Oliver CromwellLongmans, Green, and Company, 1901 - 319 páginas |
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... practical sense of the warrior and statesman . Of Oliver's father little is known ; but his portrait testifies that he was a man of sober Puritanism , not much given to any form of spiritual enthusiasm -- very unlike his elder brother ...
... practical sense of the warrior and statesman . Of Oliver's father little is known ; but his portrait testifies that he was a man of sober Puritanism , not much given to any form of spiritual enthusiasm -- very unlike his elder brother ...
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... practical object of forwarding repression in Ireland or protection to the Houses at Westminster . Though he was far from being a wealthy man , he con- tributed £ 600 to the projected campaign in Ireland , and another £ 500 to the ...
... practical object of forwarding repression in Ireland or protection to the Houses at Westminster . Though he was far from being a wealthy man , he con- tributed £ 600 to the projected campaign in Ireland , and another £ 500 to the ...
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... practical satisfaction of the demands of the material world . 1 When on October 23 , 1642 , the first battle of the war was fought at Edgehill , Cromwell's troop was one of the few not swept away by Rupert's headlong charge , probably ...
... practical satisfaction of the demands of the material world . 1 When on October 23 , 1642 , the first battle of the war was fought at Edgehill , Cromwell's troop was one of the few not swept away by Rupert's headlong charge , probably ...
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... practical grounds . How was he to fight the enemy , unless he could choose his officers for their military efficiency , and not for their Presbyterian opinions ? The Major- General of Manchester's army - Crawford , a Scot of the ...
... practical grounds . How was he to fight the enemy , unless he could choose his officers for their military efficiency , and not for their Presbyterian opinions ? The Major- General of Manchester's army - Crawford , a Scot of the ...
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... practical nature taught him , was only attainable by the destruction of the military defences in which Charles trusted . That those defences were the ram- parts of the city of destruction , he never doubted for an instant . Writing in ...
... practical nature taught him , was only attainable by the destruction of the military defences in which Charles trusted . That those defences were the ram- parts of the city of destruction , he never doubted for an instant . Writing in ...
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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...
Página 271 - AVENGE, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold ; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones...
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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Página 44 - Sir, the State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their opinions ; if they be willing faithfully to serve it, — that satisfies.
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