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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... present invasion of Flanders , he was exerting himself , now that it had been decided upon by his sovereigns the States - General , with the same loyalty as that of Maurice , to bring it to a favourable issue , although not personally ...
... present invasion of Flanders , he was exerting himself , now that it had been decided upon by his sovereigns the States - General , with the same loyalty as that of Maurice , to bring it to a favourable issue , although not personally ...
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... present himself— booted and spurred and splashed with mud from head to foot -before her Majesty . Elizabeth received him with such extraordinary manifestations of delight at the tidings that he was absolutely amazed , and she insisted ...
... present himself— booted and spurred and splashed with mud from head to foot -before her Majesty . Elizabeth received him with such extraordinary manifestations of delight at the tidings that he was absolutely amazed , and she insisted ...
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... present should under- stand everything said at the interview.47 The invitation to table was graciously accepted , and the Christmas eve passed off more merrily than the preceding night had done , so far as Vere's two guests were ...
... present should under- stand everything said at the interview.47 The invitation to table was graciously accepted , and the Christmas eve passed off more merrily than the preceding night had done , so far as Vere's two guests were ...
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... present of it to any one . The besiegers , he urged , had gained much honour by their steady persistence amid so many dangers , difficulties , and losses ; but winter had come , the weather was very bad , not a step of progress had been ...
... present of it to any one . The besiegers , he urged , had gained much honour by their steady persistence amid so many dangers , difficulties , and losses ; but winter had come , the weather was very bad , not a step of progress had been ...
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... present siege should be a master- piece . His forts , of which he had nearly fifty , were each regularly furnished with moat , drawbridge , and bulwark . His counterscarp and parapet , his galleries , covered ways and mines , were as ...
... present siege should be a master- piece . His forts , of which he had nearly fifty , were each regularly furnished with moat , drawbridge , and bulwark . His counterscarp and parapet , his galleries , covered ways and mines , were as ...
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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.