History of the Thirty Years' War, Complete: History of the Revolt of the Netherlands, to the Confederacy of the GueuxBell and Daldy, 1873 - 519 páginas |
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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 cavalry Charles church command compelled confederates conquest Council Count Egmont Count Mansfeld courage court crown danger Danube death defeat defend dignity dominions Duke Bernard Duke of Bavaria edicts Elector of Bavaria Elector of Saxony Emperor empire enemy Estates fate favour fear Ferdinand force formidable fortune France Franconia garrison gave Germany Granvella Gustavus Adolphus hands honour hope Hungary imperial Imperialists Inquisition King of Sweden king's kingdom latter League liberty Lower Saxony Magdeburg Mansfeld Maximilian monarch Moravia nation negociations Netherlands nobles oppression Palatinate party peace Philip Pomerania possession Prague Prince of Orange Protestants provinces quarter regent religion religious Rhine Roman Catholic soldiers soon sovereign Spain Spaniards Spanish Swedes Swedish territories threatened throne Tilly tion town treaty troops Union victory Viglius Wallenstein whole zeal
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Página 135 - The King of Sweden," said he in the Diet at Ratisbon, "is an enemy both prudent and brave, inured to war, and in the flower of his age. His plans are excellent, his resources considerable ; his subjects enthusiastically attached to him. His army, composed of Swedes, Germans...
Página 241 - They rushed madly forward to rescue his sacred remains from the hands of the enemy. A murderous, conflict ensued over the body, till his mangled remains were buried beneath a heap of slain. The mournful tidings soon ran through the Swedish army ; but instead of destroying the courage of these brave troops, it but excited it into a new, a wild, and consuming flame. Life had lessened in value, now that the most sacred life of all was gone; death had no terrors for the lowly since the anointed head...
Página 146 - Fearful, indeed, was the tumult amid clouds of smoke, heaps of dead bodies, the clash of swords, the crash of falling ruins, and streams of blood. The atmosphere glowed ; and the intolerable heat forced at last even the murderers to take refuge in their camp. In less than twelve hours, this strong, populous, and flourishing city, one of the finest in Germany, was reduced to ashes, with the exception of two churches and a few houses. The Administrator, Christian William, after receiving several wounds,...