Memoirs of the Court, Aristocracy, and Diplomacy of Austria, Volum 1Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1856 |
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Memoirs of the Court, Aristocracy, and Diplomacy of Austria, Volum 1 Carl Eduard Vehse Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1856 |
Memoirs of the Court, Aristocracy, and Diplomacy of Austria, Volum 1 Carl Eduard Vehse Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1856 |
Memoirs of the Court, Aristocracy, and Diplomacy of Austria Eduard Vehse Ingen forhåndsvisning tilgjengelig - 2019 |
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afterwards Aldringer ambassador Archduke army Augsburg Austria Baron battle battle of Mühlberg Bavaria became Bethlen Gabor Bishop Bohemia Brandenburg brother called camp Cardinal castle Catholic celebrated Charles Church Colonel command councillors Count court crown daughter death died Diet duchy Duke Bernard Edict of Restitution Eger Elector of Saxony Elector Palatine Emperor Empire enemy estates father Ferdinand Ferdinand II florins France French Gallas German German Empire Gustavus Adolphus hand honour horse House of Habsburg Hungary Imperial Italian Jesuits John Frederic Khevenhüller King Landgrave latter League Leopold likewise Lobkowitz lords Lutheran Magdeburg Majesty marched married Matthias Maurice Maximilian Netherlands noble Nuremberg Palatinate Papist Pappenheim Passau peace peasants Philip Piccolomini Pilsen Pope Prague princes princess Protestant Ratisbon regiment Rodolph Roman sent Silesia Smalkalde soldiers Spain Spanish Swabia Swedes Swedish Terzka Thurn Tilly took town Trautmannsdorf troops Turks Tyrol Vienna Wallenstein whilst whole Würtemberg
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Side 169 - Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither : the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away ; blessed be the name of the Lord.
Side 416 - England the minimum of taxable income is £150 a year. The requirements of the Englishman are no doubt more numerous; his standard of living is higher. But on the other hand, it is to be borne in mind that the Englishman lives for himself and his wife and children; whereas the Indian, under the operation of the joint-family system has a large number of relatives to feed and support. In any case I trust the minimum of taxable income will be raised. In this connection I desire to call the attention...
Side 483 - The introduction was couched in terms of the most piteous and humble contrition. After •which he proceeded to bestow on the reverend fathers, as a token of the love which he always bore to them, and for the gladdening of their hearts, 80,000 . Here the page ended. When the reader turned the leaf he found, " boardnails for a new building.
Side 6 - Romulus made a vow that if he should overcome and kill his enemy he would himself carry his spoils to the temple of Jupiter and offer them to him. He overcame his adversary, and slew him, routed his army and captured his city.
Side 344 - ... sternest features ; a lofty, commanding forehead, with short, bristling black hair; small, black, fiery, and piercing eyes ; dark, mistrustful looks ; his chin and lips covered with a pointed beard and thick mustachios, the ends of which stood stiffly out ; such was the man, as we may still see him in his portraits. His usual dress consisted of a buff jerkin and a white doublet, scarlet mantle and hose, a broad Spanish ruff, boots of Cordova leather, lined with fur on account of his gout ; on...
Side 68 - ... avons voulu garder et garderons, si Dieu plaist , jusques à la mort) vous faisons entendre que , si vous nous avez voulu ou voulez charger, non pas de...
Side 171 - ... which the deadly fever already in him was brought to its fatal height. He knelt several days with his eyes streaming before a large crucifix, fervently clasping it in his embrace. The learned Dominican Bartholomew de Carranza, Archbishop of Toledo, administered extreme unction to the dying monarch.* One of his last sayings was : " In manus tuas Domine ! commendo spiritum meum ; redemisti nos Domine ! Deus veritatis : " words which he frequently repeated during his last illness.
Side 412 - Terzka in the outhouse, who had already been informed of their husbands' murder. This caused him to go to the window to inquire of the sentinel what all this meant. Devereux asked of the valet the key of the duke's room ; on being refused, he forced the door, shouting, " Rebels ! rebels !" and entered with his fellow-assassins. Wallenstein was standing in his shirt, leaning against a table. " You are to die, rogue !" Devereux called out to him. As Wallenstein turned towards the window to call for...
Side 70 - ... pour hostaiges et moyennant vostre foy, par avant baillée, pour vostre retour comme dit est ; et , veu aussi que sur la...
Side 345 - ... not to appear to take any notice of him. " The men were struck with a strange awe when Wallenstein's tall, thin figure glided along like a ghost ; there was about all his being something solemn, mysterious, and unearthly. The soldiers were fully convinced that their general had a bond with the powers of darkness ; that he read the future in the stars ; that he could not bear to hear the barking of the dog, nor the crowing of the cock ; that he was proof against bullet as well as against cut and...