Woodstock: Or, The Cavalier. A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one, Volume 1J. & J. Harper, 1826 |
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Page 88
... Cromwell , as the person whose valour had made him the darling of the army , whose strong sagacity had hitherto pre- dominated over the high talents by which he had been assailed in Parliament , as well as over his ene- mies in the ...
... Cromwell , as the person whose valour had made him the darling of the army , whose strong sagacity had hitherto pre- dominated over the high talents by which he had been assailed in Parliament , as well as over his ene- mies in the ...
Page 89
... Cromwell , induced them to flinch from that course , far less to permit their names to be introduced into the commission nominated to sit in judgment on that memorable occasion . This hesitation had occasioned some temporary coldness ...
... Cromwell , induced them to flinch from that course , far less to permit their names to be introduced into the commission nominated to sit in judgment on that memorable occasion . This hesitation had occasioned some temporary coldness ...
Page 90
... Cromwell , was only under the idea , that , amid a choice of evils , the least was likely to ensue from a man of the ... Cromwell , and one of the present Commissioners , was putting to a very severe trial the friendship of the latter ...
... Cromwell , was only under the idea , that , amid a choice of evils , the least was likely to ensue from a man of the ... Cromwell , and one of the present Commissioners , was putting to a very severe trial the friendship of the latter ...
Page 91
... Cromwell , as it exhorted him , under the aid of Provi- dence , to become the saviour of the state , by convok- ing a free Parliament , and by their aid placing him- self at the head of some form of liberal and establish- ed government ...
... Cromwell , as it exhorted him , under the aid of Provi- dence , to become the saviour of the state , by convok- ing a free Parliament , and by their aid placing him- self at the head of some form of liberal and establish- ed government ...
Page 92
... Cromwell or anarchy . And probably the sense , that his title , as head of the Executive Government , is derived merely from popular consent , may check the too natural proneness of power to render itself arbi- trary . If he govern by ...
... Cromwell or anarchy . And probably the sense , that his title , as head of the Executive Government , is derived merely from popular consent , may check the too natural proneness of power to render itself arbi- trary . If he govern by ...
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Page 106 - ... speaker that ever perplexed an audience. It has been long since said by the historian that a collection of the Protector's speeches would make, with a few exceptions, the most nonsensical book in the world; but he ought to have added that nothing could be more nervous, concise, and intelligible than what he really intended should be understood. It was also remarked of Cromwell that, though born of a good family, both by father and mother, and although he had the usual opportunities of education...