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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... subjects , so also entire states were forced by it into new relative positions . Thus , by a strange course of events , re- ligious disputes were the means of cementing a closer union among the nations of Europe . Fearful indeed , and ...
... subjects , so also entire states were forced by it into new relative positions . Thus , by a strange course of events , re- ligious disputes were the means of cementing a closer union among the nations of Europe . Fearful indeed , and ...
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... subjects . Of the multitude who flocked to their standards , such as were not lured by the hope of plunder imagined they were fighting for the truth , while in fact they were shedding their blood for the personal objects of their ...
... subjects . Of the multitude who flocked to their standards , such as were not lured by the hope of plunder imagined they were fighting for the truth , while in fact they were shedding their blood for the personal objects of their ...
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... subjects , and , after the example of other princes , enriching itself at the expense of a defence- less clergy ? It is difficult to credit that a belief in the infallibility of the Romish Church had any greater influence on the pious ...
... subjects , and , after the example of other princes , enriching itself at the expense of a defence- less clergy ? It is difficult to credit that a belief in the infallibility of the Romish Church had any greater influence on the pious ...
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... subjects ; and when even these proved far from adequate , they had recourse to fo- reign assistance ; and , by means of a common league , they endeavoured to oppose a power which , singly , they were unable to withstand . But the strong ...
... subjects ; and when even these proved far from adequate , they had recourse to fo- reign assistance ; and , by means of a common league , they endeavoured to oppose a power which , singly , they were unable to withstand . But the strong ...
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... subjects . It is only imme- diate advantages or immediate evils that set the people in action , and for these a sound policy cannot wait . ́Ill then would it have fared with these princes , if by good fortune another effectual motive ...
... subjects . It is only imme- diate advantages or immediate evils that set the people in action , and for these a sound policy cannot wait . ́Ill then would it have fared with these princes , if by good fortune another effectual motive ...
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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.