Andreas Hofer: An Historical NovelA. L. Fowle, 1906 - 499 trang |
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already Andreas Hofer Andy Anthony Wall Anthony Wallner Archduke Charles Archduke John arms army asked Austria Baron von Hormayr Bavarians beautiful Bisson Botzen brave Brixen brother bullets Cajetan captain cheers commander-in-chief courage cried dear Döninger door Eliza Wallner Elza Emperor Francis Emperor Napoleon Emperor of Austria empress enemy eyes face Farewell father fatherland fight friends gazed generalissimo Germany girl glance greeted hand Haspinger hastened head hear heart heaven honor Hudelist imperial Innspruck insurrection Joseph Haydn Joseph Speckbacher Kufstein lips listen Lizzie longer looked loud majesty marry Metternich mountains murmured never pale Paperl Passeyr peace peasants pray prisoners Puster valley rifles Schröpfel sharpshooters shouted side Sieberer sighed silent smile soldiers step Sterzing stood tears Teimer tell thing to-day troops Tyrol Tyrolese Ulrich von Hohenberg uttered victory Vienna voice whole wife Windisch-Matrey wish words yonder
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Trang 164 - Jodlers. Finally, some of them, filled with profound emotion and fervent gratitude, sank down on their knees to thank God for this wonderful rescue and the longwished-for sight of the dear Austrian uniforms. The French and Bavarians, in the mean time, thunderstruck at the sudden arrival of the Austrians, whose numbers they were as yet unable to ascertain, had made a retrograde movement in their first terror. But this did not last long. " If we do not want to perish here to the last man, we must try...
Trang 285 - ... rendered the same homage to it as to that of the emperor." of the emperor. But that they nevertheless knew very well how to distinguish the emperor from the archduke, and that they granted to the emperor the first place in their hearts, and deemed him the sole object of their loyalty, is proved by the song which the Tyrolese sang with enthusiastic unanimity on fastening the Austrian eagle to the imperial palace at Innspruck. As such full particulars of the events in the Tyrol were sent to your...
Trang 273 - Majesty announced your arrival by a salvo of artillery ; I had no time to reply to it But, though hardly informed of your presence, I speedily discovered it by the losses which I experienced. You have taken many prisoners from...
Trang 273 - You have taken many prisoners from me, sire, and I have taken some thousands from you in quarters where you were not personally present. I propose to your majesty to exchange them, man for man, rank for rank; and, if that proposal proves agreeable to you, point out the place where it may be possible to carry it into effect. I feel flattered, sire, in combating the greatest captain of the age ; but I should esteem myself much happier if Heaven had chosen me to be the instrument of procuring for my...
Trang 354 - For long the contest was undecided,— the superior discipline and admirable artillery of the enemy prevailing over the impetuous but disorderly assaults and deadly aim of the mountaineers. But, towards nightfall, the bridge of the Sill was carried after a desperate struggle; and their left flank being thus turned, the French and Bavarians gave way on all sides, and were pursued with great slaughter into the town.
Trang 240 - ... the pew in which we were all sitting. On our return Mr. S. M. found on his bed three things removed from his dressing-table, and placed in the form of a cross on his bed. He called Dr. S. into his room to see what had taken place during our absence. Dr. S. heard loud raps on the footboard of the bed. He then locked the door, put the key in his pocket, and left the room vacant for a time. We went to dinner, and during our meal the large dining-table, covered with glass, china, etc., repeatedly...
Trang 459 - Retiring to his native valley, he long eluded the search of the victors. His place of concealment was a solitary alpine hut, four leagues distant from his home, in general inaccessible from the snow which surrounded it. In that deep solitude he was furnished, by stealth, with provisions by a few faithful followers, and more than once visited by secret messengers from the Emperor of Austria, who in vain used every entreaty to induce him to abandon the Tyrol, and accept an asylum in the Imperial dominions....
Trang 472 - ... slope beneath, and dislocated his hip-bone in the fall. Unable now to stand, surrounded only by ice and snow, tracked on every side by ruthless pursuers, his situation was, to all appearance, desperate ; but even then the unconquerable energy of his mind and the incorruptible fidelity of his friends saved him from destruction. Summoning up all his courage, he contrived to drag himself along the snow for several leagues, during the night, to the village of Volderberg, where, to avoid discovery,...
Trang 354 - Haspinger directed the left, and advanced by Mutters. At four in the morning, the brave Capuchin roused Hofer from sleep, and, having first united with him in fervent prayer, hurried out to communicate his .orders to the outposts. The battle commenced at six, and continued without intermission till midnight, the Bavarians constantly...
Trang 354 - АчГЛ'а. standard of Hofer, assembled in great multitudes on Mount Isel, the scene of their former triumphs, and destined to be immortalized by a still more extraordinary victory. Lefebvre had collected his whole force, consisting of...