Memoirs of the Life of Andrew Hofer; Containing an Account of the Transactions in the Tyrol During the Year 1809Joseph Hormayr (Baron von Hortenburg.), Joseph Freiherr von Hormayr zu Hortenburg, Charles Henry Hall J. Murray, 1820 - 198 sider |
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Side iv
... mountains . It may perhaps appear extraordinary to the reader , that in a book which professes to be the History of Hofer , Hofer should play so subordinate a part . Whatever blame may be attached to this contradic- tion between the ...
... mountains . It may perhaps appear extraordinary to the reader , that in a book which professes to be the History of Hofer , Hofer should play so subordinate a part . Whatever blame may be attached to this contradic- tion between the ...
Side x
... mountain shepherd - Gustavus Vasa was for a time , a miner - and Andrew Hofer , the re- nowned chief of the Tyrolese patriots , was the landlord of a village inn . The character of this celebrated man , -his incorruptible honesty , his ...
... mountain shepherd - Gustavus Vasa was for a time , a miner - and Andrew Hofer , the re- nowned chief of the Tyrolese patriots , was the landlord of a village inn . The character of this celebrated man , -his incorruptible honesty , his ...
Side xi
... mountains . The Bren- ner , which is situated between Innspruck and Sterzing , being as it were the centre from which they branch off . These mountains , though their summits are covered with per- petual snow , are notwithstanding rich ...
... mountains . The Bren- ner , which is situated between Innspruck and Sterzing , being as it were the centre from which they branch off . These mountains , though their summits are covered with per- petual snow , are notwithstanding rich ...
Side xii
... mountainous region . He appears to have been a person of distinguished abilities , and was one of the principal instruments in the elevation of Rodolph to the throne of the empire . It is not easy at this day to ascertain the precise ...
... mountainous region . He appears to have been a person of distinguished abilities , and was one of the principal instruments in the elevation of Rodolph to the throne of the empire . It is not easy at this day to ascertain the precise ...
Side xix
... mountainous countries , they naturally acquire from their residences , and from the magnificence of the scenery by which they are surrounded , a habit of thought , re- flexion and meditation ; but their seriousness does not degenerate ...
... mountainous countries , they naturally acquire from their residences , and from the magnificence of the scenery by which they are surrounded , a habit of thought , re- flexion and meditation ; but their seriousness does not degenerate ...
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abandoned advanced guard ammunition amongst ancient ANDREW HOFER appeared Archduke John ardour arms army assistance attack Austria Austrian troops Baraguay d'Hilliers Baron Hormayr Baron Taxis battalions battle Bavarians Beauharnois Bisson Botzen brave Brenner bridge Brixen Brunecken Buol Buonaparte Captain Carinthia carried cause Chasseurs Chastelar chiefs Clagenfurt Colonel Ertel command conduct consequence countrymen courage defend deputies Deroy deserted dispatched Dittfurt Eisenstecken Emperor enemy fire Fleims force French greatest Haspinger hastened head heights honour Hormayr horse immediately inhabitants Innspruck Innthal insurgents insurrection Isel join killed Kufstein landsturm Leiningen liberty Lienz Lieutenant Colonel loss Majesty ment Meran mountains native country numbers pass patriots peace peasantry peasants possession prisoners proclamation Pusterthal R. B. SHERIDAN Rattenberg received remained retreat Rusca Salzburg Scharnitz Schlanders Schmidt Schwaz sharpshooters soon Speckbacher Sterzing success surrender Teimer tion took town Trent Tyrol Tyroleans Tyrolese valley of Passeyr victory Villach Vorarlberg whole Wiltau Wörgl wounded Wrede
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Side 176 - Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine, Mediator of the Swiss Confederation.
Side 5 - ... old times of the Tyrol ; an enthusiastic word in favour of the emperor, or the house of Austria ; were appeals which had too powerful an effect on the feelings of Hofer ; and he who, according to the testimony of those who attended him, conducted himself in his last moments as "un eroe Christiano e martire intrepido," was for some time bathed in tears, and unable to utter a word.
Side xxiii - our terror was completed by the reply that immediately followed — •' In the name of the Holy Trinity ! cut all loose above...
Side 192 - Regiment, was appointed to the command of 1600 men to take him prisoner. Besides this force, which appears enormous when we consider that it was intended merely for the capture of one unfortunate man, who, situated as he was, could not hope to...
Side 55 - a person named Chastellar, stiling himself a general in the service of Austria, the mover of the insurrection in the Tyrol, charged with being the author of the massacres committed on the Bavarian and French prisoners by the insurgents, should, upon being made prisoner, be carried immediately before a military commission, and if judged guilty, be shot within four-and- twenty hours.
Side xxii - Our entrance into the passes of the Brenner was only opposed by small corps, which continued falling back, after an obstinate though short resistance. Among others, I perceived a man full eighty years of age, posted against the side of a rock, and sending death amongst our 'ranks with every shot.
Side 185 - ... resist." But, in a few days after, finding that the inhabitants of his beloved valleys were still in arms, and that further resistance was resolved on, he issued another proclamation, in which he ascribed his former intention to the advice of evil counsellors, and called on the people "still to combat in defence of your native country. I shall fight with you, and for you, as a father for his children.