The Life and Death of John of Barneveld, Advocate of Holland: With a View of the Primary Causes and Movements of the Thirty Years' War, Том 1Harper, 1880 |
Другие издания - Просмотреть все
Часто встречающиеся слова и выражения
Advocate Aerssens to Barneveld affairs alliance ally ambassador ancient Archduke Albert Arminians Arminius army Barneveld to Caron believe Bouillon Brandenburg Britain Brussels Catholic cause chief Christendom Church Cleve Coeuvres commonwealth court crown despatches duchies Duke Elector embassy Emperor enemies England envoy Épernon epoch Europe favour France French friends Germany Hague Archives hand Henrard Henry Henry's Holland honour House of Austria Ibid instructions intrigue James jealousy Jülich King of Spain King's kingdom knew Leopold letters Lords Majesty March matter Meantime Mightinesses ministers Myle negotiations Netherlands Neuburg never Nuncius Paris party peace Pecquius to Archduke political possessory princes Prince Maurice Prince of Condé Princess Protestant Protestantism Queen Queen-Regent Reformed refused religion religious replied Republic royal secret sent sovereign sovereignty Spaniards Spanish Spinola Stadholder States-General statesman Sully tion treaty Treaty of Xanten troops truce United Provinces Utrecht Villeroy Vorstius Wesel William the Silent Winwood
Популярные отрывки
Стр. iii - The Life and Death of John of Barneveld, Advocate of Holland : with a View of the Primary Causes and Movements of "The Thirty Years
Стр. 4 - A foreigner who loves and admires all that is great and noble in the history of that famous republic, and can have no hereditary bias as to its ecclesiastical or political theories, may at least attempt the task with comparative coldness, although conscious of inability to do thorough justice to a most complex subject.
Стр. 321 - How could an honest man fail to be overwhelmed with rage and anguish at being dishonoured before the world by his masters for scrupulously doing his duty, and for maintaining the rights and dignity of his own country? He knew that the charges were but pretexts, that the motives of his enemies were as base as the intrigues themselves, but he also knew that the world usually sides with the government against the individual, and that a man's reputation is rarely strong enough to maintain itself unsullied...
Стр. 320 - Medici, had a talk with him, got angry, "became very red in the face," and wanted to be rid of him. "Nor was the envoy at first desirous of remaining. . . . Nevertheless, he yielded reluctantly to Barneveld's request that he should, for the time at least, remain at his post. Later on, as the intrigues against him began to unfold themselves, and his faithful services were made use of at home to blacken his character and procure his removal, he refused to resign, as to do so would be to play into the...
Стр. 29 - ... and martial presence. The face, although unquestionably handsome, offered a sharp contrast within itself; the upper half all intellect, the lower quite sensual. Fair hair growing thin, but hardly tinged with grey, a bright, cheerful, and thoughtful forehead, large hazel eyes within a singularly large orbit of brow ; a straight, thin, slightly aquiline, well-cut nose — such features were at open variance with the broad, thick-lipped, sensual mouth, the heavy pendant jowl, the sparse beard on...
Стр. 338 - In burghers' mansions, peasants' cottages, mechanics' back-parlors, on board herring-smacks, canal-boats, and East Indiamen ; in shops, counting-rooms, farm-yards, guard-rooms, alehouses ; on the exchange, in the tennis-court, on the mall; at banquets, at burials, christenings, or bridals ; wherever and whenever human creatures met each other, there was ever to be found the fierce wrangle of Remonstrant and Contra-Remonstrant, the hissing of red-hot theological rhetoric, the pelting of hostile texts....
Стр. v - the natural sequel to the other histories already published by the author, as well as the necessary introduction to that concluding portion of his labours which " he desired " to lay before the public — a history of the Thirty Years
Стр. 251 - I have studied that subject," said James, "as well as anybody, and have come to the conclusion that nothing certain can be laid down in regard to it. I have myself not always been of one mind about it ; but I will bet that my opinion is the best of any, although I would not hang my salvation upon it. My Lords the States would do well to order their doctors and teachers to be silent on the topic. I have hardly ventured moreover to touch upon the matter of Justification in my own writings, because...
Стр. 10 - Seal of that province was therefore virtually prime minister, president, attorneygeneral, finance minister, and minister of foreign affairs of the whole republic. This was Barneveld's position. He took the lead in the deliberations both of the States of Holland and the States-General, moved resolutions, advocated great measures of state, gave heed to their execution, collected the votes, summed up the proceedings, corresponded with and instructed ambassadors, received...
Стр. 222 - And with what illustrious historians is Mr. Motley here competing ! In his elaborate likeness of Henry, he has drawn that complex creature in every mood and in all lights. How masterly is, also, this little vignette, sketched in a couple of strokes ! ' Strange combination of the hero, the warrior, the voluptuary, the sage, and the school-boy — it would be difficult to find in the whole range of history a more human, a more attractive, a more provoking, a less venerable character.