The History of Gustavus Adolphus and of the Thirty Years' War Up to the King's Death: With Some Account of Its Conclusion by the Peace of Westphalia Anno 1648Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1856 - 441 pages |
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... under the Ban of the Empire . Deprived of the Electorate and of his Dominions . - Unsuccessful Efforts to restore him by force of - - Arms and by Negotiation . 119 CONTENTS . xiii - CHAP . VI . THIRTY YEARS xii CONTENTS .
... under the Ban of the Empire . Deprived of the Electorate and of his Dominions . - Unsuccessful Efforts to restore him by force of - - Arms and by Negotiation . 119 CONTENTS . xiii - CHAP . VI . THIRTY YEARS xii CONTENTS .
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... Empire . Fortifies his Camp . The Campaign of Famine . - The King's Attack upon Wallenstein . — Return to Bavaria . Recall to Saxony . - - King of Bohemia . Battle of Lützen . Suspicions concerning it . His Character . neral - - Last ...
... Empire . Fortifies his Camp . The Campaign of Famine . - The King's Attack upon Wallenstein . — Return to Bavaria . Recall to Saxony . - - King of Bohemia . Battle of Lützen . Suspicions concerning it . His Character . neral - - Last ...
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... empire . † Shouisky , in the danger with which he was now threatened , sought aid from Sweden ; and Charles , both to frustrate the designs of Sigismund , and to gain a good frontier against Russia , readily agreed to furnish 5000 men ...
... empire . † Shouisky , in the danger with which he was now threatened , sought aid from Sweden ; and Charles , both to frustrate the designs of Sigismund , and to gain a good frontier against Russia , readily agreed to furnish 5000 men ...
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... empire , assembled at the Kremlin , had unanimously elected Ladislaus , the son of Sigismund , to be their czar ; but Sigismund , making light of his son's pretensions , as if by right of conquest assumed the title of autocrat of Russia ...
... empire , assembled at the Kremlin , had unanimously elected Ladislaus , the son of Sigismund , to be their czar ; but Sigismund , making light of his son's pretensions , as if by right of conquest assumed the title of autocrat of Russia ...
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... empire . There is no occasion to attribute his reluctance to any unworthy motive . His sagacity , no doubt , told him that , even if he were persuaded on political grounds of the eligibility of the offer * , Charles Philip would have ...
... empire . There is no occasion to attribute his reluctance to any unworthy motive . His sagacity , no doubt , told him that , even if he were persuaded on political grounds of the eligibility of the offer * , Charles Philip would have ...
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