The Siege of Lichfield: A Tale Illustrative of the Great RebellionJ. A. Sparks, 1843 - 257 páginas |
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The Siege of Lichfield: A Tale Illustrative of the Great Rebellion William Gresley Vista completa - 1843 |
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amongst arms army Arnway attack battle battle of Edgehill battle of Naseby battlements bishops body brought Catharine Cathedral cause Chad Chad's Charles Christian Church clergy Close Colonel Bagot command Coventry Cromwell daugh death deprived Derby duty Edgehill enemy England English fanatic father fear feelings fire force fortress friends Froggat garrison gate God's ground hand hath heard heart Henry Archbold holy honor hope Hopwas horses House of Lords King King's lived looked Lord Brooke Lord Hopton loyal M'Rorer marched ment minister monarchy Morley Naseby nation night officers Parliament party peace persons plundered poor prayer Precentor present Prince Rupert prisoner Puritans rebellion rebels restored Richard Bagot Roger Woodward roundheads royalists ruins scene side siege Sir John Gell Sir Richard Dyott soldiers solemn soon sorrow spire spirit suffered taken Tamworth thought tion town troops violence voice wounded
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Página 171 - Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of Him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
Página 171 - Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat ? Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
Página 12 - Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work, to speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.
Página 200 - Believe it you will never do right, nor God will never prosper you, until you give God his due, the King his due (that is, my successors) and the people their due, I am as much for them as any of you.
Página 257 - Nottingham, with falsehood, and given Gell the glory of an action wherein he was not concerned, Mr. Hutchinson rebuked him for it, whereupon the man begged his pardon, and told him he would write as much for him the next week ; but Mr. Hutchinson told him he scorned his mercenary pen, only warned him not to dare to lie in any of his concernments, whereupon the fellow was awed, and he had no more abuse of that kind.
Página 200 - There was a passage broke through the wall of the banquetinghouse, by which the king passed unto the scaffold; where, after his majesty had spoken and declared publicly that he died a christian according to the profession of the church of England, (the contents of which have been several times printed) the iatal stroke was given by a disguised person.
Página 70 - Chad's day, the name of which saint that church bore, being dedicated to God in memory of the same. Where we see, that as he asked of God a sign, so God gave him one, signing him in the forehead, and that with such a mark as he is like to be known by to all posterity.
Página 140 - The loyalty well held to fools does make Our faith mere folly : yet he, that can endure To follow with allegiance a fallen lord, Does conquer him that did his master conquer, And earns a place i
Página 146 - one only desire before I die, — if it be the will of God, to partake once more of the holy communion of the body and blood of Christ our Lord, and to receive absolution from the mouth of God's minister.
Página 200 - For the people, truly I desire their liberty and freedom as much as anybody whatsoever, but I must tell you that their liberty and freedom consists in having government, in having those laws by which their lives and their goods may be most their own. It is not their having a share in the government ; that is nothing appertaining to them. A subject and a sovereign are clean different things...