Re: Just As True Today As It Was In 1779

"Andrew Robert Breen" <azb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> William Black <william.black@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>"conwaycaine" <conwaycaine@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> "William Black" <william.black@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>> Wa****ngton and Cromwell were revolutionaries who died at home in bed,
>>>> beloved by most,  and feared by a reasonable number as well, as the
>>>> greatest revolutionaries are prone to do.
>>>
>>> "Beloved" Oliver Cromwell?
>>> Beloved by whom?
>>>
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>>Henry Ireton for a start.
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>>And probably a reasonable pro****tion of the men he led to victory.
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> and - forty-odd years on - Sam Peyps rated him as one of the (IIRC)
> 3 most admirable british monarchs (Sam's *****sment and terminology,
> not mine).

Reasonably honest,  didn't chase women,  incorruptible,  religious, 
excellent general,  started the British Empire in its modern form, 
chopped 
the head off a king,  sacked all the bishops.

What's not to like?


-- 
William Black


I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time,  like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.