 | Daniel Defoe - 1782 - 390 pages
...the .Earl of Mancheftet, the firft action we heard of kim, that made him any thing famous, was about Grantham, where, with only his own regiment, he defeated 24 troops of horfe and dragoons of the King's forces. Then at Gainjberatigh, with two regiments jof his own horfe,... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley - Architecture - 1807 - 910 pages
...the north, till it shed down a flood that overwhehned the three kingdoms. When the war first hroke out, he was a private captain of horse, but now commanded...exploits, and which emblazoned his character, was at Gr tint ham, where, with only his own regiment, he defeated twenty-four troops of horse and dragoons... | |
 | 1809 - 604 pages
...first into the north, till it shed down a flood that overwhelmed the three kingdoms. When the war first broke out he was a private captain of horse, but now...joining with the earl of Manchester, the first action that we heard of him, which emblazoned his -character, was at Grantham, where, with only his own regiment,... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - Great Britain - 1809 - 266 pages
...CAVALIER. 8.5 Chester, the first action we heard of him, that made him any thing famous, was about Grantham, where, with only his own regiment, he defeated...troops of horse and dragoons of the king's forces: Then at Gainsborough, with two regiments, his own of horse, and one of dragoons, where he defeated... | |
 | Thomas Dugdale - Chronology, Historical - 1830 - 266 pages
...was, that a little clouc shed down a its fortifiwe began , rose flood first broke out, he out that was regiment ; and joining with the Earl of Manchester,...Grantham, where, with only his own regiment, he defeated twenty-four troops of horse and dragoons, of the king's forces." On St. Peter' a-hill, near the south... | |
 | Thomas Allen - Lincolnshire (England) - 1834 - 430 pages
...north, till it shed down a flood that overwhelmed the three kingdoms. Whea the war first broke oat, he was a private captain of horse, but now commanded...Grantham, where, with only his own regiment, he defeated twenty four troops of horse and dragoon* of the king's service."* Of his success in this skirmish,... | |
 | Thomas Allen - Lincolnshire (England) - 1834 - 480 pages
...first into the north, till it shed down a flood that overwhelmed the three kingdoms. When the war first broke out, he was a private captain of horse, but...Grantham, where, with only his own regiment, he defeated twenty four troops of horse and dragoons of the king's service."* Of his success in this skirmish,... | |
 | Mary Saunders - 1836 - 316 pages
...it shed down a flood that overspread the three kingdoms. When the war first broke out, he was only a private captain of horse, but now commanded a regiment,...joining with the Earl of Manchester, the first action which we heard of him, which emblazoned his character, was at Grantham, where, with only his own regiment,... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1840 - 792 pages
...spread first into the north, till it shed down a flood that overwhelmed the three kingdoms. He first was a private captain of horse, but now commanded...joining with the Earl of Manchester, the first action we heard of him, which emblazoned his fame, was at Grantham, where, with only his own regiment, he... | |
 | Daniel Defoe, William Hazlitt - 1840 - 784 pages
...spread first into the north, till it shed down a flood that overwhelmed the three kingdoms. He first was a private captain of horse, but now commanded...joining with the Earl of Manchester, the first action we heard of him, which emblazoned his fame, was at Grantham, where, with only his own regiment, he... | |
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Cromwell, who, like a little cloud, rose out of the east, and spread first into the north, till it shed down a flood that overwhelmed the three kingdoms. 
