History of the Thirty Years' War, Complete: History of the Revolt of the Netherlands to the Confederacy of the GueuxG. Woodfall & Son Printers, 1846 - 519 páginas |
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... gave no reason to expect indulgence ; -their bitter hatred left no hope of magnanimity or forbearance . But the Protestants , likewise , were excusable if they too placed little confidence in the sincerity of the Roman Catholics . By ...
... gave no reason to expect indulgence ; -their bitter hatred left no hope of magnanimity or forbearance . But the Protestants , likewise , were excusable if they too placed little confidence in the sincerity of the Roman Catholics . By ...
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... gave it a Rodolph for Emperor . At a more peaceful period the Germanic Union would have managed its own interests , and Rodolph , like so many others of his rank , might have hidden his deficiencies in a mysterious obscurity . But the ...
... gave it a Rodolph for Emperor . At a more peaceful period the Germanic Union would have managed its own interests , and Rodolph , like so many others of his rank , might have hidden his deficiencies in a mysterious obscurity . But the ...
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... gave rise to the unfortunate disputes which subsequently rekindled the flames of war in Europe . The Letter of Majesty erected the Protestant part of Bohemia into a kind of republic . The States had learned to feel the power which they ...
... gave rise to the unfortunate disputes which subsequently rekindled the flames of war in Europe . The Letter of Majesty erected the Protestant part of Bohemia into a kind of republic . The States had learned to feel the power which they ...
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... gave them the preponderance in the chapter . The other canons thereupon retired to Alsace - Saverne , where , under the protection of the bishop , they established them- selves as the only lawful chapter , and denounced that which ...
... gave them the preponderance in the chapter . The other canons thereupon retired to Alsace - Saverne , where , under the protection of the bishop , they established them- selves as the only lawful chapter , and denounced that which ...
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... gave him their voices , because they hoped the best from his vigour and activity ; the Protestants gave him theirs , be- cause they hoped every thing from his weakness . It is not difficult to reconcile this contradiction . The one ...
... gave him their voices , because they hoped the best from his vigour and activity ; the Protestants gave him theirs , be- cause they hoped every thing from his weakness . It is not difficult to reconcile this contradiction . The one ...
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History of the Thirty Years' War, Complete: History of the Revolt ..., Volume 1 Friedrich Schiller Visualização integral - 1883 |
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abandoned alliance allies already appeared arms army attack Austria battle Bavaria bishops Bohemia Brandenburg camp cause church coloured command confederates conquest Council Count Egmont Count Mansfeld courage court crown danger defend dominions Duke of Bavaria edicts Edition Elector of Bavaria Elector of Saxony Emperor empire enemy Engravings Estates Europe fate favour fear Ferdinand force formidable fortune France French garrison Germany gilt cloth Granvella Gustavus Adolphus hands HISTORY hitherto honour hope imperial Imperialists Inquisition King of Sweden king's kingdom latter League liberty Lower Saxony Magdeburg Mansfeld Maximilian monarch morocco nation negociations Netherlands nobles oppression Palatinate party peace Philip Plates Pomerania Portrait possession Prague Prince of Orange Protestants provinces quarter regent religion religious Rhine Roman Catholic royal soldiers soon sovereign Spain Spaniards Spanish Swedes Swedish territories threatened throne Tilly tion town treaty troops Union victory Viglius vols Wallenstein whole zeal
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Página 3 - The author appears to us to have neglected no sources of information, and to have exhausted them, as far as regards the general scope and purpose of the inquiry. The graphical illustrations are such as become a work of this character upon such a subject ; at, of course, a lavish cost.
Página 5 - STRUTT'S DRESSES AND HABITS OF THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND, from the Establishment of the Saxons in Britain to the present time ; with an Historical and Critical Inquiry into every branch of Costume.
Página 11 - Bearings, Crests, and Mottoes, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, including the late Grants by the College of Arms. With an Introduction to Heraldry, and a Dictionary of Terms.
Página 13 - Essays : On Decision of Character ; on a Man's writing Memoirs of Himself; on the epithet Romantic; on the aversion of Men of Taste to Evangelical Religion.
Página 18 - Opera), the best farce (the Critic — it is only too good for a farce), and the best Address (Monologue on Garrick), and, to crown all, delivered the very best Oration (the famous Begum Speech) ever conceived or heard in this country.
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Página 10 - that you may carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are the most useful after all.