 | Statesmen - 1838 - 380 pages
...s^solved to give battle. " Come," said the gallant Fairfax with inspiration scarcely second to his own, " let us fall on ! I never prospered better than when...I fought against the enemy three or four to one."* Then was seen the secret of Cromwell's extraordinary influence over his determined Ironsides. In an... | |
 | 1861 - 980 pages
...battle array, and about noon the Roundheads marched a mile towards the enemy. •Come,' said Fairfax, 'let us fall on ! I never prospered better than •when...I fought against the enemy three or four to one.' Cromwell caught the inspiration. Through the ranks of his Ironsides rang the watchwords, ' TRUTH and... | |
 | Sir Daniel Wilson - Great Britain - 1848 - 334 pages
...resolved to give battle. ' Come,' said the gallant Fairfax with inspiration scarcely second to his own, ' let us fall on! I never prospered better than when I fought against the enemy three or four to one.' " Then was seen the secret of Cromwell's extraordinary influence over his determined Ironsides. In... | |
 | J. T. Headley - Biography & Autobiography - 1848 - 498 pages
...battle. In an instant, all was joy and enthusiasm. Fairfax, catching the inspiration, exclaimed, " Come, let us fall on ; I never prospered better than when I fought against the enemy three or 1643.] WINCEBY FIGHT. 81 four to one." It was twelve o'clock of a fine October day, when the watchword,... | |
 | Pishey Thompson - Boston (England). - 1856 - 865 pages
...brought in the first night, also their waggons. Many more colours it is like were lost in the chase. The horses and arms that were taken were more than...down, yet, by God's mercy, escaped without any wound." l Sir THOMAS FAIRFAX'S account of this engagement is as follows :— " Chasing a convenient ground... | |
 | Pishey Thompson - Boston (England) - 1856 - 886 pages
...great odds in their number, was so much the more moved with undaunted courage, saying, ' Come, lot us fall on, I never prospered better than when I fought...FAIRFAX'S account of this engagement is as follows : — "Chasing a convenient ground to fight on, we drew up the army there. The enemy did so on the... | |
 | Edwin Goadby - 1865 - 312 pages
...battle array, and about noon the Roundheads marched a mile towards the enemy. " Come," said Fairfax, " let us fall on ! I never prospered better than when...I fought against the enemy three or four to one." Cromwell caught the inspiration. Through the ranks of his Ironsides rang the watchwords, " TRUTH and... | |
 | Sir Clements Robert Markham - Great Britain - 1870 - 528 pages
...buried in the churchyard. the enemy's flank and completed the rout. 'Come let us fall on,' said he; 'I never prospered better than when I fought against the enemy three or four to one.' 1 The Royalists fled down a lane towards Horncastle, and were chased by Sir Thomas for nearly five... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - Great Britain - 1889 - 474 pages
...to join Cromwell and Manchester, and took part with them in the victory of Winceby on 11 Oct. 1643. 'Come let us fall on, I never prospered better than...I fought against the enemy three or four to one,' said Fairfax when he first viewed the royalists, and marked their numbers. Manchester, in his despatch... | |
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... come let us fall on, I never prospered better than when I fought against the enemy three or four to one.' Also that courageous Cromwell, whose horse in the first assault was killed under him, and when he was mounted on another horse, was again knocked... 