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... reason to suppose that See above , Vol . III , p . 593 , 594 . This appears from a speech of Cromwel to a body of one hun- dred officers , who waited on him in February 1657 , to remonstrate I. it was not sufficiently in conformity with ...
... reason to suppose that See above , Vol . III , p . 593 , 594 . This appears from a speech of Cromwel to a body of one hun- dred officers , who waited on him in February 1657 , to remonstrate I. it was not sufficiently in conformity with ...
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... reason , why we should be afraid . We observe power , but nothing that bespeaks a ten- dency to the improper use of it . We observe superiority , not imperious , but unalterable and calm . There is no improbability in the suppo- sition ...
... reason , why we should be afraid . We observe power , but nothing that bespeaks a ten- dency to the improper use of it . We observe superiority , not imperious , but unalterable and calm . There is no improbability in the suppo- sition ...
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... reason a new proof how much he was valued by Cromwel . It is worthy of remark , that , when Milton introduces in his Defensio Secunda the panegyric of Cromwel's counsellors and as- sistants in state - affairs , neither Rolle nor St ...
... reason a new proof how much he was valued by Cromwel . It is worthy of remark , that , when Milton introduces in his Defensio Secunda the panegyric of Cromwel's counsellors and as- sistants in state - affairs , neither Rolle nor St ...
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... reasons and threatenings very little , and therefore he not only gave sentence against him , but ordered the execution to be so suddenly done , that it might not be possible to procure a reprieve , which he believed would have been ...
... reasons and threatenings very little , and therefore he not only gave sentence against him , but ordered the execution to be so suddenly done , that it might not be possible to procure a reprieve , which he believed would have been ...
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... employment , as may render him capable of attaining to further preferment corresponding to his merita . " - We Thurloe , Vol . II , p . 248 , 249 . have every reason to believe that this manifesto was drawn 74 HISTORY OF THE COMMONWEALTH .
... employment , as may render him capable of attaining to further preferment corresponding to his merita . " - We Thurloe , Vol . II , p . 248 , 249 . have every reason to believe that this manifesto was drawn 74 HISTORY OF THE COMMONWEALTH .
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Page 59 - The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors. But ye shall not be so : but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger ; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.
Page 360 - are most of them old decayed serving-men, and tapsters, and such kind of fellows ; and,' said I, ' their troops are gentlemen's sons, younger sons and persons of quality; do you think that the spirits of such base and mean fellows will ever be able to encounter gentlemen, that have honour and courage and resolution in them...
Page 438 - Which is more wonderful," says Lord Clarendon, "all this was done and settled within little more than two years, to that degree of perfection that there were many buildings raised for beauty as well as use, orderly and regular plantations of trees, and fences and...
Page 11 - His temper exceeding fiery, as I have known, but the flame of it kept down, for the most part, or soon allayed with those moral endowments he had. He was naturally compassionate towards objects in distress, even to an effeminate measure; though God had made him a heart wherein was left little room for any fear, but what was due to himself, of which there was a large proportion, yet did he exceed in tenderness towards sufferers. A larger soul, I think, hath seldom dwelt in a house of clay than his...
Page 42 - Antimonianism or Anabaptism ; yet, to give them their due, they did abundance of good to the church. They saved...
Page 11 - ... that number a decemviri. He lived and died in comfortable communion with God, as judicious persons near him well observed. He was that Mordecai that sought the welfare of his people and spake peace to his seed. Yet were his temptations such, as it appeared frequently that he that hath grace enough for many men may have too little for himself, the treasure he had being but in an earthen vessel and that equally defiled with original sin as any other man's nature is.
Page 360 - I raised such men as had the fear of God before them, and made some conscience of what they did, and from that day forward, I must say to you, they were never beaten, and wherever they were engaged against the enemy they beat continually.
Page 257 - The truth is, neither We nor They ought by the Representation of Places and Images to make a kind of Artificial Memory of those things wherein we are all bound to desire, like Themistocles, the Art of Oblivion.
Page 460 - There be, that tell me, that there is a certain cunning fellow in Scotland, called George Monk, who is said to lie in wait there to introduce Charles Stuart : I pray you use your diligence to apprehend him, and send him up to me.
Page 256 - Hand, to serve and assist the side which he engages in ; yet when the event of battel, and the unaccountable Will of God has determined the controversie, and that we have submitted to the conditions of the Conqueror, we must lay down our Pens as well as Arms, we must march out of our Cause it self, and dismantle that, as well as our Towns and Castles, of all the Works and Fortifications of Wit and Reason by which we defended it.