Cameos from English HistoryMacmillan, 1890 |
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Anne of Austria answer Argyll army asked battle Bishop Blake brave brother brought called CAMEO CAMEO XIV Cardinal Castle Cavaliers Charles Charles II Church Coadjutor Colonel command Condé Court Covenant Covenanters Cromwell death declared Duke of Orleans Duke of York Dutch Earl enemy Enghien England English escape Essex Fairfax Fanshawe fleet force France French friends garrison Gaston of Orleans gave gentlemen guard hand head held Henrietta Highlanders Holland honour hope horse Ireton Irish joined King King's lady London Longueville Lord Louis XIV Madame Madame de Longueville Mademoiselle marched Marquis Mazarin ministers Montrose never night officers Ormond Paris Parliament party peace Presbyterians Prince of Condé Prince Rupert Princess prisoners Queen refused regiments Roundheads royal Royalists Ruyter Scotland Scots Scottish sent ships side soldiers Spain surrender taken thought took Tromp troops Turenne victory wife Wilmot wrote young САМЕО
Popular passages
Page 329 - My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh also longeth after thee : in a barren and dry land where no water is.
Page 158 - Let them bestow on every airth a limb, Then open all my veins, th'at I may swim To thee, my Maker ! in that crimson lake ; Then place my parboiled head upon a stake— Scatter my ashes — strew them in the air : Lord ! since thou know'st where all these atoms are, I'm hopeful thou'lt recover once my dust, And confident thou'lt raise me with the just.
Page 9 - O Lord, thou knowest how busy I must be this day. If I forget thee, do not thou forget me.
Page 320 - Oh! had he been content to serve the crown, With virtues only proper to the gown; Or had the rankness of the soil been freed From cockle, that oppressed the noble seed ; David for him his tuneful harp had strung, And Heaven had wanted one immortal song.
Page 213 - Sir, we have heard what you did at the house in the morning, and before many hours all England will hear it: but, Sir, you are mistaken to think that the parliament is dissolved; for no power under heaven can dissolve them but themselves; therefore take you notice of that.
Page 212 - It is not fit that you should sit here any longer ! You have sat here too long for any good you have been doing lately. You shall now give place to better men ! Call them in...
Page 320 - With public zeal to cancel private crimes: How safe is treason and how sacred ill, Where none can sin against the people's will ! Where crowds can wink, and no offence be known, Since in another's guilt they find their own.
Page 212 - You have sat too long here for any good you have been doing. Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!
Page 300 - Here lies our Sovereign Lord the King, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one.
Page 300 - never said a foolish thing, and never did a wise one...