The History of Modern Europe: With an Account of the Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire; and a View of the Progress of Society, from the Rise of the Modern Kingdoms to the Peace of Paris in 1763; in a Series of Letters from a Nobleman to His Son, Band 4A. Small, 1822 |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
allies arms army attack attempt Augustus Austrian battle body Britain British camp campaign Catalonia cavalry Charles command confederates conquest consequence court crown czar danger declared defeated dominions duchy of Milan duke of Berwick duke of Marlborough duke of Orleans duke of Ormond duke of Savoy Dutch earl elector elector of Bavaria emperor endeavoured enemy engaged England English Europe favour Flanders fleet force France French garrison German Godolphin grand alliance Hanover Hist honour hopes house of Bourbon house of Hanover hundred infantry Jacobites joined king of Sweden kingdom lord Louis majesty mareschal Villars measures military ministers ministry monarch nation negotiation Noailles notwithstanding obliged parliament peace Philip Poland possession pretender prince Eugene proposals queen resolved retired Rhine Russians Saxony Scotland siege soon Spain Spanish Spanish monarchy squadrons surrender Swedish thousand throne tion took Tories town treaty troops Vendome victory vigour Whigs whole wing
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 315 - I am justice will be done to my reputation hereafter. The manner and cause of raising and keeping up the popular clamour and prejudice against me will be seen through ; I shall be considered (as I now perceive myself) a victim destined to divert the indignation and resentment of an injured and deluded people from the proper objects.
Seite 120 - Her death took place on the morning of the 1st of August, 1714, in the fiftieth year of her age, and the thirteenth of her reign.
Seite 75 - Queen Anne, intituled An Act for the Security of Her Majesty's Person and Government, and of the Succession to the Crown of Great Britain, in the Protestant Line...
Seite 405 - that his Majesty will not suffer the disputes with Spain to be blended, in any manner whatever, in the Negotiation of Peace between the Two Crowns. To which I must add, that it will be considered as an affront to his Majesty's dignity, and as a thing incompatible with the sincerity of the Negotiation, to make further mention of such a circumstance.
Seite 376 - The stream was rapid, the shore shelving, the bank above lined with sentinels, the landing-place so narrow as to be easily missed in the dark, and the steepness of the ground such as hardly to be surmounted in the daytime.
Seite 184 - sensible" you need say nothing more; but if you write the word "foolish" you must give a reason for your opinion. Section A. (1) A soldier writing home to his mother said: "I am writing this letter with a sword in one hand and a pistol in the other.
Seite 95 - I am afraid that we came to court in the same dispositions as all parties have done; that the principal spring of our actions was to have the government of the state in our hands; that our principal views were the conservation of this power, great employments to ourselves, and great opportunities of rewarding those who had helped to raise us, and of hurting those who stood in opposition to us.
Seite 233 - The English ministry, which laid down the law for all, because it laid down the money, and which had in its pay, all at one time, the queen of Hungary, the king of Poland and the king of Sardinia, considered that there was everything to lose by a treaty with France and everything to gain by arms. War continued, because it had commenced" [Voltaire, Siecle de Louis XV.].
Seite 449 - Weary the gods to keep thee in their care ; And joyous ask, at morn's returning ray, If thou hast health, and I may bless the day. My thoughts shall fix, my latest wish depend. On thee, guide, guardian, kinsman, father, friend By all these sacred names be Henry known To Emma's heart ; and grateful let him own, That she, of all mankind, could love but him alone HENRY.
Seite 466 - Rose a fresh Fountain, and with many a rill Water'd the Garden...