The Empire of Austria: Its Rise and Present PowerMason, 1859 - 520 páginas |
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... give no ear to evil counselors , never engage in unnecessary war , but when you are involved in war be strong and brave . Love peace even better than your own personal interests . Remember that the counts of Hapsburg did not attain ...
... give no ear to evil counselors , never engage in unnecessary war , but when you are involved in war be strong and brave . Love peace even better than your own personal interests . Remember that the counts of Hapsburg did not attain ...
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... give up all the documents relative to his election as emperor ; join with all his family in- fluence to support Louis against any and every adversary , and give his daughter in marriage to Stephen the son of Louis . He also promised ...
... give up all the documents relative to his election as emperor ; join with all his family in- fluence to support Louis against any and every adversary , and give his daughter in marriage to Stephen the son of Louis . He also promised ...
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... give him a share of the government , and in the midst of incessant quarrels , which often led to bloody conflicts , each of the two brothers strove to wrest as much as possible from Austria before young Albert should be of age . The ...
... give him a share of the government , and in the midst of incessant quarrels , which often led to bloody conflicts , each of the two brothers strove to wrest as much as possible from Austria before young Albert should be of age . The ...
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... give him my kingdom , or rather I give him to my kingdoms RHODOLPH II . , ALBERT IV . AND ALBERT V. 61.
... give him my kingdom , or rather I give him to my kingdoms RHODOLPH II . , ALBERT IV . AND ALBERT V. 61.
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Its Rise and Present Power John Stevens Cabot Abbott. kingdom , or rather I give him to my kingdoms , to whom I can give or wish nothing better . Truly you belong to him in con- sideration of his wife , the hereditary princess of Hungary ...
Its Rise and Present Power John Stevens Cabot Abbott. kingdom , or rather I give him to my kingdoms , to whom I can give or wish nothing better . Truly you belong to him in con- sideration of his wife , the hereditary princess of Hungary ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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.