Modern Europe, a school history. To 1859Simpkin, Marshall, 1860 - 501 Seiten |
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... raised 1500. the importance of commercial nations , and gave them , in fortifications and ships of war , armed with thunderbolts and terrors more potent than the weapons of the fabled Olympian deities , better defences than the shields ...
... raised 1500. the importance of commercial nations , and gave them , in fortifications and ships of war , armed with thunderbolts and terrors more potent than the weapons of the fabled Olympian deities , better defences than the shields ...
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... raised up an inquisitive spirit , and led to profound reflections on the existence of God , on his attri- butes and will , on the nature of the soul , and on the faculties of the mind . It had trained workmen for the mighty labours in ...
... raised up an inquisitive spirit , and led to profound reflections on the existence of God , on his attri- butes and will , on the nature of the soul , and on the faculties of the mind . It had trained workmen for the mighty labours in ...
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... raised to power by accidents and cabals , in times of general ignorance and wickedness . They were no more de- praved than contemporaneous monarchs ; while some of them were examples of moderation and virtue . Others , however , were ...
... raised to power by accidents and cabals , in times of general ignorance and wickedness . They were no more de- praved than contemporaneous monarchs ; while some of them were examples of moderation and virtue . Others , however , were ...
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... raised up . All the superstitions , and cruelties , and acts of ten centuries had contributed to strengthen it . Yet , with all this , the popes , in order to retain the powers of both religious and secular monarchs , and especially to ...
... raised up . All the superstitions , and cruelties , and acts of ten centuries had contributed to strengthen it . Yet , with all this , the popes , in order to retain the powers of both religious and secular monarchs , and especially to ...
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... raised by the superstitious enthusiasm of ignorant worshippers to the throne of the Eternal . ceremo- The worship of God was in a language the people could not Im- posing understand , yet rendered imposing by innumerable cere- monies ...
... raised by the superstitious enthusiasm of ignorant worshippers to the throne of the Eternal . ceremo- The worship of God was in a language the people could not Im- posing understand , yet rendered imposing by innumerable cere- monies ...
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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.