Woodstock: Or, The Cavalier. A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one, Volume 1J. & J. Harper, 1826 |
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... 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 .
... 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 100
... remained in deep meditation.- ' I think , ' he said , ' I have not pledged myself too far to the General . A breach between him and the Par- liament seems inevitable , and would throw England back into civil war , of which all men are ...
... remained in deep meditation.- ' I think , ' he said , ' I have not pledged myself too far to the General . A breach between him and the Par- liament seems inevitable , and would throw England back into civil war , of which all men are ...
Page 114
... remained upon the throne even unto this day . Neither do I blame any for aiding them , until these successive great judg- ments have overwhelmed them and their house . I am not a bloody man , having in me the feeling of hu- man frailty ...
... remained upon the throne even unto this day . Neither do I blame any for aiding them , until these successive great judg- ments have overwhelmed them and their house . I am not a bloody man , having in me the feeling of hu- man frailty ...
Page 126
... remained at some distance , seemed busied with some female work , and scarce turned her head as Pearson and Wildrake entered . At a sign from the Lord General , Wildrake ap- proached him as before . ' Friend , ' he said , ' your old ...
... remained at some distance , seemed busied with some female work , and scarce turned her head as Pearson and Wildrake entered . At a sign from the Lord General , Wildrake ap- proached him as before . ' Friend , ' he said , ' your old ...
Page 132
... remained quaffing healths at table for four hours together . His friend made no reply , but could not help being privately of opinion , that Wildrake's temperance had done as much execution on the tankard in his single draught , as some ...
... remained quaffing healths at table for four hours together . His friend made no reply , but could not help being privately of opinion , that Wildrake's temperance had done as much execution on the tankard in his single draught , as some ...
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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...