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... conducting land sieges , and great naval battles , with the impetuous ardour of a youthful aspirant to fame , the determination of a veteran , and the skill of a consummate tactician , is one of the phenomena which the ablest historians ...
... conducting land sieges , and great naval battles , with the impetuous ardour of a youthful aspirant to fame , the determination of a veteran , and the skill of a consummate tactician , is one of the phenomena which the ablest historians ...
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... conduct was so highly satisfactory to the Colonel , who was the parliamentary governor of the town , that when Prince Maurice and Goring attacked the castle , he delegated to him the sole management of its defence . The issue proved ...
... conduct was so highly satisfactory to the Colonel , who was the parliamentary governor of the town , that when Prince Maurice and Goring attacked the castle , he delegated to him the sole management of its defence . The issue proved ...
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... conduct of the king must have been par- ticularly distasteful . Yet it is clear that he bore no personal animosity against his sovereign , for when popular clamour against the hapless monarch was at its height , the hero of Taunton did ...
... conduct of the king must have been par- ticularly distasteful . Yet it is clear that he bore no personal animosity against his sovereign , for when popular clamour against the hapless monarch was at its height , the hero of Taunton did ...
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... conduct of the Royalists , he at once attacked their squadron , without making any sort of previous communication with the Spanish authorities . The Royalists were totally defeated ; their fleet nearly destroyed , and the princes with ...
... conduct of the Royalists , he at once attacked their squadron , without making any sort of previous communication with the Spanish authorities . The Royalists were totally defeated ; their fleet nearly destroyed , and the princes with ...
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... conduct . Whilst Blake was with his squadron before Guernsey , he was appointed one of the Council of State for 1652 . Blake was materially assisted at Guernsey by Colonel Haynes , who commanded a strong body of troops . For their great ...
... conduct . Whilst Blake was with his squadron before Guernsey , he was appointed one of the Council of State for 1652 . Blake was materially assisted at Guernsey by Colonel Haynes , who commanded a strong body of troops . For their great ...
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Admiral amongst appointed army Berlin Blake brave brother brought Burghley Cadiz Captain captured castle cause Charles Chartley command conduct Council court Cromwell Crown-prince Cüstrin daring death Duke of Alva Dutch Earl of Essex Elector emperor enemy engaged English escape expedition faith father fear fleet Frederic Frederick Freidrich Fritz gave honour horse hundred illustrious Katte Katte's Keith King Friedrich Wilhelm King's landgrave Landgrave of Hesse letter liberty Lord Majesty Maurice of Saxony military Netherlands night noble officers papa Parliament party Philip Plymouth Prince Maurice Prince of Orange prisoner Protestant Prussia queen Radewitz replied resolved return to England Robert Robert Blake royal Royalists sail Saxony sent shew ships siege Sir Francis Sir Walter Raleigh Sir William Knollys soon Spain Spaniards Spanish squadron Sybilla Taunton thousand told took town treated Tromp troops victory whilst Wilhelmina William of Orange wrote young
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Page 28 - ... know himself. He tells the proud and insolent that they are but abjects, and humbles them at the instant; makes them cry, complain, and repent, yea, even to hate their forepassed happiness. He takes the account of the rich, and proves him a beggar; a naked beggar, which hath interest in nothing but in the gravel that fills his mouth. He holds a glass before the eyes of the most beautiful, and makes them see therein their deformity and rottenness; and they acknowledge it.
Page 28 - O eloquent, just, and mighty Death ! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded ; what none hath dared, thou hast done ; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised ; thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hie jacet...
Page 54 - Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee. My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
Page 37 - ... men out of danger ; which had been held in former times a point of great ability and circumspection ; as if the principal art requisite in the captain of a ship had been to be sure to come home safe again. He was the first man...
Page 15 - I could I did describe unto her what he had been, and what he was ; and then I did let her see, whether I had cause to disdain his competition of love ; or whether I could have comfort to give myself over to the service of a mistress that was in awe of such a man. I spake what of grief and choler as much against him as I could : and I think he standing at the door might very well hear the worst that I spoke of himself. In the end, I saw she was resolved to defend him, and to cross me.
Page 28 - Cabrieres which till then he neglected it is therefore Death alone that can suddenly make man to know himself he tells the proud and insolent that they are but abjects and humbles them at the instant makes them cry complain and repent yea even to hate their forepassed...
Page 22 - Essex: Your sudden and undutiful departure from our presence and your place of attendance, you may easily conceive how offensive it is, and ought to be, unto us. Our great favours bestowed upon you without deserts hath drawn you thus to neglect and forget your duty; for other construction we cannot make of these your strange actions.
Page 6 - He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
Page 21 - The executioner was going to blindfold him, but he refused to let him, saying, " Think you I fear the shadow of the axe, when I fear not the axe itself?