Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches: With Elucidations, Volume 3Chapman and Hall, 1850 - Great Britain |
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... reason to alter that notion by and by ! C Wooden Ludlow gives note of another very singular inter- view he himself had with Cromwell , ' a little after , ' in those same days or hours . Cromwell whispered him in the House ; they agreed ...
... reason to alter that notion by and by ! C Wooden Ludlow gives note of another very singular inter- view he himself had with Cromwell , ' a little after , ' in those same days or hours . Cromwell whispered him in the House ; they agreed ...
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... reason of the wetness of the weather , that we expected the Enemy would make an infall upon us . Which accordingly they did , between three and four of the clock this morning ; with fifteen of their most select troops , under the com ...
... reason of the wetness of the weather , that we expected the Enemy would make an infall upon us . Which accordingly they did , between three and four of the clock this morning ; with fifteen of their most select troops , under the com ...
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... reason , I hear , that they give out to their people why they do not fight us , is , Because they expect many bodies of men more out of the North of Scotland ; which when they come , they give out they will then engage . But I believe ...
... reason , I hear , that they give out to their people why they do not fight us , is , Because they expect many bodies of men more out of the North of Scotland ; which when they come , they give out they will then engage . But I believe ...
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... reason for Lesley to lie steadily within his Line here . Lodged in Bruchton Village , ' which means Broughton , now a part of Edinburgh New Town ; there in a cautious solid < 6 " * Newspapers ( in Cromwelliana , pp . 85 , 6 ) . Sir ...
... reason for Lesley to lie steadily within his Line here . Lodged in Bruchton Village , ' which means Broughton , now a part of Edinburgh New Town ; there in a cautious solid < 6 " * Newspapers ( in Cromwelliana , pp . 85 , 6 ) . Sir ...
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... reason of the bogs and other difficulties . We drew up our cannon , and did that day discharge two or three hundred great shot upon them ; a consider- able number they likewise returned to us : and this was all that passed from each to ...
... reason of the bogs and other difficulties . We drew up our cannon , and did that day discharge two or three hundred great shot upon them ; a consider- able number they likewise returned to us : and this was all that passed from each to ...
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Page 9 - The Lord at thy right hand: Shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath. He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies : He shall wound the heads over many countries. He shall drink of the brook in the way : Therefore shall he lift up the head.
Page 8 - 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 26 - But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way ; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink ; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
Page 26 - 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 418 - For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children : that the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born ; who should arise and declare them to their children, that they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments.
Page 346 - This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God, having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
Page 25 - 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 342 - Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
Page 253 - You have sat too long here for any good you have been doing. Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!
Page 41 - If your forces had been in a readiness to have fallen upon the back of Copperspath, it might have occasioned supplies to have come to us. But the only wise God knows what is best. All shall work for Good. Our spirits are comfortable, praised be the Lord — though our present condition be as it is. And indeed we have much hope in the Lord ; of whose mercy we have had large experience.