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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... soon as the troops had been landed the vessels were sent off as expeditiously as possible , that none might fall into the enemy's hands ; the transports under a strong convoy of war - ships having been directed to proceed as fast as the ...
... soon as the troops had been landed the vessels were sent off as expeditiously as possible , that none might fall into the enemy's hands ; the transports under a strong convoy of war - ships having been directed to proceed as fast as the ...
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... soon to be snapped asunder . As the forces subsequently marched from the Sas of Ghent towards the Flemish coast there was no rising of the people in their favour , and although Maurice had issued distinct orders that the peasantry were ...
... soon to be snapped asunder . As the forces subsequently marched from the Sas of Ghent towards the Flemish coast there was no rising of the people in their favour , and although Maurice had issued distinct orders that the peasantry were ...
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... soon be upon him . At midnight the Englishman was again called from his slum- bers . Another messenger , sent directly from the States- General at Ostend , had made his way to the stadholder . This time there was no possibility of error ...
... soon be upon him . At midnight the Englishman was again called from his slum- bers . Another messenger , sent directly from the States- General at Ostend , had made his way to the stadholder . This time there was no possibility of error ...
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... soon be a fugitive from the land over which she had so recently been endowed with perpetual sovereignty . And now in an instant these visions were fading like a mirage . The archduke , whom poverty and mutiny were to render powerless ...
... soon be a fugitive from the land over which she had so recently been endowed with perpetual sovereignty . And now in an instant these visions were fading like a mirage . The archduke , whom poverty and mutiny were to render powerless ...
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... soon as they reached the right bank of Nieuport haven , while Maurice could have only looked hopelessly on from the opposite shore . At least nothing worse than absolute destruc- tion could befal him now . Should he accept a combat of ...
... soon as they reached the right bank of Nieuport haven , while Maurice could have only looked hopelessly on from the opposite shore . At least nothing worse than absolute destruc- tion could befal him now . Should he accept a combat of ...
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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.