Stories of the Wars, 1574-1658: From the Rise of the Dutch Republic to the Death of Oliver CromwellWard, Lock, 1865 - 432 páginas |
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... could not work them ill , And yet they feared him all the more , For lying there so still : There was a manhood in his look , Which murder could not kill . " The spirit of the murdered man still animated the " THE SIEGE OF ANTWERP . 79.
... could not work them ill , And yet they feared him all the more , For lying there so still : There was a manhood in his look , Which murder could not kill . " The spirit of the murdered man still animated the " THE SIEGE OF ANTWERP . 79.
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Admiral Antwerp appeared Armada arms army arrived attack attempt battle became body brave bridge called carried cause charge Charles chief church citizens close command Commons complete court Cromwell crown death defend Duke Dutch dyke Earl enemy England English entered escape face fell fight fire five fleet followed force four France French gate give guard hand head heard heart held Henry Holland honour hope horse hundred important John king king's land letter looked Lord majesty marched Masaniello matter Netherlands never night offered officers Parliament Parma passed person Philip present Prince Protestants provinces Queen received remained river royal says seemed sent ships side siege soldiers soon Spain Spaniards Spanish streets strong taken thousand took town troops vessels walls whole
Pasajes populares
Página 135 - For swift to east and swift to west the ghastly warflame spread, High on St. Michael's Mount it shone: it shone on Beachy Head. Far on the deep the Spaniard saw, along each southern shire, % Cape beyond cape, in endless range, those twinkling points of fire.
Página 177 - Hurrah ! the foes are moving. Hark to the mingled din, Of fife, and steed, and trump, and drum, and roaring culverin.
Página 136 - And the broad streams of pikes and flags rushed down each roaring street; And broader still became the blaze, and louder still the din, As fast from every village round the horse came spurring in: And eastward straight from wild Blackheath the warlike errand went, And roused in many an ancient hall the gallant squires of Kent.
Página xviii - While the pent ocean rising o'er the pile, Sees an amphibious world beneath him smile ; The slow canal, the yellow-blossom'd vale, The willow-tufted bank, the gliding sail, The crowded mart, the cultivated plain, A new creation rescued from his reign.
Página 136 - Hampstead's swarthy moor they started for the north ; And on, and on, without a pause, untired they bounded still; All night from tower to tower they sprang; they sprang from hill to hill...
Página 177 - And if my standard-bearer fall, as fall full well he may, For never saw I promise yet of such a bloody fray, Press where ye see my white plume shine, amidst the ranks of war, And be your oriflamme to-day the helmet of Navarre.
Página 160 - ... grow by me, I myself will take up arms; I myself will be your general, judge, and rewarder of every one of your virtues in the field. I know already for your forwardness you have deserved rewards and crowns, and we do assure you, on the word of a prince, they shall be duly paid you.
Página 160 - I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too, and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any prince of Europe, should dare to invade the borders of my realm; to which rather than any dishonour shall grow by me, I myself will take up arms, I myself will be your general, judge, and rewarder of every one of your virtues in the field.
Página 137 - Till like volcanoes flared to heaven the stormy hills of Wales, Till twelve fair counties saw the blaze on Malvern's lonely height, Till streamed in crimson on the wind the Wrekin's crest of light, Till broad and fierce the star came forth on Ely's stately fane, And town and hamlet rose in arms, o'er all the boundless plain...
Página 311 - ... your subjects have inherited this freedom, that they should not be compelled to contribute to any tax, tallage, aid or other like charge not set by common consent in parliament.
Información bibliográfica
| Título | Stories of the Wars, 1574-1658: From the Rise of the Dutch Republic to the Death of Oliver Cromwell |
| Autor | John Tillotson |
| Editor | Ward, Lock, 1865 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 3 Jul. 2006 |
| Largo | 432 páginas |
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