 I was a person who, from my first ' employment, was suddenly preferred and lifted up from lesser ' trusts to greater ; from my first being a Captain of a Troop ' of Horse ; and did labour as well as I could to discharge ' my trust ; and God blessed me...  Chambers' Edinburgh Journal - Page 151846Full view - About this book
 | Edward Wedlake Brayley - Huntingdonshire (England) - 1808 - 290 pages
...his refusal to take on him the title of King. " I was a person that, from my first employment, was suddenly preferred, and lifted up from lesser trusts to greater. From my first being Captain of a troop of horse, I did labor as well as I could, to discharge my trust ; and God blessed... | |
 | William Harris - 1814 - 542 pages
...Cromwell's own account will confirm this. " I was a person," says he, " that from my first employment was suddenly preferred, and lifted up from lesser trusts...my first being a captain of a troop of horse, and I did labour (as well as I could) to discharge my trust, and God blessed me as it pleased him, and... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1821 - 596 pages
...best be told in his own curious words. ' I was a person,' said he, ' that from my first employment was suddenly preferred and lifted up from lesser trusts...my first being a Captain of a troop of horse ; and I did labour as well as I could, to discharge my trust : and God blessed me as it pleased him ; and... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Sir William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero Baron Ernle, George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1821 - 612 pages
...best be told in his own curious words. ' I was a person,' said he, ' that from my first employment was suddenly preferred and lifted up from lesser trusts...my first being a Captain of a troop of horse ; and I did labour as well as I could, to discharge my trust : and God blessed me as it pleased him ; and... | |
 | Thomas Burton - Great Britain - 1828 - 562 pages
...say, I know my calling from the first to this day. I was a person that, from my first employment, was suddenly preferred and lifted up from lesser trusts...my first being a Captain of a troop of horse ;* and I did labour (as well as I could) to discharge my trust, and God blessed me as it pleased him. And... | |
 | Thomas Burton - Great Britain - 1828 - 574 pages
...say, I know my calling from the first to this day. I was a person that, from my first employment, was suddenly preferred and lifted up from lesser trusts...my first being a Captain of a troop of horse ;* and I did labour (as well as I could) to discharge my trust, and God blessed me as it pleased him. And... | |
 | William Godwin - Great Britain - 1828 - 678 pages
...proceeding in the beginning of the war. "I was a person, that from Com. . iii /• my first employment was suddenly preferred and lifted up from lesser trusts to greater, from my tarycsr being first a captain of a troop of horse. And I did labour, as well as I could, to discharge... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1829 - 686 pages
...has been given by his biographers. " I was a person," says he, " that from my first employment was suddenly preferred and lifted up from lesser trusts...my first being a captain of a troop of horse, and I did labour as well as I could to discharge my trust, and God blessed me as it pleased him, and I... | |
 | Michael Russell - 1829 - 338 pages
...has been given by his biographers. " I was a person," says he, " that from my first employment was suddenly preferred and lifted up from lesser trusts...my first being a captain of a troop of horse, and I did labour as well as I could to discharge my trust, and God blessed me as it pleased him, and I... | |
 | Statesmen - 1838 - 380 pages
...the present period of his history. " I was," he said, " a person that from my first employment was suddenly preferred and lifted up from lesser trusts...my first being a captain of a troop of horse, and I did labour (as well as I could) to discharge my trust, and God blessed me as it pleased him, and... | |
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