The History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar, to the Revolution in 1688, Volumen8Christie & Son; Baldwin & Company; Sharpe & Son; Akerman; Smith & Company ... [and 40 others], 1819 |
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... garrison were seized with a panic , and fled with precipitation to London . The king , hoping that every thing would yield before him , advanced with his whole army to Reading . The parliament , who , instead of their fond expectations ...
... garrison were seized with a panic , and fled with precipitation to London . The king , hoping that every thing would yield before him , advanced with his whole army to Reading . The parliament , who , instead of their fond expectations ...
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... garrison of the king's which lay nearest to London , was esteemed a place of considerable strength in that age , when the art of attacking towns was not well understood in Europe , and was totally unknown in England . The earl of Essex ...
... garrison of the king's which lay nearest to London , was esteemed a place of considerable strength in that age , when the art of attacking towns was not well understood in Europe , and was totally unknown in England . The earl of Essex ...
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... garrison of Hull , was making progress in the southern parts of Yorkshire , he advanced with a body of four thou- sand men , and took possession of York . At Tadcaster , he attacked the forces of the parliament , and dislodged them ...
... garrison of Hull , was making progress in the southern parts of Yorkshire , he advanced with a body of four thou- sand men , and took possession of York . At Tadcaster , he attacked the forces of the parliament , and dislodged them ...
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... garrison , was surrendered to Waller , from the cowardice of colonel Price the governor . Tewkesbury underwent the same fate . Worcester refused him admit- tance ; and Waller , without placing any garrisons in his new conquests ...
... garrison , was surrendered to Waller , from the cowardice of colonel Price the governor . Tewkesbury underwent the same fate . Worcester refused him admit- tance ; and Waller , without placing any garrisons in his new conquests ...
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... garrison of two thousand five hundred foot , and two regiments , one of horse , another of dragoons . The fortifications not being complete or re- gular , it was resolved by prince Rupert to storm the city ; and next morning , with ...
... garrison of two thousand five hundred foot , and two regiments , one of horse , another of dragoons . The fortifications not being complete or re- gular , it was resolved by prince Rupert to storm the city ; and next morning , with ...
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action arms army assembly authority battle character Charles civil Clarendon clergy colonel commanded commissioners commons commonwealth conduct council council of officers courage court covenant covenanters Cromwel danger declared earl enemies engaged England English commonwealth English parliament enterprise entertained entirely Essex execution extremely Fairfax farther favour forces friends garrison honour hopes horse house of peers intrusted Ireland Irish king king's kingdom laws levied liament liberty London long parliament lord measures ment military monarchy Monk Montrose nation never obliged officers Ormond parlia parliamentary party peace person possessed presbyterians pretended prevailed prince Rupert principles prisoner professions protector regard religion resolved restoration royal cause royalists Rushw Rushworth Scotland Scots Scottish seemed self-denying ordinance sent siege Sir Edward Walker Sir Harry Vane soldiers soon sovereign spirit success thought Thurloe tion treaty troops usurpation valour victory VIII violence voted Waller Whitlocke whole William Waller zeal
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Página 172 - Mark, child! what I say: They will cut off my head! and perhaps make thee a king: But mark what I say, thou must not be a king, as long as thy brothers Charles and James are alive. They will cut off thy brothers' heads, when they can catch them! And thy head too they will cut off at last! Therefore, I charge thee, do not be made a king by them!
Página 173 - It will soon carry you a great way. It will carry you from earth to heaven, and there you shall find, to your great joy, the prize to which you hasten, a crown of glory.
Página 9 - I do promise, in the presence of Almighty God, and as I hope for his blessing and protection, that I will, to the utmost of my power, defend and maintain the true reformed protestant religion, established in the church of England, and, by the grace of God, in the same will live and die.
Página 316 - He placed his soldiers in the streets which led to Westminster Hall. When the speaker came in his coach, he ordered the horses to be turned, and very civilly conducted him home. The other members were in like manner intercepted. And the two regiments in Palace-yard, observing that they were exposed to derision, peaceably retired to their quarters. A little before this bold enterprise, a solemn fast had been kept by the army; and it is remarked, that this ceremony was the usual prelude to every signal...
Página 241 - I have sought the Lord night and day, that He would rather slay me than put me upon the doing of this work.
Página 208 - Lord, vouchsafe yet to touch the obdurate heart of this proud incorrigible sinner, this wicked, perjured, traitorous, and profane person, who refuses to hearken to the voice of thy kirk...
Página 86 - Merchiston, son of the famous inventor of the logarithms, the person to whom the title of GREAT MAN is more justly due, than to any other whom his country ever produced. There was in Scotland another party, who professing equal attachment to the king's service, pretended only to differ with Montrose about the means of attaining the same end; and of that party, Duke Hamilton was the leader. This nobleman had cause to be extremely devoted to the king, not only by reason of the...
Página 301 - ... with equal facility both the riches of the south and the poverty of the north; to be feared and courted by all foreign princes, and adopted a brother...
Página 64 - ... authority of the priestly office : the fanaticism of the independents, exalted to a higher pitch, abolished ecclesiastical government, disdained creeds and systems, neglected every ceremony, and confounded all ranks and orders. The soldier, the merchant, the mechanic, indulging the fervours of zeal, and guided by the illapses of the spirit, resigned himself to an inward and superior direction, and was consecrated, in a manner, by an immediate intercourse and communication with heaven.
Página 241 - You are no longer a parliament : I tell you, you are no longer a parliament. The Lord has done with you : he has chosen other instruments for carrying on his work." Sir Harry Vane exclaiming against this proceeding, he cried with a loud voice, " O! sir Harry Vane, sir Harry Vane! the Lord deliver me from sir Harry Vane !" Taking hold of Martin by the cloak, " Thou art a whore-master,