 | 1846 - 670 páginas
...to force them. But Oliver never despaired. " In the dark perils of war," writes one who knew him, " in the high places of the field, hope shone in him...of fire, when it had gone out in all the others." " To Sir Arthur Haselrig, Governor of New-Castle : these. " Dunbar, 2d Sept, 1050. " DEAR SIR, —... | |
 | 1856 - 606 páginas
...desert this man, hope and faith never did. There was one who stood afterwards by his death-bed, whilo a worse storm shook the heavens than even that which...intercourse with him. It was ever they who stood nearest him who had reason to admire him most ; and to the eyes even of valets and chambergrooms, the heroic... | |
 | Oliver Cromwell, Thomas Carlyle - 1845 - 588 páginas
...hour the business of the hour. ' He was a strong man,' so intimates John Maidstone. who knew him : ' in the dark perils of war, in the high places of the...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, — when it is privileged... | |
 | Oliver Cromwell - 1845 - 598 páginas
...the hour. 'He was a strong man,' so intimates John Maidstone. who knew him : ' in the dark perils oT war, in the high places of the field, hope shone in...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, — when it... | |
 | 1846 - 668 páginas
...to force them. But Oliver never despaired. " In the dark perils of war," writes on6 who knew him, " in the high places of the field, hope shone in him...of fire, when it had gone out in all the others." " To Sir Arthur Haselrig, Governor of New- Castle : these. " Dunbar, 2d Sept., 1C50. " DEAR SIR, —... | |
 | 1846 - 492 páginas
...thousand. His position for a time was perilous, but 'he was a strong man in the dark perils of the war, in the high places of the field ; hope shone...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, and before... | |
 | 1846 - 668 páginas
...despaired. " In the dark perils of war," writes one who knew him, " in the high places of the field, hopa 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. " Duubar, 2d Sept, 1650. " DEAR SIR, —... | |
 | 1846 - 730 páginas
...Though his overthrow seems certain, he evinces no 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 kim like a pillar of fire when it had gone out in all others." A. letter he writes to the governor... | |
 | 1847 - 446 páginas
...was a strong man, (we quote from Carlyle's Cromwell), ' so intimate John Maidstone, who knew him,' in the dark perils of war, in the high places of the...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 Hill to the... | |
 | 1847 - 876 páginas
...will, is yet grateful to con sider in this or any age. As John Maidstone said, " He was a strong man in the dark perils of war ; in the high places of...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, Guided... | |
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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. 
