...and " courage and resolution in them ? " ' * 'I was by birth,' he said to an earlier Parliament, ' a gentleman, living neither in any considerable height nor yet in obscurity.' At the time of his birth at Huntingdon, his uncle, Sir Oliver Cromwell of Hinchinbrook, the son of...

...writing the above, I find Cromwell speaking concerning his situation in life in the following manner : " I was by birth a gentleman, living neither in any considerable height, nor yet in obscurity." Words spoken to his parliament Sept. 12, 1654, and abundantly sufficient to confute the idle stories...

...the trnst that God hath placed in me, and to the interest of the people of these nations if I did. " I was by birth a gentleman ; living neither in any considerable height, nor yet in obscnrity. I have been called to several employments in the nation — to serve in Parliament and others...

...ninth degree. The Protector was therefore entitled to say, " I was by birth a gentleman, neither living in any considerable height, nor yet in obscurity....been called to several employments in the nation, and, to serve ia Parliaments ;" and he adds, with what truth will appear in the sequel, " I did endeavour...

...ninth degree. The Protector was therefore entitled to say, " I was by birth a gentleman, neither living in any considerable height, nor yet in obscurity....been called to several employments in the nation, and to serve in Parliaments ;" and he adds, with what truth will appear in the sequel, " I did endeavour...

...degree. The Protector was therefore entitled to say, " I was by birth a gentleman, neither livingin any considerable height, nor yet in obscurity. I have...been called to several employments in the nation, and to serve in parliaments ;" and he adds, with what truth will appear in the sequel, " I did endeavour...

...J, thousands of his " brethren forsake their native country to seek their bread from strangers, * " I was by birth a gentleman, living neither in any considerable height* nor yet in obscurity."— Wurits spoken to his Parliament, Sept. 12. 1654. t In Lives of Eliot and Pym. ; To the parliament of...

...assertion. That I bear not witness to myself, but have many witnesses, is my second. These are the two things I shall take the liberty to speak more fully to you of. To make plain and clear that which I have said, I must take the liberty to look back. I was by birth a gentleman, living neither...

...testimony from the people,—God and the people shall take it from me, else I will not part with it " I was by birth a gentleman ; living neither in any...been called to several employments in the nation. I did endeavor to discharge the duty of an honest man, in those services, to God and His people's interest,...

...testimony from the " people, — God and the people shall take it from " me, else I will not part with it " I was by birth a gentleman ; living neither in " any...been called to several employments in the " nation. I did endeavour to discharge the duty " of an honest man, in those services, to God and " His people's...