 | Thomas Keightley - 1876 - 1148 trang
..."incomparable king," as Clarendon styles him. " Speaking either," says he, " as to mere soldiers or statesmen, I must say there is no probability but of my ruin ; but as to Christians, I must iJl you that God will not suffer rebels to prosper, or his cause to be overthrown."... | |
 | Charles Octavius S. Morgan - 1880 - 812 trang
...Cardiff, he addressed to Prince ilupert, and from which the following is an extract : — "If I had no other quarrel but the defence of my religion, crown,...for your advice. For I confess that speaking either to mere soldier or statesmen, I must say there is no probability but of my ruin ; but as to iio Christian... | |
 | 1883 - 418 trang
...Rupert, after the fatal battle of Naseby ; it comes from Clarendon. Charles writes : " Speaking either us to mere soldier or statesman. I must say there is no probability lull of my ruin ; hutas to Christian, I must tell you that tjuil will nut suiter rebels tu pru-i'cr... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - 1887 - 482 trang
...submit would be to betray God's cause as well as his own. ' I confess,' he wrote to Rupert on 3 Aug., 'that, speaking either as to mere soldier or statesman,...say there is no probability but of my ruin ; but as a Christian, I must tell you tnat God will not suffer rebels to prosper, or his cause to be overthrown,... | |
 | Samuel Rawson Gardiner - 1889 - 766 trang
...rejects th« " As for your opinion of my business," he wrote, " and prop° your counsel thereupon, if I had any other quarrel but the defence of my religion,...reason for your advice ; for I confess that, speaking as a mere soldier or statesman, I must say there is no probability but of my ruin : yet, as a Christian,... | |
 | Samuel Rawson Gardiner - 1889 - 670 trang
...nephew, rejects ti,e " As for your opinion of my business," he wrote, " and P your counsel thereupon, if I had any other quarrel but the defence of my religion,...reason for your advice ; for I confess that, speaking as a mere soldier or statesman, I must say there is no probability but of my ruin : yet, as a Christian,... | |
 | Samuel Rawson Gardiner - 1893 - 428 trang
...he wrote, " and your counrejectfthe se l thereupon, if I had any other quarrel but the ) proposal. defence of my religion, crown and friends, you had...reason for your advice ; for I confess that, speaking as a mere soldier or statesman, I must say there is no probability but of my ruin : yet, as a Christian,... | |
 | Samuel Rawson Gardiner - 1894 - 448 trang
...business," he wrote, " and your counrej«tsSthe se^ thereupon, if I had any other quarrel but the proposal. defence of my religion, crown and friends, you had...reason for your advice ; for I confess that, speaking as a mere soldier or statesman, I must say there is no probability but of my ruin : yet, as a Christian,... | |
 | Charles Harding Firth - 1900 - 590 trang
...make peace. Charles obstinately refused to listen either to him or to the rest of the peace party. " If I had any other quarrel but the defence of my religion, crown, and friends," wrote Charles, " you had full reason for your advice ; for I must confess that speaking as a mere soldier... | |
 | Sir Adolphus William Ward - 1907 - 1064 trang
...fall, Rupert advised him to make peace, but Charles replied, "I confess that, speaking either as a mere soldier or statesman, I must say there is no probability but of my ruin ; but as a Christian I must tell you that God will not suffer rebels to prosper, or this cause to be overthrown."... | |
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Now, as for your opinion of my business, and your counsel thereupon, if I had any other quarrel but the defence of my religion, crown, and friends, you had full reason for your advice. For I confess that, speaking either as a mere soldier or statesman,... 
