The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England: Together with an Historical View of the Affairs of Ireland, Volume 3University Press, 1849 - Great Britain |
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... of horse and dragoons to attend him , who moved from place to place with as great success as speed , 22 Waller takes Hereford , but is repulsed before Worcester -29 . 21 sir A. Aston is wounded at Reading . ( 1643. )
... of horse and dragoons to attend him , who moved from place to place with as great success as speed , 22 Waller takes Hereford , but is repulsed before Worcester -29 . 21 sir A. Aston is wounded at Reading . ( 1643. )
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... after him , himself with a few servants came to Oxford to attend the king , whom he found gone towards Reading . 35 28 State of the king's garrison at Reading ; -34 . 27 puts it under the care of colonel Baggot . ( 1643. )
... after him , himself with a few servants came to Oxford to attend the king , whom he found gone towards Reading . 35 28 State of the king's garrison at Reading ; -34 . 27 puts it under the care of colonel Baggot . ( 1643. )
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... attend the success of the treaty ; resolving , if it succeeded not , to try the utmost again for their redemption ; but all men heartily praying for liberty to march off upon the treaty , the next day these articles were agreed on : 36 ...
... attend the success of the treaty ; resolving , if it succeeded not , to try the utmost again for their redemption ; but all men heartily praying for liberty to march off upon the treaty , the next day these articles were agreed on : 36 ...
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... attend it which they knew would be most grateful to them , appeared now without any fruit ; the king had all his forces and army entire , and had only lost a town that he never meant to keep , and which they knew not what to do with ...
... attend it which they knew would be most grateful to them , appeared now without any fruit ; the king had all his forces and army entire , and had only lost a town that he never meant to keep , and which they knew not what to do with ...
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... attend , to favour their retreat . 77 But the alarum had been brought to the earl of Essex from all the quarters , who quickly gathered those troops together which were nearest ; and directed those to fol- low the prince , and to ...
... attend , to favour their retreat . 77 But the alarum had been brought to the earl of Essex from all the quarters , who quickly gathered those troops together which were nearest ; and directed those to fol- low the prince , and to ...
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Page 185 - Falkland ; a person of such prodigious parts of learning and knowledge, of that inimitable sweetness and delight in conversation, of so flowing and obliging a humanity and goodness to mankind, and of that primitive simplicity and integrity of life, that if there were no other brand upon this odious and accursed civil war, than that single loss, it must be most infamous and execrable to all posterity.
Page 197 - When there was any overture, or hope of peace, he would be more erect and vigorous, and exceedingly solicitous to press any thing which he thought might promote it; and sitting among his friends, often, after a deep silence and frequent sighs, would, with a shrill and sad accent, ingeminate the word peace, peace...
Page 217 - God, endeavour in our several places and callings, the preservation of the reformed religion in the Church of Scotland, in doctrine, worship, discipline and government, against our common enemies ; the reformation of religion in the kingdoms of England and Ireland, in doctrine, worship, discipline and government, according to the Word of God. and the example of the best reformed Churches...
Page 68 - Afterwards, he retired to a more reserved and melancholy society, yet preserving his own natural cheerfulness and vivacity, and above all, a flowing courtesy to all men...
Page 219 - ... all the days of our lives, zealously and constantly continue therein, against all opposition, and promote the same according to our power, against all lets and impediments whatsoever. And what we are not able ourselves to suppress or overcome, we shall reveal and make it known, that it may be timely prevented or removed ; all which we shall do as in the sight of God.
Page 198 - In the morning before the battle, as always upon action, he was very cheerful, and put himself into the first rank of the lord Byron's regiment, who was then advancing upon the enemy, who had lined the hedges on both sides with musketeers ; from whence he was shot with a musket in the lower part of the belly, and in the instant falling from his horse, his body was not found till the next morning; till when, there was some hope he might have been a prisoner ; though his nearest friends, who knew his...
Page 260 - Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master? Should it not be with the heads of these men? 5. Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
Page 70 - ... courage equal to his best parts ; so that he was an enemy not to be wished wherever he might have been made a friend, and as much to be apprehended, where he was so, as any man could deserve to be ; and therefore his death was no less pleasing to the one party, than it was condoled in the other.
Page 188 - He was superior to all those passions and affections which attend vulgar minds, and was guilty of no other ambition than of knowledge, and to be reputed a lover of all good men ; and that made him too much a contemner of those arts which must be indulged in the transactions of human affairs.
Page 239 - And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had built, and the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cup-bearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the Lord, there was no more spirit in her.