History of the German Emperors and Their ContemporariesJ.B. Lippincott & Company, 1874 - 587 pages |
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Page 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.
Page 335 - Elizabeth under the name of the Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading to the East Indies.
Page 443 - 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.
Page 184 - God! sithin (since) at the beginning of faith, so many men translated into Latin, and to great profit of Latin men; let one simple creature of God translate into English, for profit of Englishmen, For, if worldly clerks look well their chronicles and books, they shoulden find that Bede translated the Bible, and expounded much in Saxon, that was English, either (or) common language of this land in his time.
Page 193 - Standing in the front of their ranks, he stretched the sleeve of his gown over the head of the foremost soldier, and his blessing was delivered in these words: "Let them be called Janizaries (Yengi cheri, or new soldiers); may their countenance be ever bright!
Page 101 - Stuhl ist elfenbeinern, Darauf der Kaiser sitzt; Der Tisch ist marmelsteinern, Worauf sein Haupt er stützt. Sein Bart ist nicht von Flachse, Er ist von Feuersglut, Ist durch den Tisch gewachsen, Worauf sein Kinn ausruht. Er nickt als wie im Traume, Sein Aug halb offen zwinkt; Und je nach langem Raume Er einem Knaben winkt.
Page 490 - 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.
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 423 - ... 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...