Memoirs of Prince Rupert, and the Cavaliers: Including Their Private Correspondence, Now First Published from the Original Manuscripts, Volumen3R. Bentley, 1849 |
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... stood upon . " This magnificent place , " that would have become an emperor to dwell in , " as Hugh Peters said , remained impregnable until Cromwell's evil might overpowered it , in October , 1645. That ruthless man put its heroic ...
... stood upon . " This magnificent place , " that would have become an emperor to dwell in , " as Hugh Peters said , remained impregnable until Cromwell's evil might overpowered it , in October , 1645. That ruthless man put its heroic ...
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... stood ( as now , on the Wiltshire Downs ) sur- rounded by a champaign country . The Rev. Mr. Martin , writing of Naseby in 1792 , speaks of the country round as " an extensive Fortunately I am here able to refer to the plan 1645 ...
... stood ( as now , on the Wiltshire Downs ) sur- rounded by a champaign country . The Rev. Mr. Martin , writing of Naseby in 1792 , speaks of the country round as " an extensive Fortunately I am here able to refer to the plan 1645 ...
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... stood ; the intermediate vale was the battle - ground , the valley of the shadow of death to thousands . It is still vividly green where some of the best blood of England enriched its dust . The Royalist battle - word was " God and ...
... stood ; the intermediate vale was the battle - ground , the valley of the shadow of death to thousands . It is still vividly green where some of the best blood of England enriched its dust . The Royalist battle - word was " God and ...
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... stood to receive their attack , the whole of the enemy's artillery opened on them , but with little effect ; they also encountered and disregarded a heavy fire of musketry , and gained the hill ; then their musketeers clubbed their ...
... stood to receive their attack , the whole of the enemy's artillery opened on them , but with little effect ; they also encountered and disregarded a heavy fire of musketry , and gained the hill ; then their musketeers clubbed their ...
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... stood . I cannot think there were less than four hun- dred men slain there , and truly , I think , not many more , and near three hundred horse . We took at least four thousand prisoners between Naseby and Harborough - near three ...
... stood . I cannot think there were less than four hun- dred men slain there , and truly , I think , not many more , and near three hundred horse . We took at least four thousand prisoners between Naseby and Harborough - near three ...
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Página 389 - Did clap their bloody hands. He nothing common did or mean Upon that memorable scene, But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try; Nor called the gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right, But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a bed.
Página 511 - Hos ego versiculos feci, tulit alter honores : Sic vos non vobis nidificatis aves ; Sic vos non vobis vellera fertis oves ; Sic vos non vobis mellificatis apes ; Sic vos non vobis fertis aratra boves.
Página 476 - ... while they are drinking the waters : on one side of this walk is a long row of shops, plentifully stocked with all manner of toys, lace, gloves, stockings, and where there is raffling, as at Paris, in the Foire de Saint Germain...
Página 406 - For loyalty is still the same Whether it win or lose the game ; True as the dial to the sun, Although it be not shin'd upon.
Página 398 - In a word, he was a man, that whoever shall, after him, deserve best of the English nation, he can never think himself undervalued, when he shall hear, that his courage, virtue, and fidelity, is laid in the balance with, and compared to, that of the lord Capel.
Página 539 - Ireland was the great capital, out of which all debts were paid, all services rewarded, and all acts of bounty performed.
Página 34 - Westminster, to bring to the lords and commons assembled in the parliament of England, and the commissioners of the parliament of Scotland, now at London, an answer to the propositions presented to his majesty for a safe and well-grounded peace.
Página 464 - In th' English fleet each ship resounds with joy And loud applause of their great leader's fame : In fiery dreams the Dutch they still destroy, And, slumbering, smile at the imagined flame.
Página 214 - But so have I known a bold trooper fight in the confusion of a battle, and being warm with heat and rage, received, from the swords of his enemy, wounds open like a grave; but he felt them not, and when, by the streams of blood, he found himself marked for pain, he refused to consider then what he was to feel to-morrow : but when his rage had cooled into the temper of a man, and clammy moisture had checked...
Página 476 - Germain: on the other side of the walk is the market: and, as it is the custom here for every person to buy their own provisions, care is taken that nothing offensive appears on the stalls. Here young, fair, fresh-coloured country girls, with clean linen, small straw hats, and neat shoes and stockings, sell game, vegetables, flowers, and fruit: here one may live as well as one pleases: here is.