Woodstock: Or, The Cavalier. A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one, Volume 1J. & J. Harper, 1826 |
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... opinions a pretext for disturbing the country with marauding parties and robberies . Deer - stealers also , who are ever a desperate banditti , had of late infested Woodstock Chase . In short , the dangers of the place and period were ...
... opinions a pretext for disturbing the country with marauding parties and robberies . Deer - stealers also , who are ever a desperate banditti , had of late infested Woodstock Chase . In short , the dangers of the place and period were ...
Page 89
... opinion . It was true , that , in thus submitting to the domina- tion of a successful soldier , those who did so , forgot the principles upon which they had drawn the sword against the late King . But in revolutions , stern and high ...
... opinion . It was true , that , in thus submitting to the domina- tion of a successful soldier , those who did so , forgot the principles upon which they had drawn the sword against the late King . But in revolutions , stern and high ...
Page 90
... the friendship of the latter . Yet no alternative remained . With this view , and agreeably to a request from Cromwell , who at parting had been very urgent to have his written opinion upon public affairs , Colonel Everard 90 WOODSTOCK .
... the friendship of the latter . Yet no alternative remained . With this view , and agreeably to a request from Cromwell , who at parting had been very urgent to have his written opinion upon public affairs , Colonel Everard 90 WOODSTOCK .
Page 91
... opinion upon public affairs , Colonel Everard passed the earlier part of the night in arrang- ing his ideas upon the state of the commonwealth , in a plan which he thought likely to be acceptable to Cromwell , as it exhorted him , under ...
... opinion upon public affairs , Colonel Everard passed the earlier part of the night in arrang- ing his ideas upon the state of the commonwealth , in a plan which he thought likely to be acceptable to Cromwell , as it exhorted him , under ...
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... opinion . If they design to reduce the soldiery , it must be by actual warfare , and the land has been too long steeped in blood . But Cromwell may , and I trust will , make a moderate ac- commodation with them , on grounds by which ...
... opinion . If they design to reduce the soldiery , it must be by actual warfare , and the land has been too long steeped in blood . But Cromwell may , and I trust will , make a moderate ac- commodation with them , on grounds by which ...
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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...