Memoirs of James earl of Derby, with an account of the life of Oliver Cromwell, including a complete History of the rebellion in the years 1745-6, to which is added, The life of Napoleone Buonaparte |
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... house at Latham , and fecretly got in men , horfes , and ammunition , and had in a month's time raised a good troop of horse , and two companies of foot , and being advertised that three Captains of foot with their companies were ad ...
... house at Latham , and fecretly got in men , horfes , and ammunition , and had in a month's time raised a good troop of horse , and two companies of foot , and being advertised that three Captains of foot with their companies were ad ...
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... house at Latham : at which his and the King's enemies taking new courage , united all their scattered forces into one body , and affembled at Wigan , a town newly garrifoned by his Lordship , and trufted to the com- mand of Major ...
... house at Latham : at which his and the King's enemies taking new courage , united all their scattered forces into one body , and affembled at Wigan , a town newly garrifoned by his Lordship , and trufted to the com- mand of Major ...
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... HOUSE , and enquire of their welfare during his abfence ; whom he had left upon the very brink of danger , and for ought he knew utter deftruction . We have already informed the reader , that before his Lordship left England , he had ...
... HOUSE , and enquire of their welfare during his abfence ; whom he had left upon the very brink of danger , and for ought he knew utter deftruction . We have already informed the reader , that before his Lordship left England , he had ...
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... HOUSE . Begun the 28th of February , and carried on by the Parliament army till the 27th of May , 1644 . COLONEL Afhton of Middleton , Colonel Egerton of Shaw , Colonel Holcroft of Holcroft , and Col. Rigby , with their regiments , and ...
... HOUSE . Begun the 28th of February , and carried on by the Parliament army till the 27th of May , 1644 . COLONEL Afhton of Middleton , Colonel Egerton of Shaw , Colonel Holcroft of Holcroft , and Col. Rigby , with their regiments , and ...
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... house to her affiftance , viz . Capt . Farrington of Werden , Capt . Charnock of Charnock , Capt . Chiffenhall of Chiffenhall , Capt . Rofthern of New - Hall , Capt . Ogle of Prescot , and Capt . Molineux Radcliffe : Thefe fhe defired ...
... house to her affiftance , viz . Capt . Farrington of Werden , Capt . Charnock of Charnock , Capt . Chiffenhall of Chiffenhall , Capt . Rofthern of New - Hall , Capt . Ogle of Prescot , and Capt . Molineux Radcliffe : Thefe fhe defired ...
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Էջ 6 - are most of them old decayed serving men, and tapsters and such kind of fellows and,' said I, 'their troops are gentlemen's sons, younger sons and persons of quality. Do you think that the spirits of such base and mean fellows will ever be able to encounter gentlemen that have honour and courage and resolution in them?
Էջ 20 - ... by them. He was the first that infused that proportion of courage into the seamen, by making them see by experience, what mighty things they could do, if they were resolved ; and taught them to fight in fire as well as upon water : and though he hath been very well imitated and followed, he was the first that gave the example of that kind of naval courage %, and bold and resolute achievements.
Էջ 6 - I did tell him, you must get men of a spirit. And take it not ill what I say (I know you will not) of a spirit that is likely to go on as far as gentlemen will go, or else I am sure you will be beaten still ; I told him so, I did truly.
Էջ 6 - You must get men of a spirit, and take it not ill what I say — I know you will not — of a spirit that is likely to go on as far as gentlemen will go, or else you will be beaten still.
Էջ 47 - Hanover's allies, being called over to protect his government against the King's subjects, is it not high time for the King my father to accept also of the assistance of those who are able, and who have engaged to support him ? But will the world, or any one man of sense in it, infer from thence, that he inclines to be a tributary Prince, rather than an independent Monarch ? Who has the better chance to be independent on foreign powers ? He who, with the aid of his own subjects, can wrest the...
Էջ 46 - Has a family, upon whom a faction unlawfully bestowed the diadem of a rightful Prince, retained a due sense of so great a trust and favour? Have you found more humanity and...
Էջ 43 - ... attempt is not undertaken in order to enslave a free people, but to redress and remove the encroachments made upon them ; not to impose upon any a religion which they dislike, but to secure them all...
Էջ 42 - George's church now stands] surrounded by a ditch twelve yards wide, and ten yards deep, from which to the river was a covered way, through which the ditch was filled with water, and by which, when the tide was out, men, provisions, and military stores were brought as occasion required.
Էջ 61 - Answer those deceivers, that they are only come to rescue the rights of the poor from the hands of their tyrants ; and that the French adore the Supreme Being, and honour the Prophet and his holy Koran.
Էջ 22 - Upon hearing the petition, the Protector told his council he would take that affair upon himself, and ordered the man to attend him next morning. He examined him...