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... The Church of England quarterly review - Seite 3711847Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| William Maxwell Blackburn - 1879 - 752 Seiten
...the small remnant of the soldiers who surrendered were nearly all shipped for the Barbadoes. He said: "I am persuaded that this is a righteous judgment...barbarous wretches who have imbrued their hands in so much blood, and that it will tend to prevent the effusion of blood for the future ; which are the satisfactory... | |
| John Richard Green - 1879 - 480 Seiten
...despatch ends, " that this is a righteous judgement of God upon these barbarous wretches who have imbnied their hands in so much innocent blood, and that it...to prevent the effusion of blood for the future." A detachment sufficed to relieve Derry and to quiet Ulster ; and Cromwell turned to the south, where... | |
| Ellen Webley Parry - 1879 - 530 Seiten
...conquest was prosecuted. "I am persuaded," he wrote, "that this is a righteous judgment of God upon those barbarous wretches who have imbrued their hands in so much innocent blood." He alluded to the massacre in 1641 by the native Irish, but the sufferers at Drogheda were chiefly... | |
| John Stoughton - 1881 - 516 Seiten
...more to do with Cromwell's deeds in Ireland than cruelty of disposition. "I am persuaded," he says, "that this is a righteous judgment of God upon these...to prevent the effusion of blood for the future." No one can help seeing in these words a revengeful justice excited by the Popish massacres of 1641,... | |
| Francis Warre Cornish - 1882 - 446 Seiten
...(he writes) "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...otherwise cannot but work remorse and regret." It appears probable, on a consideration of the whole affair, that Cromwell had undertaken the business... | |
| John Richard Green - 1882 - 484 Seiten
...the soldiers killed, and the rest shipped for the Barbadoes." "I am persuaded," the dispatch ends, "that this is a righteous judgment of God upon these...to prevent the effusion of blood for the future." 1104. A detachment sufficed to relieve Derry and to quiet Ulster; and Cromwell turned to the south,... | |
| Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - 558 Seiten
...conquest was a series of awful massacres. ' I am persuaded,' he says, ' that this is a righteous judgement of God upon these barbarous wretches who have imbrued...to prevent the effusion of blood for the future.' She was, as ever since, undisguisedly governed as a dependency won by the sword. Scotland, joined to... | |
| Archibald Hastie Dick - 1882 - 204 Seiten
...Indies and sold as slaves. Cromwell justified these cruel proceedings, ou the ground that " it was a righteous judgment of God upon these barbarous wretches,...that it will tend to prevent the effusion of blood in the future, which are the satisfactory grounds to such actions, which otherwise cannot but work... | |
| Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - 538 Seiten
...'I am persuaded,' he says, 'that this is a righteous judgement of God upon these barbarous wretehes who have imbrued their hands in so much innocent blood,...to prevent the effusion of blood for the future.' She was, as ever since, undisguisedly governed as a dependency won by the sword. Scotland, joined to... | |
| Francis Warre Cornish - 1882 - 444 Seiten
...commander who forbids his men to give quarter. He himself had no relentings. " I am persuaded" (he writes) "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 tend to prevent the effusion of blood... | |
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