The history of Charles xii. king of Sweden: a late tr. from the best Paris ed |
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The History of Charles Xii, King of Sweden Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2019 |
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Seite 145 - This man, who never besieged a town which he did not take, nor fought a battle which he did not gain, was at St.
Seite 277 - ... to his house, promising rewards to every one, creating officers, and assuring them that he would make captains of the very meanest of his servants who should fight with courage. It was not long before they beheld the army of the Turks and Tartars advancing...
Seite 347 - Well," replied the king, " what has the bomb to do with the letter I am dictating to you ? Go on.
Seite 87 - ... hands; then he rushed into the midst of the enemy at the head of his guards. The king of Poland did all that one should expect from a prince who was fighting for his crown; he himself brought back his troops three times to the charge; but he fought with his Saxons only; the Poles, who formed his right wing, fled at the beginning of the battle.
Seite 383 - ... any more than his own ; rather an extraordinary than a great man, and more worthy to be admired than imitated. His life ought to be a lesson to kings, how much a pacific and happy government is preferable to so much glory.