I am persuaded that this is a righteous judgment of God upon these barbarous wretches, who have imbrued their hands in so much innocent blood ; and that it will tend to prevent the effusion of blood for the future. Which are the satisfactory grounds to... Irish Literature - Side 2571redigeret af - 1904 - 4126 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
| Nathaniel Ward - 1647 - 120 sider
...every tenth man of the soldiers killed; and the rest shipped for the Barbadoes. ' ' "I am persuaded that this is a righteous judgment of God upon these...have imbrued their hands in so much innocent blood. ' ' 1 Carlyle, Letters and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell, 1 : 196. And he concludes this letter: "And... | |
| William Harris - 1814 - 542 sider
...man of the soldiers killed, and the rest shipped for the Barbadoes. — I am perswaded," adds he, " that this is a righteous judgment of God Upon these...innocent blood, and that it will tend to prevent the * Borlase's History of the execrable Irish Rebellion, p. 222. fo). Load. 1680. » Id. p. 22*. out among... | |
| William Harris - 1814 - 560 sider
...Irish Rebellion, p. 222. fol. Lond. 1680. » Id. p. 234. out among the soldiers and adventurers of the effusion of blood for the future; which are the satisfactory grounds to such actions, which, otherwise, cannot but work remorse and regret*." This is saying the most for... | |
| Michael Russell - 1829 - 352 sider
...printer to the Parliament of England, 1649. Having given these details, Cromwell adds, " I am persuaded that this is a righteous judgment of God, upon these barbarous wretches who have embrued their hands in so much innocent blood, and that it -will tend to prevent the effusion of blood... | |
| Constable and co, ltd - 1829 - 686 sider
...printer to the Parliament of England, 1649. Having given these details, Cromwell adds, " I am persuaded that this is a righteous judgment of God, upon these barbarous wretches who have embrued their hands in so much innocent blood, and that it will tend to prevent the effusion of blood... | |
| Michael Russell - 1833 - 286 sider
...a friar ; but that did not save him."* Having given these details, Cromwell adds, " I am persuaded that this is a righteous judgment of God upon these...the future — which are the satisfactory grounds to such actions •which otherwise cannot but work remorse and regret. And now give me leave to say... | |
| 1832 - 448 sider
...and every tenth man of the soldiers killed, and the rest shipped for the Barbadoes. I am prrsuaded that this is a righteous judgment of God upon these barbarous wretches, who have imbued their hands in so much innocent blood, and that it will teud to prevent the effusion of blood... | |
| Michael Russell - 1838 - 394 sider
...and it is implied in the expression employed by Cromwell in his letter to the Speaker, where he says that it will tend to prevent the effusion of blood for the future. In short, his object was to set such an example of military execution as would terrify other garrisons... | |
| 1838 - 380 sider
...his great designs in England. In a subsequent letter on the same subject indeed he confesses this. " I am persuaded," he says, " that this is a righteous...judgment of God, upon these barbarous wretches who have embrued their hands in so much innocent blood, and that it will tend to prevent the t'ffusion of blood... | |
| Samuel Smiles - 1844 - 524 sider
...Drogheda, he says, * Fonter'i Life of Cromwell. Lardncr'i Cyclopajdia, vol. i., p. 270-1. " I am persuaded that this is a righteous judgment of God upon these...that it will tend to prevent the effusion of blood far the future ; which are the satisfactory grounds to such actions as cannot otherwise but work remorse... | |
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