Memoirs of Oliver Cromwell and his children, supposed to be written by himself [signed R.H.].Printed for, and published by, C. Chapple,Pallmall, Bookseller to their Royal Highnesses the Prince Regent, and the Dukes of York and Cambridge, 1816 |
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Trang 123 - Sir, my consent shall more acquit you herein to God than all the world can do besides. To a willing man there is no injury done, and as by God's grace I forgive all the world with a calmness and meekness of infinite contentment to my dislodging soul, so Sir, to you I can give the life of this world with all the cheerfulness imaginable, in the just acknowledgment of your exceeding favours...
Trang 99 - I cannot satisfy myself in honour or conscience without assuring you (now in the midst of your troubles), that upon the word of a king you shall not suffer in life, honour or fortune. This is but justice, and therefore a very mean reward from a master to so faithful and able a servant as you have showed yourself to be; yet it is as much as I conceive the present times will permit, though none shall hinder me from being Your constant, faithful friend, Charles R.
Trang 144 - I grant these demands," said the king in reply, " I may be waited on bareheaded; I may ," have my hand kissed; the title of majesty may " be continued to me; and The king's authority " signified by both houses, may still be the style of " your commands; I may have swords and maces " carried before me, and please myself with the...
Trang 261 - Gentlemen, if you are met here as private persons, you shall not be disturbed ; but, if as a Council of State, this is no place for you. And since you cannot but know what was done at the house this morning, so take notice that the parliament is dissolved.
Trang 116 - What I forfeit myself is nothing, but that my indiscretion should extend to my posterity woundeth me to the very soul. You will pardon my infirmity, something I should have...
Trang 267 - Mark, child ! what I say : they will cut off my head ! and perhaps make thee a king ; but mark what I say, thou must not be a king as long as thy brothers Charles and James are alive. They will cut off thy brothers' heads, when they can catch them ! And thy head too they will cut off at last ! Therefore, I charge thee, do not be made a king by them...
Trang 102 - ... house an earnest vindicator of the laws, and a most zealous assertor and champion for the liberties of the people; but...
Trang 258 - ... he knew the lord Capel very well, and knew that he would be the last man in England that would forsake the royal interest; that he had great courage, industry, and generosity; that he had many friends who would always adhere to him; and that as long as he lived, what condition soever he was in, he would be a thorn in their sides; and therefore, for the good of the commonwealth, he should give his vote against the petition.
Trang 144 - Houses, may still be the style of your commands ; I may have swords and maces carried before me, and please myself with the sight of a crown and sceptre, though even these twigs would not long flourish, when the stock upon which they grew was dead. But as to true and real power, I should remain but the outside, but the picture, but the sign of a King !" This refusal was the signal of revolt and war.
Trang 246 - Cromwell, advanced briskly from the head of his troops to exchange a single bullet with him, and was with equal bravery encountered by him, both sides forbearing to come in...