A History of Germany, from the Earliest TimesHarper & Brothers, 1890 - 799 Seiten |
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
afterward Albert alliance allies ancient army attack Austria battle Bavaria became began bishops Blücher Bohemia Brandenburg Brunswick burg Catholic century CHAP Charlemagne Charles Christian Church cities Cologne command Conrad corps council court crown death defeated died Diet duchy Duke East Elbe election Elector Elector of Saxony emperor empire enemy England Europe faith fell Ferdinand feudal forces formed fortress France Franks Frederick II Frederick William Frederick William III French gave German Empire Goths Hanover Hapsburg Henry Henry the Lion Hohenstaufens honor Hungary imperial influence Italy joined king kingdom knights land league Leopold Lewis Lorraine Lothaire Luther marched Maximilian Mayence military monarchy Napoleon nation nobles North obtained Otto Palatinate Paris patriotic peace Peace of Westphalia Poland pope possessions Protestant provinces Prussia Reformation Rhine Roman Rome royal Saxony Silesia soldiers soon Suabia Sweden territory throne Thuringia tion took tribes troops victory Vienna Westphalia whole Wirtemberg
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 271 - MAKE way for Liberty!"— he cried; Made way for Liberty, and died ! In arms the Austrian phalanx stood, A living wall, a human wood ! A wall, where every conscious stone...
Seite 171 - I have loved justice and hated iniquity, and therefore I die in exile," said he, in the tone of a martyr.
Seite 116 - And through the walls helter-skelter they pour, And down from the ceiling, and up through the floor, From the right and the left, from behind and before, From within and without, from above and below, And all at once to the Bishop they go. They have whetted their teeth against the stones, And now they pick the Bishop's bones ; They gnaw'd the flesh from every limb, For they were sent to do judgment on him.