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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... King of Bohemia . — The Elector of Cologne abjures the Catholic Religion . - Con- sequences . The Elector Palatine . - Dispute respecting the Succession of Juliers . - Designs of Henry IV . of France . - Formation of the Union . - The ...
... King of Bohemia . — The Elector of Cologne abjures the Catholic Religion . - Con- sequences . The Elector Palatine . - Dispute respecting the Succession of Juliers . - Designs of Henry IV . of France . - Formation of the Union . - The ...
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... King of Great Britain , who might lend him his powerful support . All these considerations were prominently and successfully brought forward by the Calvinists , and Frederick V. was chosen king by the Assembly at Prague , amidst prayers ...
... King of Great Britain , who might lend him his powerful support . All these considerations were prominently and successfully brought forward by the Calvinists , and Frederick V. was chosen king by the Assembly at Prague , amidst prayers ...
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... King and the people . Duke Charles , administrator of the kingdom during the ab- sence of the king , had availed himself of Sigismund's long residence in Poland , and the just displeasure of the states , to ingratiate himself with the ...
... King and the people . Duke Charles , administrator of the kingdom during the ab- sence of the king , had availed himself of Sigismund's long residence in Poland , and the just displeasure of the states , to ingratiate himself with the ...
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... king , and heroism again took exclusive possession of a heart which was not destined by na- ture to confine itself within the limits of quiet domestic hap- piness . Christian IV . of Denmark , who had ascended the throne before the ...
... king , and heroism again took exclusive possession of a heart which was not destined by na- ture to confine itself within the limits of quiet domestic hap- piness . Christian IV . of Denmark , who had ascended the throne before the ...
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... King James of England , who had looked on with indifference while his son - in - law lost the Bohemian crown , was aroused from his insensibility when the very existence of his daughter and grandson was at stake , and the victorious ...
... King James of England , who had looked on with indifference while his son - in - law lost the Bohemian crown , was aroused from his insensibility when the very existence of his daughter and grandson was at stake , and the victorious ...
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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.