blood of Scots imbrued, And Dunbar field, resounds thy praises loud, And Worcester's laureate wreath...
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Página 64 - 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.
Página 314 - Then," exclaimed the dying man, " I am safe ; for I know that I was once in grace." He then turned round, and prayed aloud "Lord," he said, "though I am a miserable and wretched creature, I am in covenant with Thee through grace ; and I may, I will, come to Thee, for thy people ! Thou hast made me, though very unworthy, a mean instrument to do them some good, and Thee service; and many of them have set too high a value upon me, though others wish, and would be glad of my death ; but, Lord, however...
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| Título | Oliver Cromwell |
| Autor | Samuel Rawson Gardiner |
| Editor | Longmans, Green, and Company, 1901 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 4 Oct. 2007 |
| Largo | 319 páginas |
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