The World's Great Events: An Indexed History of the World from Earliest Times to the Present Day, 4. kötetEsther Singleton P. F. Collier, 1916 |
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Andrea Doria Armada arms army arrived attack battle brother brought Calais called Cardinal castle Catesby Catholic Charles VIII Christian Church coast colony command Council court crown death defeated Doria Duke of Anjou Duke of Guise Elizabeth Emperor enemies England English entered favor Fawkes Ferdinand fleet Flodden Florence force France French Gama gave Genoa German Granada Gustavus head Henry honor Huguenots hundred Indians island Italians Italy King kingdom of Naples land League Lord Luther Magalhaens manded March Mary Stuart massacre Mayenne Medici ment Milan monks Moriscos Naples Netherlands night nobles Orange Pacification of Ghent Parliament Parma Philip Pope possession Prince Protestant provinces Queen Reformation religion Republic revolt Rome royal sailed Savona Savonarola Scotland Scots sent ships siege soldiers soon Spain Spaniards Spanish success Swiss tion took town treaty troops Turks Venetians vessels victory voyage William of Orange Ximenez
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1260. oldal - I doubt it not but ere it be long so to handle the matter with the Duke of Sidonia as he shall wish himself at St. Mary Port among his orange trees.
1174. oldal - The devotion towards him had quite effaced in that place the adoration of the Deity ; nay, even that of the Virgin. At God's altar, for instance, there were offered in one year three pounds two shillings and sixpence ; at the Virgin's, sixty-three pounds five shillings and sixpence ; at St.
1307. oldal - ... they shall receyve a terrible blowe this parleament and yet they shall not seie who hurts them...
1341. oldal - ... they were struck with the extensive genius of the man, who, being educated amid naval and military enterprises, had surpassed, in the pursuits of literature, even those of the most recluse and sedentary lives; and they admired his unbroken magnanimity, which, at his age, and under his circumstances, could engage him to undertake and execute so great a work as his History of the World.
1132. oldal - He is exceeding fair ; and as well proportioned in every part as is possible. When he learned that the King of France wore a beard, he allowed his also to grow ; which being somewhat red, has at present the appearance of being of gold. He is an excellent musician and composer; an admirable horseman and wrestler. He possesses a good knowledge of the French, Latin, and Spanish languages ; and is very devout.
1280. oldal - Catholic divines, and probably contemplated the being one day reconciled to their church. But an event now occurred which compelled him to decide without delay. In 1593, the states-general were assembled, and proceeded so far as to offer the crown to the Spanish Infanta, on the condition that she should marry a French Catholic prince. The young duke of Guise was fixed on as her future husband. Under these circumstances, Henry, on July 25, 1593, made a public abjuration of Protestantism.
1319. oldal - Percy's house because we were willing to have all our danger in one place. We wrought also another fortnight in the mine against the stone wall, which was very hard to beat through...
1202. oldal - Frenchmen," say the chroniclers, "entered and possessed the town; and forthwith all the men, women, and children were commanded to leave their houses and to go to certain places appointed for them to remain in, till order might be taken for their sending away.
1134. oldal - there blew such storms of wind and weather that marvel was to hear; for which hideous tempest some said it was a very prognostication of trouble and hatred to come between princes.
1307. oldal - ... man of a reasonable tall personage, who delivered him a letter, charging him to put it in my lord his master's hands ; which my lord no sooner received, but that, having broken it up, and perceiving the same to be of an unknown and somewhat unlegible hand, arid without either date or superscription, did call one of his men unto him, for helping him to read it.