The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641, Volume 4 |
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Page 495 - Cooper had been, the year before, removed from that charge ; and was thereby so much disobliged, that he quitted the king's party, and gave himself up, body and soul, to the service of the parliament, with an implacable animosity against the royal interest.
Page 507 - He was a very fine gentleman, active and full of courage, and most accomplished in those qualities of horsemanship, dancing, and fencing which accompany a good breeding ; in which his delight was. Besides that, he was amorous in poetry and music, to which he indulged the greatest part of his time ; and nothing could...
Page 578 - It was observed by the town, and the people that flocked thither, that the king's commissioners looked as if they were at home, and governed the town, and the other as if they were not in their own quarters : and the truth is, they had not that alacrity and serenity of mind, as men use to have who do not believe themselves to be in a fault.
Page 574 - ... a particular celebration), than that his learning, piety, and virtue, have been attained by very few, and the greateft of his infirmities are common to all, even to the beft men.
Page 694 - Though the loss of Bristol be a great blow to me, yet your surrendering it as you did is of so much affliction to me, that it makes me not only forget the consideration of that place, but is likewise the greatest trial of my constancy that hath yet befallen me. For what is to be done after one that is so near me as you are, both in blood and friendship, submits himself to so mean an action (I give it the easiest term...
Page 527 - ... given up to an immoderate love of money, that he cared not by what unrighteous ways he exacted it.
Page 524 - At the break of day, the horse were discovered marching over the heath, beyond the reach of the foot ; and there was only at hand the Earl of Cleveland's brigade, the body of the king's horse being at a greater distance.
Page 507 - All that can be said for the marquis is, that he was so utterly tired with a condition and employment so contrary to his humour, nature, and education, that he did not at all consider the means, or the way, that would let him out of it, and free him for ever from having more to do with it. And it was a greater wonder, that he sustained the vexation and fatigue of it so long, than that he broke from it with so little circumspection.
Page 579 - Town, and of those who came to the Market, the Church being very full, ' That they were not to expect any good from the Treaty; for that they came from Oxford with hearts full of Blood, and that there was as great distance between this Treaty and Peace, as between Heaven and Hell...
Page 547 - ... from their guards, as never imagining that they would, at that time of day, have attempted a quarter that was thought the strongest of all. But having thus got the river, they marched in good order, with very great bodies of foot, winged with horse...