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What aud how great are the interests which connect themselves with the hope
that England may yet attain to some practical belief and understanding of its
History during the Seventeenth Century, need not be insisted on at present ; such
hope ...
What aud how great are the interests which connect themselves with the hope
that England may yet attain to some practical belief and understanding of its
History during the Seventeenth Century, need not be insisted on at present ; such
hope ...
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Oliver Cromwell, afterwards Protector of the Commonwealth of England, .was
born at Huntingdon, in St. John's Parish there, on the 25th of April, 1599.
Christened on the 29th of the same month ; as the old Parish-registers of that
Church still ...
Oliver Cromwell, afterwards Protector of the Commonwealth of England, .was
born at Huntingdon, in St. John's Parish there, on the 25th of April, 1599.
Christened on the 29th of the same month ; as the old Parish-registers of that
Church still ...
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... was indubitably either the ninth, or the tenth, or some other fractional part of
half a cousin to Charles Stuart King of England. 1. First child (seemingly), Joan,
baptized 24th September, 1592 ; she died in 1000 (Noble, i., 88). 2. Elizabeth,
14th ...
... was indubitably either the ninth, or the tenth, or some other fractional part of
half a cousin to Charles Stuart King of England. 1. First child (seemingly), Joan,
baptized 24th September, 1592 ; she died in 1000 (Noble, i., 88). 2. Elizabeth,
14th ...
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Edward Whalley, the famed ' Colonel,' and Henry Whalley, ' the Judge-Advocate'
(wretched biographies of these two, Noble, pp. 141, 143-56). Colonel Whalley
and Colonel Goff, after the Restoration, fled to New England, lived in ' caves ...
Edward Whalley, the famed ' Colonel,' and Henry Whalley, ' the Judge-Advocate'
(wretched biographies of these two, Noble, pp. 141, 143-56). Colonel Whalley
and Colonel Goff, after the Restoration, fled to New England, lived in ' caves ...
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Protector of England and Thomas Mauler of Monasteries is not henceforth to be
doubted. Another indubitable thing is, That this Richard, your Nephew most
bounden, has signed himself in various Law-deeds and Notarial papers still
extant, ...
Protector of England and Thomas Mauler of Monasteries is not henceforth to be
doubted. Another indubitable thing is, That this Richard, your Nephew most
bounden, has signed himself in various Law-deeds and Notarial papers still
extant, ...
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Page 437 - The Lord said unto my Lord : Sit thou at my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool. The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion : rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power ; in the beauties of holiness, from the womb of the morning : thou hast the dew of thy youth.
Page 448 - Is it therefore infallibly agreeable to the Word of God, all that you say? I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken.
Page 188 - NOT UNTO us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake.
Page 448 - In that day shall the Lord of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people...
Page 539 - Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name. 133 Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. 134 Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.
Page 109 - I came into the House one morning, well clad, and perceived a gentleman speaking, whom 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...
Page 169 - 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.
Page 97 - You know what my manner of life hath been. Oh, I lived in and loved darkness, and hated the light. I was a chief, the chief of sinners.
Page 542 - And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields: shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife ? a,9 thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.
Page 424 - What can we say to these things ! If God be for us, who can be against us?
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| Title | Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches: Including the Supplement to the First Edition. With Elucidations, Volume 1 Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches: Including the Supplement to the First Edition. With Elucidations, Oliver Cromwell |
| Author | Oliver Cromwell |
| Editor | Thomas Carlyle |
| Publisher | Harper & brothers, 1859 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 5 Jun 2007 |
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