 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
 | James Anthony Froude - 1888 - 668 Seiten
..." I am persuaded," wrote Cromwell, " that this is a righteous judgment of God upon these burbaro-u? wretches, who have imbrued their hands in so much...that it will tend to prevent the effusion of blood in the future, which are the satisfactory grounds to such actions, which otherwise could not but work... | |
 | Paul Brennan - 1985 - 156 Seiten
...to whom indeed the praise of this mercy belongs... This is a righteous judgement of God upon those barbarous wretches who have imbrued their hands in so much innocent blood (1). The growth of Belfast as an industrial city during the nineteenth century was also accompanied... | |
 | Max Hastings - 1985 - 530 Seiten
...in the other tower were all spared, as to their lives only, and shipped likewise for the Barbadoes. I am persuaded that this is a righteous judgment of...which otherwise cannot but work remorse and regret. Oliver Cromwell 95. WHILE Louis XIV was besieging Lisle in 1667, the Count de Brouai, governor of the... | |
 | Plantagenet Somerset Fry, Peter Plantagenet Somerset Fry, Fiona Somerset Fry - 1991 - 388 Seiten
...was holy. When he wrote to the English parliament he described the carnage as 'a righteous judgement of God upon these barbarous wretches, who have imbrued their hands in so much innocent blood.' It did not occur to him that some might think the bloodied hands his own; nor did he realize that the... | |
 | Michael Howard, George J. Andreopoulos, Mark R. Shulman, Michael Eliot Howard - 1994 - 316 Seiten
...place. It is true that Cromwell later claimed that he was moved by a spirit of confessional vengeance: "I am persuaded that this is a righteous judgment of God upon these barbarous [Catholic] wretches, who have imbrued their hands in so much innocent [Protestant] blood"; and that... | |
 | John Ranelagh - 1994 - 340 Seiten
...escaped with their lives.' He went on to justify his action as 'a righteous judgement of God upon those barbarous wretches who have imbrued their hands in so much innocent blood' and argued that 'it will tend to prevent the effusion of blood for the future'. Seventeenth-century rules... | |
 | James F. Lydon - 1998 - 440 Seiten
...Cromwell revealed a more likely motive for his action when he wrote that it was 'a righteous judgement of God upon these barbarous wretches. who have imbrued their hands in so much innocent blood'. Simple revenge was one motive and God was on his side. Recounting how in St Peter's church. where mass... | |
 | Nigel Kelly, Jane Shuter, Rosemary Rees - 1998 - 100 Seiten
...everyone they found. Source A An extract from a letter written by Cromwell to Parliament, September 1649. I am persuaded that this is a righteous judgment of God upon these barbarous wretches and that it will tend to prevent the spilling of blood in the future. These are the only grounds for... | |
 | Nigel Kelly, Jane Shuter, Rosemary Rees - 1998 - 296 Seiten
...everyone they found. Source A An extract from a letter written by Cromwell to Parliament, September 1649. I am persuaded that this is a righteous judgment of God upon these barbarous wretches and that it will tend to prevent the spilling of blood in the future. These are the only grounds for... | |
 | Nigel Kelly, Rosemary Rees, Jane Shuter - 1998 - 166 Seiten
...everyone they found. Source A An extract from a letter written by Cromwell to Parliament, September 1649. I am persuaded that this is a righteous judgment of God upon these barbarous wretches and that it will tend to prevent the spilling of blood in the future. These are the only grounds for... | |
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