Waldemar: A Tale of the Thirty Years' WarSmith, Elder, 1833 - 372 pages |
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Page 140 - was the contest decided, and Gustavus saw himself master of the field, than he fell upon his knees, among the dying and the dead; and knowing 'that the race was not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong,' devoutly ascribed the glory of that day to Him, to whom, and not to the arm of flesh, the glory was due. Would to God...
Page 308 - ... thousand pieces, probe each vein and corner of my heart, and you shall not find a single sentiment but what my right hand hath subscribed to and vindicated. The love of liberty, of God's religion, and my country, prompted that hand to wield the sword ; and, since it has pleased the Supreme Being to transfer success to the emperor, and deliver us into your hands, I can only say, with submission, love, and reverence,
Page 315 - ... former to the general. He kept the submission of his troops in constant practice by capricious orders, and rewarded the readiness to obey his will even in trifles with profusion ; because he looked rather to the act of obedience itself, than the subject on which it was to be exerted. He once issued an order, that none but red sashes should be worn in the army. A captain of horse no sooner heard the order, than he pulled off his gold-embroidered sash, and trampled it under foot; Wallenstein, on...
Page 172 - THE heaviest fetter that ever weighed down the limbs of a captive, is as the web of the gossamer, compared with the pledge of a man of honour.
Page 321 - Pappenheim balafre, mounted on a white steed, should kill, hand to hand, in the field of battle, a great monarch, who came out of the north.
Page 289 - ... in contact with the mind of this newcomer. He had a tongue, and could reply. Luckily 'for them, they had not proceeded to any rudeness, nor given occasion of offence, before their first impressions were supplanted by sentiments of respect. Whatever they said to him he was always ready for, and they soon found that he was -more than a match for any one of them. Superior intellect easily acquires its position in any society, whether of boys, youth, or men. Though the youngest clerk, he was not...
Page 313 - ... that he could make a disposition of part of his estate, by sale, greatly to his advantage, if they would grant a passport to one of the gentlemen of his retinue, to cross over into Germany ; having invested the said trusty person with proper authorities.
Page 308 - When pressed in his exaamination before the Court of Justice assembled for his trial, he at once rejected their inquiries, tore open his vest, and laying bare his breast, exclaimed, " Tear this body of mine into ten thousand pieces ; probe every vein and corner of my heart ; ye shall not find a single sentiment there but what my right hand hath subscribed. The love of liberty, of God's religion, and of my country, prompted that hand to wield the sword, and since it hath pleased the Supreme Being...
Page 314 - Arnheim, who was supposed to be dying, issued out with the gentleman, his agent, in the character of his livery footman, well muffled in a large riding coat.
Page 309 - When that part of his sentence was read, which condemned his body to be torn to pieces by wild horses, and his limbs hung up in various places, he replied by the apt quotation of