Commentaries on the Life and Reign of Charles the First, King of England, Band 2

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H. Colburn, 1851
 

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Seite 147 - do think my lord of Strafford is not fit hereafter to serve me, or the commonwealth, in any place of trust, no not so much as to be a constable. " Find a way to satisfy justice and your own fears, but do not press on my conscience. I have not so
Seite 367 - detest a war without an enemy. But I look upon it as Opus Domini! "We are both on the Stage, and must act those parts that are assigned to us in this Tragedy; but let us do it in the way of honour, and without personal animosity.
Seite 183 - to approach the block he gave his last reminiscences to his family—naming them endearingly to his brother. He concluded, " Now I have nigh done; one stroke will make my wife husbandless, my dear children fatherless, my poor servants masterless, and separate me from my dear brother, and
Seite 386 - blest with store of Wit, Yet want as much again to manage it" The worst characteristic of this German soldier was his disposition for plunder, and pillaging the waggons, which occasioned Prince
Seite 445 - disclosed a remarkable communication made by Cromwell to him. Cromwell told the Earl, "My Lord, if you will stick firm to honest men, you shall find yourself at the head of an army that shall give the law to King and Parliament.
Seite 336 - The law is that which puts a difference betwixt good and evil, betwixt just and unjust. If you take away the law, all things will fall into a
Seite 521 - the glories of the world had so dazzled his eyes, that he could not discern clearly the great works the Lord was doing, but that he now desired the prayers of the saints, that God would be pleased to forgive him his

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