The Stiff-necked King. Stories from the Life of Charles XII. of SwedenWilliam and Robert Chambers, 1870 - 161 Seiten |
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Adrianople alarmed answer Arabian horses army asked astonishment attack ball Baron Grothusen battle of Narva begged brave fellow bravery camp Charles XII chevaux de frise Colonel Sparre command Constantinople Cossacks Count Sture cried czar Danes danger defended Demotica eight thousand Elfdal enemy everything exclaimed favour fear fell fight fire followed force fortress gave German emperor give grand-vizier greatest guns hand head hear heard honour hope horse janizaries king king of Sweden king's light-house keeper look Lowenhaupt majesty marched Mazeppa morning Narva never night obstinacy officers Olaf orders pacha peace Peter Poland prince prisoner Pultava quietly rage received refused rode Roos Rügen saloon seemed seized sent seraskier of Bender shewed shot Siquier soldier soon sovereign storm Stralsund Stresow sultan Sweden Swedish sword taken tears thought thousand Russians tion took troops Turkey Turkish Turks Ukraine vizier young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 84 - The grand seignor presented him with a purse of a thousand ducats, and the grand vizier said to him, " I will take your king in one hand, and a sword in the other, and will lead him to Moscow at the head of two hundred thousand men.
Seite 36 - Norwich. He had the misfortune to lose his father when he was only twelve years of age ; but his mother took a very particular care of his education.
Seite 148 - When he was gone, I ventured to give the king a few words of warning, but he interrupted me. 'I know very well what you wish to say, Roos,' said he, ' but I have no wish to hear it.
Seite 88 - Peter shut himself up in his tent, and gave strict orders that no one should disturb him.
Seite 27 - ... over the head of Count Sture — who ought to have caught it — and fell into the lake.
Seite 89 - She had written a letter to the grand-vizier, who was in command of the Turkish forces...
Seite 146 - Where in the world have you come from ? I thought you were dead years ago.
Seite 144 - This proved a failure also, and he was at last obliged to return to Sweden with the loss of one-third of his army. He then gave himself a few years' rest to recruit his army, and repair the shattered resources of the country.
Seite 53 - Sweden, and granted complete freedom of conscience to the Protestants of Silesia, at the request of Charles.
Seite 50 - If thine enemy hunger, feed him ;' and gave orders that they should...