 He was a strong man," so intimates Charles Harvey, who knew him: "in the dark perils of war, in the high places of the field, hope shone in him like a pillar of fire, when it had gone out in all the others.  The Works of Lord Morley ... - Page 292by John Morley - 1921Full view - About this book
 | 1847 - 436 pages
...man, (we quote from Carlyle's Cromwell), ' so intimates John Maidstone, who knew him,' in the dark perils of war, in the high places of the field, hope...in him like a pillar of fire, when it had gone out ia all the others."1 A mile and a half to the east of Dunbar, a rivulet or burn flows from the Doon... | |
 | Anna Maria Hall - 1847 - 862 pages
...(we quote from Carlyle's Cromwell),' so intimate John Maidstone, who knew him,' in the dark peril, of war, in the high places of the field, hope shone in liim like a pillar of fire, when it had gone out in all ti= others." 1 A mile and a half to the east... | |
 | Sir Daniel Wilson - Great Britain - 1848 - 334 pages
...Underwood, one of his own attendants, who knew him well; " in the dark perils of war, in the high-places of the field, hope shone in him like a pillar of fire, when it had gone out in all the others." At three o'clock on the morning of the 3d of September, Cromwell ordered a strong reconnoitering... | |
 | J. T. Headley - American essays - 1850 - 320 pages
...overthrow seems certain, he evinces no discouragement or fear, for " he was a strong man in the dark perils of war ; in the high places of the field, hope...pillar of fire when it had gone out in all others." A. letter he writes to the governor of Newcastle, on the eve of this battle, is so characteristic, and... | |
 | J. T. Headley - Europe - 1850 - 284 pages
...overthrow seems certain, he evinces no discouragement or fear, for "he was a strong man in the dark perils of war; in the high places of the field, hope...pillar of fire when it had gone out in all others." A letter he writes to the governor of Newcastle, on the eve of this battle, is so characteristic, and... | |
 | Oliver Cromwell, Thomas Carlyle - Great Britain - 1850 - 472 pages
...business of the hour. ' He was a strong man,' so intimates Charles Harvey, who knew him : ' in the dark perils of war, in the high ' places of the field,...like a pillar of fire, ' when it had gone out in all the others.'1 A genuine King among men, Mr. Harvey. The divinest sight this world sees, — when it... | |
 | Sherman B. Canfield - 1850 - 212 pages
...in the high placos of the field," and amid the tremendous labors and trials of the Protectorate, " hope shone in him like a pillar of fire when it had gone out in all the others. " His grandest resolves, his most wonderful exhibitions of intuitive genius, and his greatest... | |
 | Edward Yates - Military art and science - 1853 - 290 pages
...was in a critical position ; but says Charles Harvey, who knew him, " He was a strong man in the dark perils of war, in the high places of the field hope...like a pillar of fire when it had gone out in all the others." Here then there was a man capable of exciting and sustaining the confidence of his army.... | |
 | Guizot (M., François) - Great Britain - 1854 - 516 pages
...repeated by all who stood near him. " He was a strong man," says one of his contemporaries ; "in the dark perils of war, in the high places of the field, hope...like a pillar of fire, when it had gone out in all the others." Enthusiasm is as contagious as discouragement; the English charged with redoubled vigour... | |
 | François Guizot - Great Britain - 1854 - 512 pages
...repeated by all who stood near him. " He was a strong man," says one of his contemporaries ; "in the dark perils of war, in the high places of the field, hope...like a pillar of fire, when it had gone out in all the others." Enthusiasm is as contagious as discouragement ; the English charged with redoubled vigour... | |
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