Works, Volume 1H.G. Bohn, 1847 |
Termos e frases comuns
abandoned alliance allies already appeared arms army attack Austria battle Bavaria bishops Bohemia Brandenburg camp cause cavalry Charles church command compelled confederates conquest Council Count Egmont Count Mansfeld courage court crown danger Danube death defeat defend dominions Duke Bernard Duke of Bavaria edicts Elector of Bavaria Elector of Saxony Emperor empire enemy Estates fate favour fear Ferdinand force formidable fortune France Franconia garrison gave Germany Granvella Gustavus Adolphus hands honour hope hostile Hungary imperial Imperialists Inquisition King of Sweden king's kingdom latter League liberty Lower Saxony Magdeburg Mansfeld Maximilian monarch nation negociations Netherlands nobles oppression Palatinate party peace Philip Pomerania possession Prague Prince of Orange Protestants provinces quarter regent religion religious Rhine Roman Catholic secure soldiers soon sovereign Spain Spaniards Spanish Swedes Swedish territories threatened throne Tilly tion town treaty troops Union victory Viglius Wallenstein whole zeal
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Página 141 - ... virtue and life. No situation, however obscure, or however sacred, escaped the rapacity of the enemy. In a single church fifty-three women were found beheaded. The Croats amused themselves with throwing children into the flames ; Pappenheim's Walloons with stabbing infants at the mother's breast. Some officers of the League, horror-struck at this dreadful scene, ventured to remind Tilly that he had it in his power to stop the carnage.
Página 142 - Fearful, indeed, was the tumult amid clouds of smoke, heaps of dead bodies, the clash of swords, the crash of falling ruins, and streams of blood. The atmosphere glowed ; and the intolerable heat forced at last even the murderers to take refuge in their camp. In less than twelve hours, this strong, populous, and flourishing city, one of the finest in Germany, was reduced to ashes, with the exception of two churches and a few houses. The administrator, Christian William, after receiving several wounds,...