Outlines of the world's history, ancient, mediæval, and modern, with special relation to the history of civilization and the progress of mankind .. . f Dunbar andWorcester. 145. In his person Oliver Cromwell was of a coarse andheavy figure, about the middle size. His eyes character ofwere gray and keen, his long nose was of a Cromweii. deep red. It is a characteristic traitthat when a painter, wishing to flatterhim, represented the Protector with-out a wart which deformed his face,he angrily told the artist, Paint meas I am! Yet within this ruggedframe there burned a great and heroicsoul. He h
Outlines of the world's history, ancient, mediæval, and modern, with special relation to the history of civilization and the progress of mankind .. . f Dunbar andWorcester. 145. In his person Oliver Cromwell was of a coarse andheavy figure, about the middle size. His eyes character ofwere gray and keen, his long nose was of a Cromweii. deep red. It is a characteristic traitthat when a painter, wishing to flatterhim, represented the Protector with-out a wart which deformed his face,he angrily told the artist, Paint meas I am! Yet within this ruggedframe there burned a great and heroicsoul. He had military talent of thehighest order : but he was more than Cromwell. ,. , a mere soldier: he was an iron char-acter, a man of terrible, fiery earnestness, fitted by DivineProvidence for the awful yet necessary part he had to playin the history of England. 146. Richard Cromwell, son of Oliver, succeeded by hisfathers appointment to the protectorate; but Events to thehe was wholly unfit for the position, being a Restoration,gentle, modest soul. Realizing his own deficiencies, he re-?vgned the office in five months. Then followed an inter-. 36o MODERN HISTORY. val of great confusion, in the midst of which it was clearlyseen that the English people were leaning towards theirexiled sovereign, Charles II. He was accordingly invitedback to his native land, and returning, he was proclaimedking in May, 1660. 147. The Restoration, as it is called, was hailed withCircumstances transports of joy, — the joy of a people whoration. lovcd order and hated anarchy. Yet a peoplemay purchase order at too dear a price, and this fact soonreceived a striking illustration in England. The nation,without imposing any terms on the new sovereign, trust-ed implicitly to his good disposition. Charles II. soonshowed his true character: though humane and amiable,he was indolent, prodigal, and licentious, unfitted either tosupport the national honor abroad, or to command respectat home. 148. During the g
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