Modern Europe, a school history. To 1859Simpkin, Marshall, 1860 - 501 Seiten |
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... forces than individual heroism , and took from war much of its chivalrous and romantic character . It consequently raised 1500. the importance of commercial nations , and gave them , in fortifications and ships of war , armed with ...
... forces than individual heroism , and took from war much of its chivalrous and romantic character . It consequently raised 1500. the importance of commercial nations , and gave them , in fortifications and ships of war , armed with ...
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... force . feuda Absurd social distinctions , which neither humanity nor en- ism . lightened reason sanctions , continued to be recognized . The plebeian peasant was still a plebeian by birth , and few circum- stances could take away the ...
... force . feuda Absurd social distinctions , which neither humanity nor en- ism . lightened reason sanctions , continued to be recognized . The plebeian peasant was still a plebeian by birth , and few circum- stances could take away the ...
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... force , and was carried to an extent not favoured in Germany . It was in Switzerland that the greatest approximation was made to the forms , if not to the spirit , of primitive Christianity . The great hero of this Swiss movement was ...
... force , and was carried to an extent not favoured in Germany . It was in Switzerland that the greatest approximation was made to the forms , if not to the spirit , of primitive Christianity . The great hero of this Swiss movement was ...
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... forces ; for Charles's power was checked in Spain by the free spirit of the Cortes , and in Germany , both by the independence of the princes , and by the embarrassing questions which arose out of the Refor- mation . It would be tedious ...
... forces ; for Charles's power was checked in Spain by the free spirit of the Cortes , and in Germany , both by the independence of the princes , and by the embarrassing questions which arose out of the Refor- mation . It would be tedious ...
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... forces which never disgraced Alaric or Attila . Rome . Peace of bray . The first peace between these contending princes took place at Cambray , 1529 , owing chiefly to the desire of Francis to obtain his children , whom he had ...
... forces which never disgraced Alaric or Attila . Rome . Peace of bray . The first peace between these contending princes took place at Cambray , 1529 , owing chiefly to the desire of Francis to obtain his children , whom he had ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
A. D. Ch army ascendency Austria battle became bishops Bohemia Cardinal Cardinal Mazarin Catharine Catholic cause character Charles Charles II church civil clergy colonies command commenced conquest court Cromwell crown death died disgraced Duke Earl edict Elector Elector of Saxony Elizabeth Emperor empire enemies England English Europe forces France Frederic French genius Germany Henry Holland hostile House humiliation hundred thousand India intrigues invaded James Jansenists jealousy Jesuits King kingdom land laws liberty Lord Louis XIV Luther Mary Mazarin ment military millions minister monarch nation nobles palace Parlia Parliament party peace peace of Westphalia persecution Peter Poland political Pope Prince of Condé Protestantism Protestants provinces Queen racter Reformation reign religion religious resolved Richelieu royal Russia Saxony Scotland Scots secured Silesia sion soon sovereign Spain Spanish Monarchy spirit succeeded success suppressed Sweden thousand pounds throne tion took Tories treaty troops Turenne Turks victory Wallenstein William
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 392 - ... necessity, it would assume the likeness of an animated thing, instinct with life and motion, how soon it would ruffle, as it were, its swelling plumage, how quickly it would put forth all its beauty and its bravery, collect its scattered elements of strength, and awaken its dormant thunder.
Seite 122 - That the liberties, franchises, privileges and jurisdictions of Parliament are the ancient and undoubted birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England...
Seite 52 - Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, He would not have given me over in my grey hairs.
Seite 291 - In the pride of victory, Bajazet threatened that he would besiege Buda ; that he would subdue the adjacent countries of Germany and Italy ; and that he would feed his horse with a bushel of oats on the altar of St. Peter at Rome.
Seite 305 - No! surely no! It is the love of the people; it is their attachment to their government from the sense of the deep stake they have in such a glorious institution, which gives you your army and your navy, and infuses into both that liberal obedience, without which your army would be a base rabble, and your navy nothing but rotten timber.
Seite 391 - America — that he had called a New World into existence, to redress the balance of the Old.
Seite 141 - ... power in their own hands ; their meddling in private matters between party and party, contrary to the institution of Parliaments ; and their injustice and partiality in those matters, and the scandalous lives of some of the chief of them ; these things, my lord, do give too much ground for people to open their mouths against them and to dislike them.
Seite 391 - Our present repose is no more a proof of inability to act, than the state of inertness and inactivity in which I have seen those mighty masses that float in the waters above your town, is a proof that they are devoid of strength, and incapable of being fitted out for action. You well know...
Seite 347 - He shut his eyes, but could not close his ears against the imprecations of the multitude. A woman, breaking from the crowd, exclaimed, " Murderers of all my kindred, your agony fills me with joy. Descend to hell covered with the curses of every mother in France !" Twenty of his comrades were executed before him.
Seite 305 - My hold of the Colonies is in the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. These are ties, which, though light as air, are as strong as links of iron.