 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...  A Short History of the English People - Sida 554efter John Richard Green - 1877 - 847 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Paul Brennan - 1985 - 156 sidor
...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 sidor
...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 God upon these...tend to prevent the effusion of blood for the future. Which are the satisfactory grounds to such actions, which otherwise cannot but work remorse and regret.... | |
 | Plantagenet Somerset Fry, Peter Plantagenet Somerset Fry, Fiona Somerset Fry - 1991 - 388 sidor
...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... | |
 | John Ranelagh - 1994 - 340 sidor
...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 sidor
...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, Rosemary Rees, Jane Shuter - 1998 - 166 sidor
...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 - 100 sidor
...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 sidor
...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... | |
 | Angus Stroud - 1999 - 246 sidor
...judgement of God upon these barbarous wretches, who have stained their hands in so much innocent blood; and it will tend to prevent the effusion of blood for the future. ... It was set upon some of our hearts ... by the spirit of God. In 1650, Cromwell was recalled by... | |
 | Sonja Massie - 1999 - 296 sidor
...published in England in 1647 by Nathaniel Ward, noted Puritan preacher Gift of Gab "I am persuaded that this is a righteous judgment of God upon these barbarous wretches." —Oliver Cromwell in a letter to the English parliament, explaining his massacre of the town of Drogheda... | |
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