History of the Revolt of the Netherlands, Continued: Trials of Counts Egmont and Horn. Wallenstein and Wilhelm Tell, Historical Dramas. Tr. from the GermanHenry G. Bohn, 1860 - 553 pages |
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... keep it irresolute , until they should have gained sufficient strength to confront it . Others again declared it to be a downright bravado in order to alarm the regent , and to raise the courage of their own party by the display of such ...
... keep it irresolute , until they should have gained sufficient strength to confront it . Others again declared it to be a downright bravado in order to alarm the regent , and to raise the courage of their own party by the display of such ...
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... keep a watchful eye upon everything , and contrive to give the people a hint of the threatened danger , that they might be ready to act if circumstances should call for their co - operation . If all present had assented to the opinion ...
... keep a watchful eye upon everything , and contrive to give the people a hint of the threatened danger , that they might be ready to act if circumstances should call for their co - operation . If all present had assented to the opinion ...
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... keep the army of the Gueux shut up and employed at Viane , so that it could neither hear of these movements , nor hasten to the assistance of its con- federates . Launoy , on his arrival , attacked by surprise the dispersed crowds , who ...
... keep the army of the Gueux shut up and employed at Viane , so that it could neither hear of these movements , nor hasten to the assistance of its con- federates . Launoy , on his arrival , attacked by surprise the dispersed crowds , who ...
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... keep off the victor , whoever he might be , from the city , which would other- wise become the prey of an infuriated soldiery . In vain ! the frantic people would not listen , and one more REVOLT OF THE NETHERLANDS . 37.
... keep off the victor , whoever he might be , from the city , which would other- wise become the prey of an infuriated soldiery . In vain ! the frantic people would not listen , and one more REVOLT OF THE NETHERLANDS . 37.
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... turned to advantage , by making use of one party to curb the other , and had thus contrived to keep the Calvinists in check , who , from their numbers and insolence , " were most to be feared . With this view , 888 HISTORY OF THE 38.
... turned to advantage , by making use of one party to curb the other , and had thus contrived to keep the Calvinists in check , who , from their numbers and insolence , " were most to be feared . With this view , 888 HISTORY OF THE 38.
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Alva Antwerp arms army ATTINGHAUSEN Brabant bridge Brussels BURGOMASTER BUTLER Calvinists camp churches command Count Mansfeld COUNTESS court Croats CUIRASSIER dare deed DEVEREUX DUCHESS Duke Duke of Alva Egmont Egra Emperor enemy enter evil Exit eyes faith fate father favour fear force fortune Friedland FURST garrison GESSL GESSLER Ghent give GORDON hand hath hear heart Heaven HEDW honour hope ILLO ISOLANI king KUONI Küssnacht land league look lord MACDONALD master Megen MELCH MELCHTHAL ne'er Netherlands NEUBRUNN never noble o'er oath OCTAVIO peace PICCOLOMINI Prince of Orange QUESTENBERG regent regiments round RUDENZ RUODI SCENE Scheldt SECOND YAGER SERGEANT SERVANT soldiers soul Spaniards Spanish spirit stand STAUFF STAUFFACHER SUTLER-WOMAN Swedes sword TELL TERZKY thee THEKLA thine thou hast town troops TRUMPETER trust Twas vessels Viglius WALLENSTEIN whole word WRANGEL
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Page 242 - The power, the beauty, and the majesty, That had her haunts in dale, or piny mountain, Or forest by slow stream, or pebbly spring, Or chasms and wat'ry depths ; all these have vanished. They live no longer in the faith of reason...
Page 242 - They live no longer in the faith of reason! But still the heart doth need a language, still Doth the old instinct bring back the old names, And to yon starry world they now are gone, Spirits or gods, that used to share this earth With man as with their friend...
Page 323 - Only recur to their first word, although One had been talking reason by the hour ? Know, that the human being's thoughts and deeds Are not, like ocean billows, blindly moved. The inner world, his microcosmus, is The deep shaft, out of which they spring eternally. They grow by certain laws, like the tree's fruit — No juggling chance can metamorphose them. Have I the human kernel first examined? Then I know, too, the future will and action.
Page 530 - Come forth, thou bringer once of bitter pangs, My precious jewel now — my chiefest treasure — A mark I'll set thee, which the cry of grief Could never penetrate — but thou shalt pierce it — And thou, my trusty bowstring, that so oft...
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Page 198 - Life, life, my father — My venerable father, life has charms Which we have ne'er experienced. We have been But voyaging along its barren coasts, Like some poor ever-roaming horde of pirates, That, crowded in the rank and narrow ship, House on the wild sea with wild usages, Nor know aught of the main land, but the bays Where safeliest they may venture a thieves
Page 197 - A higher than the- warrior's excellence. In war itself war is no ultimate purpose. The vast and sudden deeds of violence, Adventures wild, and wonders of the moment, These are not they, my son, that generate The Calm, the Blissful, and the enduring Mighty...