Vulgar words in Life and Death of John of Barneveld, Advocate of Holland : with a view of the primary causes and movements of the Thirty Years' War — Complete (1609-15) (Page 1)
This book at a glance
|
~ ~ ~ Sentence 1,403 ~ ~ ~
The Genoese banker-soldier made love, war, and finance on a grand scale.
~ ~ ~ Sentence 1,596 ~ ~ ~
When he arrived, it was only to inform him of the manner in which he had been baffled, to convince him that the game was up, and that nothing was left him but to retreat utterly foiled in his attempt, and to be stigmatized as a blockhead by his enraged sovereign.
~ ~ ~ Sentence 2,366 ~ ~ ~
He had forced Conde into exile, intrigue with the enemy, and rebellion, by open and audacious efforts to destroy his domestic peace, and now he was willing to alienate one of his most powerful subjects in order to place his bastards on a level with royalty.
~ ~ ~ Sentence 4,002 ~ ~ ~
"I am neither a camel nor an ass to take up all this work on my shoulders.