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... Drogheda , and here his Irish career began with an incident of unhappy fame . Modern re- search adds little in the way either of correction or of amplification to Cromwell's own story . He arrived before Drogheda on September 3rd , the ...
... Drogheda , and here his Irish career began with an incident of unhappy fame . Modern re- search adds little in the way either of correction or of amplification to Cromwell's own story . He arrived before Drogheda on September 3rd , the ...
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... Drogheda massacre . Its perpetrator himself felt at the first moment when the heat of action " had passed that it needed justification . " Such actions , " he says , " cannot but work remorse and regret , " unless there be satisfactory ...
... Drogheda massacre . Its perpetrator himself felt at the first moment when the heat of action " had passed that it needed justification . " Such actions , " he says , " cannot but work remorse and regret , " unless there be satisfactory ...
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... Drogheda , of the friars who were knocked on the head promis- cuously , and of the officers who were killed in cold blood , not a single victim was likely to have had part or lot in the Ulster atrocities of 1641. More than one ...
... Drogheda , of the friars who were knocked on the head promis- cuously , and of the officers who were killed in cold blood , not a single victim was likely to have had part or lot in the Ulster atrocities of 1641. More than one ...
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... Drogheda . " Indeed it hath , not without cause , been set upon our hearts , that we , intending better to this place than so great a ruin , hoping the town might be of more use to you and your army , yet God would not have it so ; but ...
... Drogheda . " Indeed it hath , not without cause , been set upon our hearts , that we , intending better to this place than so great a ruin , hoping the town might be of more use to you and your army , yet God would not have it so ; but ...
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... Drogheda had been treated like a defeated garrison at Bristol , Bridge- water , or Reading . At Clonmel , which came last , the resistance was most obdurate of all . The bloody lesson of Drogheda and Wexford had not been learned . They ...
... Drogheda had been treated like a defeated garrison at Bristol , Bridge- water , or Reading . At Clonmel , which came last , the resistance was most obdurate of all . The bloody lesson of Drogheda and Wexford had not been learned . They ...
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Page 427 - Lord, 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...
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Page 144 - 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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