Bristol Past and Present, Հատորներ 1-2J.W. Arrowsmith, 1882 |
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... September 1st , 1,000 Royalist horse , led by Sir Horatio Carey , and 600 foot soldiers tried to force a passage from the Royal fort , and by way of Washington's breach . Here there was hard but very brief fighting , and again the ...
... September 1st , 1,000 Royalist horse , led by Sir Horatio Carey , and 600 foot soldiers tried to force a passage from the Royal fort , and by way of Washington's breach . Here there was hard but very brief fighting , and again the ...
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... September 4th , the weather , which had cost many lives both of men and horses , began to clear up , and the guns from Montpelier lunette being steadily served , kept up an attack on Prior's hill fort . A sum- mons was also prepared to ...
... September 4th , the weather , which had cost many lives both of men and horses , began to clear up , and the guns from Montpelier lunette being steadily served , kept up an attack on Prior's hill fort . A sum- mons was also prepared to ...
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... September 6th , 1645 . " This day came twelve colours more of the well- affected countrymen , as an addition to the former forces . " September 6th , seven in the morning , the trum- peter went in and was detained all that day and night ...
... September 6th , 1645 . " This day came twelve colours more of the well- affected countrymen , as an addition to the former forces . " September 6th , seven in the morning , the trum- peter went in and was detained all that day and night ...
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... September 7th , 1645 . 1 " RUPERT . on my part , provided the said treaty be ended by nine of the clock this night . And to this I desire your answer within the space of an hour , and remain your highness humble servant , " THO ...
... September 7th , 1645 . 1 " RUPERT . on my part , provided the said treaty be ended by nine of the clock this night . And to this I desire your answer within the space of an hour , and remain your highness humble servant , " THO ...
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... September 9th , in the morning the trum- pet was sent in again [ with a letter from the general , informing the prince that he has already offered all that he can grant , and that he perceives that delay was wholly and chiefly intended ...
... September 9th , in the morning the trum- pet was sent in again [ with a letter from the general , informing the prince that he has already offered all that he can grant , and that he perceives that delay was wholly and chiefly intended ...
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Էջ 42 - As he rode at the head of his life guards I saw, and felt a waft of death go forth against him ; and when I came to him he looked like a dead man. After I had laid the sufferings of Friends before him, and had warned him, according as I was moved to speak,
Էջ 284 - Henry, by the grace of God, &c. &c. Be it known to all, that we have given and granted, and by these presents do give and grant, to our well-beloved John Cabot, citizen of Venice, to Lewis, Sebastian, and Sanctus, sons of the said John, and
Էջ 21 - It is you that have forced me to this ! I have sought the Lord night and day that he would rather slay me than put me upon the doing of this work.
Էջ 284 - countries and seas of the East, of the West, and of the North, under our banners and ensigns, with five ships, of what burthen or quality soever they be, and as many mariners and men as they will take with them in the said ships,
Էջ 285 - so that he can enlist as many of them as he pleases, and a number of our own. The discoverer of these places planted on his newfound lands a large cross, with one flag of England and another of St. Mark, by reason of his being a Venetian, so that our banner has floated very far afield.
Էջ 285 - vast honour is paid him ; he dresses in silk, and these English run after him like mad people, so that he can enlist as many of them as he pleases, and a number of our own. The discoverer of these places planted on his newfound lands a large cross, with one flag of England and another of St. Mark,
Էջ 51 - and the Grammouts. They played a serviceable part in ridding the kingdom of its besotted loyalty. They saved our forefathers from the Star chamber and the High Commission court; they laboured in their vocation against standing armies and corruption ; they pressed forward the great ultimate security of English freedom, the expulsion of the House of Stuart.
Էջ 201 - am no way concerned would be neither decent nor true. The representation of Bristol was an object on many accounts dear to me, and I certainly should very far prefer it to any other in the kingdom. My habits are made to it, and it is in general more unpleasant to be rejected, after long trial,
Էջ 42 - Come again to my house. If thou and I were but an hour of the day together we should be nearer one to the other. I wish no more harm to thee than I do to my own soul.
Էջ 6 - of your person and the strength of that place which you may think yourself bound and able to maintain. Sir, the crown of England is, and will be, where it ought to be ; we fight to maintain it there. But the king, misled by evil counsellors, or through a seduced heart, hath left his Parliament