 THE name of Cromwell up to the present period has been identified with ambition, craftiness, usurpation, ferocity, and tyranny ; we think that his true character is that of a fanatic. History is like the sibyl, and only reveals her secrets to time, leaf...  Memoirs of Celebrated Characters - Seite 97von Alphonse de Lamartine - 1854Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1880 - 812 Seiten
...ferocity, and tyranny ; we think that his true character is that of a fanatic. History is like the sibyl, and only reveals her secrets to time, leaf by leaf....The fault was not theirs, but belonged to the epoch in which they wrote. -Authentic documents had not then seen the light, and the portrait of Cromwell... | |
 | 1880 - 814 Seiten
...ferocity, and tyranny ; we think that his true character is that of a fanatic,. History is like the sibyl, and only reveals her secrets to time, leaf by leaf....real nature and composition of this human enigma, lie has been thought a profound politician ; he was only aa eminent sectarian. Far-sighted historians... | |
 | 1880 - 832 Seiten
...ferocity, and tyranny ; we think that his true character is that of a fanatic. History is like the sibyl, and only reveals her secrets to time, leaf by leaf. Hitherto she lías not exhibited the real nature and composition of this human enigma. He has been thought a profound... | |
 | National Educational Association (U.S.). Meeting - 1897 - 1148 Seiten
...secrets to time, leaf by leaf. Farsighted historians of deep research, such as Hume, Lingard, Bousset, and Voltaire, have all been mistaken in Cromwell....The fault was not theirs, but belonged to the epoch in which they wrote. Authentic documents had not then seen the light, and Cromwell's portrait had only... | |
 | National Educational Association (U.S.) - 1897 - 1170 Seiten
...secrets to time, leaf by leaf. Farsighted historians of deep research, such as Hume, Lingard, Bousset, and Voltaire, have all been mistaken in Cromwell....The fault was not theirs, but belonged to the epoch in which they wrote. Authentic documents had not then seen the light, and Cromwell's portrait had only... | |
 | National Education Association of the United States - 1897 - 1148 Seiten
...secrets to time, leaf by leaf. Farsighted historians of deep research, such as Hume, Lingard, Bousset, and Voltaire, have all been mistaken in Cromwell....The fault was not theirs, but belonged to the epoch in which they wrote. Authentic documents had not then seen the light, and Cromwell's portrait had only... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler - 1900 - 578 Seiten
...ferocity, and tyranny; we think that his true character is that of a fanatic. History is like the sibyl, and only reveals her secrets to time, leaf by leaf....The fault was not theirs, but belonged to the epoch in which they wrote. Authentic documents had not then seen the light, and the portrait of Cromwell... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer - 1902 - 566 Seiten
...and tyranny ; we think that Ы> true 3977 character is that of a. fanatic. History is like the sibyl, and only reveals her secrets to time, leaf by leaf....The fault was not theirs, but belonged to the epoch in which they wrote. Authentic documents had not then seen the light, and the portrait of Cromwell... | |
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