Oliver Cromwell: A PlayHoughton Mifflin, 1921 - 96 pages |
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Amen AMOS TANNER arms army Bassett better Bless brave BRIDGET and IRETON BRIDGET CROMWELL BRIDGET goes BRIDGET returns Carisbrooke Charles Cousin John cries of Yea CROMWELL comes Cromwell rising CROMWELL'S house diligence door Earl of Bedford Edgehill Elizabeth England Fairfax faith fear fellow gentlemen give grandmother heard heart Henry Ireton Herrick horse IRETON go Ironsides John Hampden King King's labourers land lessons liberty look Lord of Bedford ma'am Majesty knows Mayor Methuselah Mill Hill mind mother move Naseby Neal Noes numbers OLIVER CROMWELL Oliver's ourselves Parliament Pemberton poor praise reading remember Remonstrance SCENE CLOSES SCENE Scotland scout Second Agent serve SETH TANNER ship money sing sire sits Skippon speak Speaker Spilsby Staines stand Star Chamber Sulby sure Surgeon tell tent opening Thank There's things think father to-day to-morrow to-night truly Warwickshire Westminster Whalley Whitehall window word
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Page 70 - O praise the LORD, all ye nations : praise him, all ye people. For his merciful kindness is great toward us : and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD.
Page 91 - GARDEN How vainly men themselves amaze To win the palm, the oak, or bays, And their incessant labours see Crown'd from some single herb or tree, Whose short and narrow-verged shade Does prudently their toils upbraid; While all the flowers and trees do close To weave the garlands of Repose.
Page 11 - A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine : Who sweeps a room, as for Thy laws, Makes that and th
Page 18 - The Lord, ye know, is God indeed ; Without our aid he did us make : We are his flock, he doth us feed, And for his sheep he doth us take.
Page 94 - The Lord cause His face to shine upon you, and comfort you in all your adversities ; and enable you to do great things for the glory of your Most High God, and to be a relief unto His people. My dear son, I leave my heart with thee. A good night !' — and therewith sank into her long sleep.
Page 70 - 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 69 - Sir, this is none other but the hand of God; and to Him alone belongs the glory, wherein none are to share with Him.
Page 18 - The LORD, ye know, is GOD indeed ; Without our aid He did us make : We are His flock, He doth us feed, And for His sheep He doth us take.
Page 71 - That when I saw the Enemy draw up and march in gallant order towards us, 'and we a company of poor ignorant men, to seek how to order our battle, — the General having commanded me to order all the Horse, — I could not, riding alone about my business, but smile out to God in praises, in assurance of victory, because God would, by things that are not, bring to naught things that are. Of which I had great assurance ; and God did it.
Page 96 - Thy instruments, to depend more upon Thyself. Pardon such as desire to trample upon the dust of a poor worm, for they are Thy People too. And pardon the folly of this short Prayer : — Even for Jesus Christ's sake. And give us a good night, if it be Thy pleasure. Amen.