| 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
...along the heights of Dunbar, and who recalled these days in testimony of the strong man he had been. " In the dark perils of war, in the high places of the...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 impressed in like manner... | |
| 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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