The Empire of Austria: Its Rise and Present PowerMason, 1859 - 520 páginas |
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... father's death . Frederic II . , one of the most renowned monarchs of the middle ages , was then Emperor of that conglomeration of heterogeneous States called Germany . Each of these States had its own independent ruler and laws , but ...
... father's death . Frederic II . , one of the most renowned monarchs of the middle ages , was then Emperor of that conglomeration of heterogeneous States called Germany . Each of these States had its own independent ruler and laws , but ...
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... father to the camp and to the court . Upon the death of his father , Rhodolph inherited the ancestral castle , and the moderate possessions of a Swiss baron . He was sur- rounded by barons of far greater wealth and power than him- self ...
... father to the camp and to the court . Upon the death of his father , Rhodolph inherited the ancestral castle , and the moderate possessions of a Swiss baron . He was sur- rounded by barons of far greater wealth and power than him- self ...
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... father and the son would be in easy coöperation . He then established his three sons , Albert , Hartmann , and Rhodolph , in different parts of these provinces , and , with his queen , fixed his residence at Vienna . Such was the ...
... father and the son would be in easy coöperation . He then established his three sons , Albert , Hartmann , and Rhodolph , in different parts of these provinces , and , with his queen , fixed his residence at Vienna . Such was the ...
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... father in authority over the Austrian and Swiss provinces . But he was a man stern , unconciliating and domineering . The nobles hated him , and hoped to drive him back to the Swiss cantons from which his father had come . One great ...
... father in authority over the Austrian and Swiss provinces . But he was a man stern , unconciliating and domineering . The nobles hated him , and hoped to drive him back to the Swiss cantons from which his father had come . One great ...
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... father , Albert met these emergencies . Summoning imme diately an army from Switzerland , he shut up all the avenues . to the city , which was not in the slightest degree prepared for a siege , and speedily starved the inhabitants into ...
... father , Albert met these emergencies . Summoning imme diately an army from Switzerland , he shut up all the avenues . to the city , which was not in the slightest degree prepared for a siege , and speedily starved the inhabitants into ...
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alarmed Albert alliance allies ambassador ambition arms army battle Belgrade blood Bohemia brother castle Catholic Charles Church claim command commenced compelled coöperation court Danube daughter death declared decree despotic died diet dominions duchy Duke of Bavaria Duke of Lorraine election Elector Elector of Saxony emperor endeavored energy England entered Europe father favor Ferdinand force fortress France Frederic French garrison German empire Germany Gustavus hands Hapsburg hereditary honor hostile house of Austria hundred Hungarians Hungary immediately Italy king King of Bohemia King of Hungary kingdom Ladislaus Leopold Louis Maria Theresa Matthias Maximilian miles monarch nobles palace party peace peror Philip Poland pope possession Prague princes promised Protestants provinces Prussia queen realms received reign retreat Rhine Rhodolph roused Saxony secure sent Silesia soon sovereign Spain Spanish spirit succeeded sultan summoned surrender territory thousand throne tion took Transylvania treaty troops Turks Tyrol victory Vienna Wallenstein
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Página 307 - They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms ; that made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
Página 134 - This is the state of man : to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him . The third day comes a frost, a killing frost, And, — when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a-ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.
Página 413 - Everything in this court is running into the last confusion and ruin, where there are as visible signs of folly and madness as ever were inflicted on a people whom Heaven is determined to destroy, no less by domestic divisions than by the more public calamities of repeated defeats, defencelessness, poverty, plague, and famine.
Página 306 - Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
Página 219 - At all events this concentration will be brought about sooner or later by the very force of events. The impulse is given, and I think that, since my fall, and the destruction of my system, no grand equilibrium can possibly be established in Europe, except by the concentration and confederation of the principal nations. The sovereign who, in the first great conflict, shall sincerely embrace the cause of the people, will find himself at the head of all Europe, and may attempt whatever he pleases.
Página 462 - ... that she might animate the troops by her presence and bounty. She established a military academy at Vienna, and collected the most skilful professors of all the sciences and exercises which tend to elucidate or improve the art of war. By these institutions the army acquired, under the auspices of Maria Theresa, such a degree of perfection as it had never attained under any of her predecessors; and a woman accomplished designs worthy of a great man.
Página 442 - He obtained what he asked for and went to rejoin Marshal Belle-Isle at Egra.
Página 489 - I hope, will meet with little difficulty. He will immediately depart for Vienna, and will be able to return in five or six days, during which time I will act with such caution that your imperial majesty may have no cause of apprehension for the safety of any part of your family, and particularly of the emperor, whom I love and esteem, although our opinions differ in regard to the affairs of Germany.
Página 99 - To-morrow I shall send the Bishop of Guzk to the pope at Rome, to conclude an agreement with him that I may be appointed his coadjutor, and on his death succeed to the papacy, and become a priest, and afterwards a saint, that you may be bound to worship me, of which I shall be very proud.
Página 217 - Europe, dispersed, it is true, upwards of thirty millions of French, fifteen millions of Spaniards, fifteen millions of Italians, and thirty millions of Germans; and it was my intention to incorporate these people each into one nation. It would have been a noble thing to have advanced into posterity with such a train, and attended by the blessings of future ages.