Memoirs of the House of Brandenburg: Of the origin and rise of the power of Brandenburg and Prussia

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J. Murray, 1849
 

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Seite 43 - I; and at last, after completing his seventh year, was seized with a fever, which, in a few days, put an end to his life, and transferred to me the inheritance of my ancestors.
Seite 220 - Vienna ; and if time shall evince that the ' giving up the trade of this nation to one power, and ' Gibraltar and Port Mahon to another, is made the ' price and reward of imposing upon this kingdom a ' Popish Pretender, what an indignation must this raise "in the breast of every Protestant Briton!
Seite 174 - In the year 1716 France consented that Prussia should keep possession of Stettin. But the accession of the house of Hanover to the throne of England was in itself an event of the greatest importance and promise to Prussia.
Seite 103 - There exists the distinct assertion of a highly-placed official man that the royal title had been promised to the Elector Frederick William : his son now centred his whole ambition in its attainment.* Frederick, while Elector, was one of the most popular princes that ever reigned in Brandenburg. His contemporaries praise him for his avoidance of all dissipation, and his life entirely devoted to duty ; while * Pufendorf gives an example of the difficulties which the Elector Frederick William encountered...
Seite 36 - Hiobs Geduld werde gepriesen, weil er von Gott heimgesucht worden, die sich aber von Menschen vexiren, braviren und mit Stillsitzen das ihrige nehmen lassen, die wird kein Historienschreiber loben konnen.
Seite 232 - Vienna again to take the question of the succession into formal consideration. In the early part of the year 1728 Seckendorf * Der von Ilgen kennt meine alten Sentiments, das ich gerne meine Hiinde frei habe und gern von mir allein dependire, da wo ich A sage, ich auch B sagen muss ; was aber die bergische Affaire ist, ist das Agrandissement vor mein Haus nur eine Sache da ich vor Gott und Menschen Recht habe, wenn ich mich darum schlage, ich es mit gutem Gewissen thun kann, aber in weitlauftige...
Seite 102 - ... Turks in terrible battles; they showed themselves in the South of France at the siege of Toulon ; in their camp the Protestant service was performed for the first time in the territories of the pope, and the inhabitants of the surrounding country came to look on and displayed a certain satisfaction at the sight. But the Netherlands were always the scene of their greatest achievements and at that time an excellent school for their further progress in the art of war; there they might at once study...
Seite 107 - ... mais particulierement dans les liberalites plus que royales de votre maison inepuisable." The ing the royal dignity in a far higher degree than the Emperor ; while, on the other hand, some of the more zealous Protestants among his ministers were anxious to avoid even that degree of approach towards the Catholic element implied in a closer alliance with the Emperor, and desired that the Elector's elevation in rank should be made to depend upon some new and important acquisition of territory, such,...
Seite 111 - ... Protestant states: that of teaching and exhortation. The provost of Berlin demonstrated, from the examples of Christ and of David, that the government of kings must be carried on to the glory of God and the good of their people. He lays down as the first principle that all rulers should bear in mind, they have come into the world for the sake of their subjects, and not their subjects for the sake of them. Finally, he exhorts all his hearers to pray to God that he will deeply impress this conviction...
Seite 105 - ... they had been guilty. In concert with his ambassador, and his prime minister Dankelmann, the brother of the former, Frederick resolved to make public the wish which he had hitherto entertained in secret, or only .now and then let drop in conversation ; the ambassador accordingly received instructions to present a formal memorial. At that time, however, nothing could be done. The Count of Ottingen, who was hostile to the Protestant princes, was once more in favour at the court of * Respecting...

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