| sir John Bernard Burke - 1850 - 516 páginas
...prayer of this stout cavalier before he charged at the battle of Edge Hill. It was to this effect, " О Lord, thou knowest how busy I must be this day ; if I forget thee, do not thou forget me ! " For his service^, he was knighted by Charles П., and soon after the Restoration, was created a... | |
| 1888 - 564 páginas
...of Lindsey that immediately before the advance at the battle of Edgehill he used this prayer : " 0 Lord, Thou knowest how busy I must be this day. If I forget Thee, do not Thou forget me." See Beesley's 'History of Banbury,' ii. 314. Whether this is the first instance on record of the use... | |
| Catherine Sinclair - 1851 - 420 páginas
...the rain." Lord Ashley before he charged, at the battle of EdgeHill, made this short prayer : " 0, Lord, Thou knowest how busy I must be this day, if I forget Thee, do not Thou forget me !" Bishop Latimer says in allusion to Popery : " Where the devil is. resident, and hath his plough... | |
| Henry William Herbert - 1854 - 454 páginas
...Edgehill, knelt at the head of his lines, and prayed this short prayer memorable through all time : " 0 Lord, Thou knowest how busy I must be this day. If I forget Thee, do not Thou forget me !" and then springing to his charger cried, " March on, boys !" and led a charge so fiery and so well... | |
| Whellan T. and co - 1855 - 722 páginas
...brave old General's prayer, before the advance to the conflict, is said to have been as follows :—" O Lord, thou knowest how busy I must be this day ; if I forget thee, do not thou forget me. March on boys!" Essex withdrew to Warwick, and thence to Coventry; and Charles, having compelled the... | |
| David Hume - 1856 - 588 páginas
...of his inclination towards peace : in other • Rush. vol. vii. p. 141. It was the same Astley who, before he charged at the battle of Edgehill, made...how busy I must be this day. If I forget thee, do no* thou forget me." And with that rose up and cried, " March on, boys ! " Warwick, p. 229. There were... | |
| David Hume - 1856 - 586 páginas
...inclination towards peace: in other * Hush. vol. vii. p. 141. It was the same Astley who, before lie charged at the battle of Edgehi.ll, made this short...how busy I must be this day. If I forget thee, do no* thou forget me." And with that rose up and cried, " March on, boys!" "Warwick, p. 229. There were... | |
| Whellan T. and co - 1857 - 798 páginas
...old General's prayer, before the advance to the conflict, is said to have been as follows : — •" O Lord, thou knowest how busy I must be this day, ; if I forget thee, do not thou forget me. March on boys ! " Essex withdrew to Warwick, and thence to Coventry ; and Charles, having compelled... | |
| David Hume - 1858 - 604 páginas
...of his inclination towards peace : in other » Rush. vol. vii. p. 141. It was the same Astley who, before he charged at the battle of Edgehill, made...how busy I must be this day. If I forget thee, do no' thou forget me." And with that rose up and cried, " March on boys ! " Warwick, p. 229. There were... | |
| Charles Knight - 1858 - 560 páginas
...excellent, pious, short, and soldierly prayer : for he lifted up his eyes and hands to Heaven, saying, ' 0 Lord, thou knowest how busy I must be this day ; if I forget thee, do not Thou forget me.' And with that rose up, crying ' March on, boys.' "t Between the town of Keinton and Edgehill was "... | |
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