Oliver CromwellLongmans, Green, 1925 - 319 páginas |
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Términos y frases comunes
accept action amongst appointed Army Council asked attempt authority brought cause cavalry Charles Charles's Church clergy command Commonwealth constitutional Crom Cromwell Cromwell's Crown danger declared defence demand discipline doubt Dunkirk elected enemy England English Englishmen episcopacy established Fairfax favour followed force France garrison hands hath hope horse Instrument interests Ireland Ireton King King's kingdom Lambert land leaders least Lilburne Long Parliament Lord Manchester ment military militia mind Model Army monarchy nation negotiation never Newcastle Propositions officers Oliver OLIVER CROMWELL Oliver's ordinance Parlia Parliament Parliamentary Parliamentary supremacy party passed peace person political Presbyterian proposal Protector Protestant Puritan question refused regiments religion religious liberty resistance Robert Lilburne Royalist SAMUEL RAWSON GARDINER scheme Scotland Scots Scottish Scottish army secure Self-Denying Ordinance sent settlement soldiers Spain spirit tectorate tion toleration took troops Vane victory vote Westminster whilst words wrote
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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 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...
Página 12 - I knew not, very ordinarily apparelled ; for it was a plain cloth suit which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor ; his linen was plain, and not very clean, and I remember a speck or two of blood upon his little band, which was not much larger than his collar ; his hat was without a hatband ; his stature was of a good size ; his sword stuck close to his side ; his countenance swollen and reddish ; his voice sharp and untunable, and his eloquence full of fervour.
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.
Página 200 - Yet much remains To conquer still ; Peace hath her victories No less renowned than War ; new foes arise, Threatening to bind our souls with secular chains. Help us to save free conscience from the paw Of hireling wolves, whose Gospel is their maw.
Página 271 - O'er all the Italian fields, where still doth sway The triple tyrant ; that from these may grow A hundredfold, who, having learnt thy way, Early may fly the Babylonian woe.
Página 290 - And thus to be a seeker is to be of the best sect next to a finder; and such an one shall every faithful humble seeker be at the end. Happy seeker, happy finder!
Página 65 - I have given you a true, but not a full account of this great business ; wherein he that runs may read, That all this is none other than the work of God. He must be a very Atheist that doth not acknowledge it.
Página 175 - I meddle not with any man's conscience. But if by liberty of conscience, you mean a liberty to exercise the mass, I judge it best to use plain dealing, and to let you know, where the parliament of England have power that will not be allowed of.
Referencias a este libro
Cromwell: An Honourable Enemy : the Untold Story of the Cromwellian Invasion ... Tom Reilly Vista de fragmentos - 1999 |