History of the German Emperors and Their Contemporaries

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J.B. Lippincott & Company, 1874 - 587 pàgines
 

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Pàgina 101 - Der alte Barbarossa, Der Kaiser Friederich, Im unterird'schen Schlosse Hält er verzaubert sich. Er ist niemals gestorben, Er lebt darin noch jetzt; Er hat im Schloß verborgen Zum Schlaf sich hingesetzt. Er hat hinabgenommen Des Reiches Herrlichkeit Und wird einst wiederkommen Mit ihr zu seiner Zeit.
Pàgina 335 - Elizabeth under the name of the Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading to the East Indies.
Pàgina 441 - In 1794, he made a second journey thither. He found a most splendid reception, and the university of Oxford conferred upon him the degree of doctor of music. In England, Haydn first became generally known ; he had not enjoyed an extensive reputation in his native country.
Pàgina 513 - The University of Oxford conferred on him the degree of Doctor of Laws; and, in the Sheldonian Theatre, the undergraduates welcomed him with tumultuous cheering.
Pàgina 488 - Uri, Pays de Vaud, Zug, and Zurich. The republic of Valais was changed, by a decree of Napoleon, in 1810, into a French department ; and as early as 1806, he granted Neufchatel (which had been ceded to him by Prussia, but which was under the protection of Switzerland) to general Berthier, as a sovereign principality. Napoleon assumed the title of " mediator of Switzerland ;" and the military service required of the Swiss became more and more oppressive.
Pàgina 101 - Aug' halb offen zwinkt, Und je nach langem Räume Er einem Knaben winkt. Er spricht im Schlaf zum Knaben: „Geh hin vors Schloß, o Zwerg, Und sieh, ob noch die Raben Herfliegen um den Berg. Und wenn die alten Raben Noch fliegen immerdar, So muß ich auch noch schlafen Verzaubert hundert Jahr.
Pàgina 147 - ... exercise, the warriors of every country were perpetually associated ; and impartial taste must prefer a Gothic tournament to the Olympic games of classic antiquity." Instead of the. naked spectacles which corrupted the manners of the Greeks, and banished from the...
Pàgina 109 - ... Flanders was now Philip's declared enemy, and joined with the emperor Otho IV., and with the king of England, in a confederacy against him. On August 27, 1214, Philip met his enemies with an army of 50,000 men, at Bouvines near Tournay. The confederate army, which was commanded by the emperor, was still more numerous ; but the superior skill and vigilance of Philip gained him a decided victory. William of Bretagne, who was Philip's chaplain, was present at this battle, of which he has given us...
Pàgina 421 - ... she had no occasion for that weapon to conquer all who saw her. The antiquated crown received new graces from her head; and the old tattered robe of St. Stephen became her as well as her own rich habit, if diamonds, pearls and all sorts of precious stones can be called clothes...
Pàgina 425 - I hope, will meet with little difficulty. He will immediately depart for Vienna, and will be able to return in five or six days, during which time I will act with such caution that your imperial majesty may have no cause of apprehension for the safety of any part of your family, and particularly of the emperor, whom I love and esteem, although our opinions differ in regard to the affairs of Germany.

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