The Rise of the Dutch Republic: A History, المجلد 3Harper & Brothers, 1856 |
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accept afterwards Alençon already Anjou Antwerp appointed Archduke Archives et Correspondance army assembly authority Brabant brother Brussels burghers Cabrera cause Champagny citadel command Council Count John death deputies despatched Discours Sommier Don John Duke of Aerschot Duke of Anjou Edict enemy envoys Escovedo estates Flanders France French Gachard Ghent Pacification Ghent treaty Governor Groen Guillaume le Tacit hand Havré Holl Holland and Zealand Hoofd Ibid Imbize King Kluit Lalain land letter liberty Maison d'Orange Majesty Matthias Meantime Mendoza Meteren Namur negotiations Netherlands nobles Parma party peace Perez Philip Prince of Orange Prinst promised provinces Queen Reformed religious Renneberg Requesens royal Ryhove Saint Aldegonde secret seemed sent soldiers soon sovereign sovereignty Spain Spaniards Spanish stadholder states-general Strada Tassis thousand tion troops ubi sup union Utrecht Viglius viii Vynckt Wagenaer Walloon whole William of Orange William the Silent xvii
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الصفحة 206 - The affair of the Anabaptists,' writes Sainte Aldegonde, 'has been renewed. The prince objects to exclude them from citizenship. He answered me sharply that their yea was equal to our oath, and that we should not press this matter, unless we were willing to confess that it was just for the papists to compel us to a divine service which was against our conscience.
الصفحة 509 - All mankind know," said the preamble, "that a prince is appointed by God to cherish his subjects, even as a shepherd to guard his sheep. When, therefore, the prince does not fulfil his duty as protector; when he oppresses his subjects, destroys their ancient liberties, and treats them as slaves, he is to be considered, not a prince, but a tyrant. As such, the estates of the land may lawfully and reasonably depose him, and elect another in his room.
الصفحة 618 - He was, besides, largely indebted to every one of his powerful relatives : so that the payment of the encumbrances upon his estate very nearly justified the fears of his children. While on the one hand, therefore, he poured out these enormous sums like water, and firmly refused a hearing to the tempting offers of the royal government, upon the other hand he...
الصفحة 620 - Emperor could only crush without controlling, was ever responsive to the master-hand of Orange. His presence scared away Imbize and his bat-like crew, confounded the schemes of John Casimir, frustrated the wiles of Prince Chimay, and while he lived, Ghent was what it ought always to have remained, the bulwark, as it had been the cradle, of popular liberty. After his death it became its tomb. Ghent, saved thrice by the policy, the eloquence, the self-sacrifices of Orange, fell within three months...
الصفحة 618 - He was besides largely indebted to every one of his powerful relatives, so that the payment of the incumbrances upon his estate very nearly justified the fears of his children. While on the one hand, therefore, he poured out these enormous sums like water, and firmly refused a hearing to the tempting offers of the royal government, upon the other hand he proved the disinterested nature of his services by declining, year after year, the sovereignty over the provinces; and by only accepting, in the...
الصفحة 627 - He went through life bearing the load of a people's sorrows upon his shoulders with a smiling face. Their name was the last word upon his lips, save the simple affirmative, with which the soldier who' had been battling for the right all his lifetime, commended his soul in dying '' to his great captain, Christ" The people were grateful and affectionate, for they trusted the character of their "Father William...
الصفحة 113 - Six millions, at least, had thus been swallowed ; a destruction by which no one had profited. There was, however, much left The strong boxes of the merchants, the gold, silver, and precious jewelry, the velvets, satins, brocades, laces, and similar well concentrated and portable plunder, were rapidly appropriated. So far the course was plain and easy, but in private houses it was more difficult The cash, plate, and other valuables of individuals were not so easily discovered. Torture was, therefore,...
الصفحة 111 - Women, children, old men, were killed in countless numbers, and still, through all this havoc, directly over the heads of the struggling throng, suspended in mid-air above the din and smoke of the conflict, there sounded, every half-quarter of every hour, as if in gentle mockery, from the belfry of the cathedral, the tender and melodious chimes.
الصفحة 111 - Town-house to the quays were all one vast conflagration. On the other side, the magnificent cathedral, separated from the Grande Place by a single row of buildings, was lighted up, but not attacked, by the flames. The tall spire cast its gigantic shadow across the last desperate conflict. In the street called the Canal uu Sucre, immediately behind the Town-house, there was a fierce struggle, a horrible massacre.
الصفحة 620 - Frisian races with the subtiler, more delicate, and more graceful national elements in which the genius of the Frank, the Roman, and the Romanized Celt were so intimately blended ! As long as the father of the country lived, such a union was possible. His power of managing men was so unquestionable that there was always a hope even in the darkest hour, for men felt implicit reliance as well on his intellectual resources as on his integrity. This power of dealing with his fellow-men he mani- 9 fested...