Warrior Kings: From Charlemagne to Frederic the GreatG. Routledge, 1883 - 378 ページ |
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already arms army arrived attack Augustus Austrian barons battle brother Bruce Burgundy castle cause cavalry Charlemagne Charles command Count court crown dauphin death defeat desire despatched dominions duchy Duke Earl Edward Elector Elector of Saxony emperor enemy England English king father favour force fortress France Frederic fresh gallant garrison German Guienne Gustavus hands hastened Henry IV Henry the Lion Henry's hero Holy horse Huguenots Jeanne d'Albret King Henry King of Navarre King of Sweden king's kingdom knights land lord marched Marguerite of France marriage Mayenne monarch Navarre nobles Normandy oath once party passed peace Philip Poland Pope possession Prince Princess prisoner promise Prussia Queen retired retreat Richard Robert Rouen royal Russians Saladin Saracen Saxons Scotland Scots Scottish sent siege Silesia soldiers soon sovereign subjects surrender Swedish sword throne tion took town treaty troops vassals victory William young
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161 ページ - Heaven knows, my son, By what by-paths, and indirect crook'd ways, I met this crown ; and I myself know well, How troublesome it sat upon my head : To thee it shall descend with better quiet. Better opinion, better confirmation; For all the soil of the achievement goes With me into the earth.
166 ページ - We are glad, the Dauphin is so pleasant with us; His present, and your pains, we thank you for : When we have match'd our rackets to these balls, We will, in France, by God's grace, play a set. Shall strike his father's crown into the hazard...
81 ページ - Oh, tell them, too, that ne'er, among my crimes, Did breach of faith, deceit, or fraud appear ; That infamy will brand to latest times The insults I receive, while captive here.
237 ページ - ... incapable of holding benefices, public offices, positions, and dignities; that the places which had been given in guardianship to them for their security should be taken back again forthwith ; and, lastly, that the princes designated in the treaty, amongst whom were all the Guises at the top, should receive as guarantee certain places to be held by them for five years.
231 ページ - but you and the pope shall soon know how beneficial this marriage shall prove to the interests of religion. Take my word for it, in a little time the holy father shall have reason to praise my designs, my piety, and my zeal in behalf of the faith.
329 ページ - Above all," such are the words of the instructions, " let both tutors exert themselves to the utmost to inspire him with a love of soldiery, and carefully impress upon his mind, that, as nothing can confer honour and fame upon a prince except the sword, the monarch who seeks not his sole satisfaction in it must ever appear a contemptible character in the eyes of the world.
61 ページ - Richard made some singular laws for regulating the conduct of the pilgrims in their passage by sea. Murder was to be punished by casting into the water the deceased person, with the murderer tied to him. He that drew his sword in anger should lose his head. If a man gave another a blow he was to be thrice immersed. An ounce of silver was the penalty for using opprobious language. A thief was to have boiling pitch and feathers put on his head, and was to be set on shore at the first opportunity.
294 ページ - IV. of Denmark, Augustus Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, and the Czar, Peter of Russia, were the formidable trio who entered into a conspiracy to despoil Charles XII.
252 ページ - ... scarcely any resistance. The King was horrified at this intelligence, and gave way to the most bitter lamentations. He had been spending some time in Paris in gaiety and merriment, with better hopes and prospects before him than he had ever yet enjoyed, but breaking away from such scenes at once, he exclaimed : "I have played the King of France long enough, it is time to play the King of Navarre...
80 ページ - Too true it is — so selfish human race ! " Nor dead nor captive, friend or kindred find ;" Since here I pine in bondage and disgrace, For lack of gold my fetters to unbind. Much for myself I feel, yet ah ! still more That no compassion from my subjects flows : What can from infamy their names restore, If, while a prisoner, death my eyes should close...