 He was a strong man," so intimates Charles Harvey, who knew him: "in the dark perils of war, in the high places of the field, hope shone in him like a pillar of fire, when it had gone out in all the others.  Fraser's Magazine - Page 2531861Full view - About this book
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...despaired. " In the dark perils of war," writes one who knew him, " in the high places of the field, hope shone in him like a pillar of fire, when it had gone out in all the others." " To Sir Arthur Haselrig, Governor of New-Castle : these. " Dunbar, 2d Sept, 1050.... | |
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...testimony of the strong man he had been. " In the dark perils of war, in the high places of the field, hope shone in him like a pillar of fire, when it had gone out in all the others." Nor in the high places only, but in the solitude or service of his chamber, he... | |
 | Oliver Cromwell, Thomas Carlyle - Great Britain - 1845 - 588 pages
...intimates John Maidstone. who knew him : ' in the dark perils of war, in the high places of the field, hope shone in him like a pillar of fire, when it had gone out in all the others. 'f A genuine King among men, Mr. Maidstone ! The divinest sight this world sees,... | |
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...perilous, but 'he was a strong man in the dark perils of the war, in the high places of the field ; hope shone in him like a pillar of fire, when it had gone out in all others.' Behind Oliver was the sea, the ravines on his left were seized and made impassable,... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1846 - 668 pages
...despaired. " In the dark perils of war," writes on6 who knew him, " in the high places of the field, hope shone in him like a pillar of fire, when it had gone out in all the others." " To Sir Arthur Haselrig, Governor of New- Castle : these. " Dunbar, 2d Sept.,... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1846 - 668 pages
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 | 1847 - 876 pages
...Maidstone said, " He was a strong man in the dark perils of war ; in the high places of the field, hope shone in him like a pillar of fire, when it had gone out in the others." And as Milton sang, whose least testimony cannot be spared — <! Our chief nf men,... | |
 | 1847 - 436 pages
...intimates John Maidstone, who knew him,' in the dark perils of war, in the high places of the field, hope shone in him like a pillar of fire, when it had gone out ia all the others."1 A mile and a half to the east of Dunbar, a rivulet or burn flows from the Doon... | |
 | English literature - 1847 - 446 pages
...intimate John Maidstone, who knew him,' in the dark perils of war, in the high places of the field, hope shone in him like a pillar of fire, when it had gone out in all the others."1 A mile and a half to the east of Dunbar, a rivulet or burn flows from the Doon... | |
 | J. T. Headley - Biography & Autobiography - 1848 - 498 pages
...discouragement or fear, for, "he was a strong man in the dark perils of war; in the high places of the field, hope shone in him like a pillar of fire, when it had gone out in all others." A letter he writes to the governor of Newcastle, on the eve of this battle, is so characteristic,... | |
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