History of the United Netherlands from the death of William the silent to the Synod of Dort, with a full view of the English-Dutch struggle against Spain, and of the origin and destruction of the Spanish armada, Volumen4 |
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... liberty the fruit of the war- - Internal arrangements of the States under the rule of peace . - Death of John Duke of Cleves and Jacob Arminius - Doctrines of Arminius and Gomarus - Theological warfare — Twenty years ' truce between the ...
... liberty the fruit of the war- - Internal arrangements of the States under the rule of peace . - Death of John Duke of Cleves and Jacob Arminius - Doctrines of Arminius and Gomarus - Theological warfare — Twenty years ' truce between the ...
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... liberty to do so , 1601 . 13 Buzanval to Villeroy , 24 July , 1601 , cited by Van Deventer , ii . 294 . 14 Meteren , Grotius , Van der Kemp , ubi sup . VOL . IV . F accepting the prohibition of public worship according to the Roman.
... liberty to do so , 1601 . 13 Buzanval to Villeroy , 24 July , 1601 , cited by Van Deventer , ii . 294 . 14 Meteren , Grotius , Van der Kemp , ubi sup . VOL . IV . F accepting the prohibition of public worship according to the Roman.
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... liberty had advanced than had any theory of commercial freedom . It was settled that each nation should judge its own citizens according to its own laws , that neither should interfere by force with the other in regard to religious ...
... liberty had advanced than had any theory of commercial freedom . It was settled that each nation should judge its own citizens according to its own laws , that neither should interfere by force with the other in regard to religious ...
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... liberty , it might be necessary to take up arms . The admission was on the whole superfluous , it not being probable that Britain , even under a Stuart , would be converted to the doctrine of non - resistance . Yet in this case it was ...
... liberty , it might be necessary to take up arms . The admission was on the whole superfluous , it not being probable that Britain , even under a Stuart , would be converted to the doctrine of non - resistance . Yet in this case it was ...
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... liberty of action . There had also been - thanks to Spinola's influence with the cabinet at Madrid and the merchants of Genoa - much more energy in recruiting and in providing the necessary sinews of war . Moreover it had been resolved ...
... liberty of action . There had also been - thanks to Spinola's influence with the cabinet at Madrid and the merchants of Genoa - much more energy in recruiting and in providing the necessary sinews of war . Moreover it had been resolved ...
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Página 486 - I am no prophet, nor the son of a prophet ; yet I will venture the prediction to you, my lords the States-General, that you will bitterly rue it that you did not embrace the peace thus presented, and which you might have had. The blood which is destined to flow, now that you have scorned our plan of reconciliation, will be not on our heads but your own.
Página 439 - Spaniards, "that you wish to have more than other powers — kings or republics — who never make any such pretensions. The Indies, East and West, are our house, privately possessed by us for more than a hundred years, and no one has a right to come into it .without our permission. This is not banishment, but a custom to which all other nations submit. We give you your sovereignty before all the world, quitting all claims upon it. We know very...
Página 32 - Archduke in front, almost within cannon range, he simply observed that they had no choice between victory or death. They must either utterly overthrow the Spanish army, he said, or drink all the waters of the sea. Either drowning or butchery was their doom if they were conquered, for no quarter was to be expected from their insolent foe.
Página 54 - There was no loss worth speaking of," he says, " except that of the English, 600 of whom were killed. I should not venture to attribute," he observes, "the whole honour of the victory to the poor English troop of 1600 men, but I leave the judgment thereof to those who can decide with less suspicion of partiality. I will merely affirm that the English left nothing to do for the rest of the army but to follow the chase, and that one...
Página 298 - The charter was for thirty-six years. The company was to maintain armies and fleets, to build forts and cities, to carry on war, to make treaties of peace and of commerce. It was a small peripatetic republic of merchants and mariners, evolved out of the mother republic...
Página 323 - ... enemy's ships are far superior to ours in bulk ; but remember that their excessive size makes them difficult to handle and easier to hit, while our own vessels are entirely within control. Their decks are swarming with men, and thus there will be more certainty that our shot will take effect.