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... object by coming to terms with the King , especially as the army leaders were prepared to make concessions to Charles's re- ligious scruples . Claiming freedom for themselves in matters of conscience , they were ready to concede it in ...
... object by coming to terms with the King , especially as the army leaders were prepared to make concessions to Charles's re- ligious scruples . Claiming freedom for themselves in matters of conscience , they were ready to concede it in ...
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... object of his ambition , and to have received the memorable reply : " No one rises so high as he who knows not whither he is going " . To Sir John Berkeley , an ardent Royalist , Cromwell explained that the army asked only ' to have ...
... object of his ambition , and to have received the memorable reply : " No one rises so high as he who knows not whither he is going " . To Sir John Berkeley , an ardent Royalist , Cromwell explained that the army asked only ' to have ...
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... object of forcing the Houses to con- demn the eleven members who were again stirring , and of crushing the discontent which was simmering amongst the City population . Happily the mere threat of force had been sufficient , and ...
... object of forcing the Houses to con- demn the eleven members who were again stirring , and of crushing the discontent which was simmering amongst the City population . Happily the mere threat of force had been sufficient , and ...
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... objects for which they had shed their blood wrenched from them by a Scottish invasion , was peculiarly offensive . In the army all quarrels were hushed and all offences pardoned in face of the obvious danger . What was more , the ...
... objects for which they had shed their blood wrenched from them by a Scottish invasion , was peculiarly offensive . In the army all quarrels were hushed and all offences pardoned in face of the obvious danger . What was more , the ...
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... object against which his energies were to be directed . He had contended first against irresponsible monarchical power , then in turn against military anarchy , Presbyterian tyranny , the political supremacy of the army , and abstract ...
... object against which his energies were to be directed . He had contended first against irresponsible monarchical power , then in turn against military anarchy , Presbyterian tyranny , the political supremacy of the army , and abstract ...
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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...
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.
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