| 单词 | Great Elector |
| 例句 | After seeing the destruction of the Thirty Years’ War, Frederick William, later known as the Great Elector, decided that having a strong army was the only way to ensure safety. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It was dispersed during the Thirty Years’ War and again restored by the Great Elector, but finally transferred to Breslau in 1811. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" 2011-10-22T02:00:29.487Z In 1611 this duchy fell by inheritance to the elector of Brandenburg, and by the treaty of Wehlau, in 1657, in the time of Frederick William, the Great Elector, it was declared independent of Poland. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z Frederick William, known as the Great Elector, was ruling at that time in Brandenburg and Prussia. The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z The one historical character among the German rulers of this time is Frederick William of Brandenburg, who is generally called "The Great Elector." A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day 2011-06-22T02:00:21.157Z To protect their lands, the Great Elector and his descendants moved toward absolute monarchy. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It has a small palace, built by the Great Elector, an Evangelical and a Roman Catholic church, and manufactures of furniture, machinery, &c. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" 2011-10-22T02:00:29.487Z The policy of the Great Elector has been summed up by Leibnitz in a single phrase: "I side with him who pays best." The Prussian Terror 2011-05-04T02:00:15.170Z He was introduced to the court of the Great Elector, Frederick William of Brandenburg, who married in 1646 Louisa of Orange. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z The present Kaiser has always revered the memory of the Great Elector. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 1 (of 10) From the Beginning of the War to the Landing of the British Army in France 2011-02-19T03:01:09.157Z Beginning with the Great Elector’s son, they called themselves kings. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The one exception among the German rulers of this time was Frederick William of Brandenburg, the "Great Elector." A Short History of Germany 2011-02-14T03:00:40.360Z The Great Elector himself came to judge of the rise of the water, and the damage it would probably cause. The Prussian Terror 2011-05-04T02:00:15.170Z Of several pictures which were painted for the Great Elector, none are preserved except the “Expulsion of Hagar” in the Berlin museum. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z When the Great Elector died he was succeeded by his son Frederick, who was very eager to be called king. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 1 (of 10) From the Beginning of the War to the Landing of the British Army in France 2011-02-19T03:01:09.157Z Bournonville’s army near Frankfort was still to be dealt with, and the Great Elector and his Brandenburgers were rapidly approaching the Main valley. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z When Leopold called upon the German states to arm, the Great Elector of Brandenburg was dead. A Short History of Germany 2011-02-14T03:00:40.360Z The humiliations of this time, were, however, avenged by the troops of the next ruler of Brandenburg, called the Great Elector. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" As the result of a variety of circumstances, the establishment of regular posts became a necessity in the time of the Great Elector. The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study When Frederick William, the “Great Elector,” became ruler of Brandenburg in 1640 he found the country in a very deplorable condition. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" Their sole endeavour was to raise their position: sich considerable machen, as the Great Elector said in his quaint pidgin German. German Problems and Personalities Prussia, then a small state, began her upward march under the warlike and successful prince whom her people call the Great Elector. Introduction to the Science of Sociology The calm and philosophic Rankè warms into something like eloquence when summing up the work of the Great Elector. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 The Great Elector withdraws from the association of the Dutch nobility. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Trade and agriculture were almost destroyed, and the inhabitants, compelled to support Frederick William, the “Great Elector.” the Swedish army of occupation, suffered also from the disorderly conduct of the native soldiers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" While the Great Elector prepared the ground, and King Frederick William I. firmly laid the foundations, "Frederick the Great erected thereon the edifice of modern Germany." New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 In the centre of this bridge is the equestrian statue of the Great Elector, superior as a work of art to any other of its date. In and Around Berlin The Great Czar, who came upon the stage just after the Great Elector left it, did not long more for a good sea-coast than that Elector had longed for it. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 They amount to this: As Rome grew in power and culture, so Brandenburg, since the days of the Great Elector, has been expanding in spirit and in territory. Practical English Composition: Book II. For the Second Year of the High School In spite of his quarrels, Voltaire spoke favourably of the German freedom which allowed writings to be published reflecting on the Great Elector. Heroes of Modern Europe But the latter's son, Friedrich Wilhelm, the so-called Great Elector, succeeded by his ability in repairing the ravages the war had made and raising the electorate immensely in political importance. German Culture Past and Present About two hundred years ago its hills and dales, pine forests and sandy plains, were the property of the Great Elector. In and Around Berlin It may be said, that, if the Great Elector created the Prussian army, it received the baptism of fire in full from his son, Frederick I., the first Prussian king. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 Return to text The celebrated victory of the Great Elector, that made Prussia into a kingdom. The Arena Volume 4, No. 21, August, 1891 It is even with misgivings that the student picks his way from the time of the Great Elector to Bismarck, and to modern Germany. Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View The Great Elector began in 1640 a course of laborious and scientific preparation which committed all Prussia, as well as the army, to acquiring what now we call "efficiency." The Navy as a Fighting Machine A short détour from the main line to the northwest of Berlin brings one to Fehrbellin, where the Great Elector defeated a Swedish army double the size of his own. In and Around Berlin Having secured the alliance of the Great Elector, anxious also to aggrandise himself in Polish Prussia, the Swedish king declared war against Poland, and in the early summer of 1656 laid siege to Danzig. History of Holland Did not the revived empire spring from the races in which Prussia was incarnate? was it not in good earnest the Hohenzollern line, the descendant of the Great Elector that answered for the regeneration? The Arena Volume 4, No. 21, August, 1891 The splendid equestrian statue of the Great Elector on the long bridge at Berlin, is a worthy monument to the first great Hohenzollern. Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View Sir Leonard made mental notes of personages to whom he might send presentation copies of his new work “Frederick-William, the Great Elector, a Popular Biography,” as a souvenir of to-day’s auspicious event. When William Came He does not consider the forty-year-old Empire as completed and consolidated, but regards it much as the Great Elector or Frederick the Great regarded Prussia when that kingdom was in the making. William of Germany Shortly before his death he had the satisfaction of witnessing the marriage of his daughter Louise Henrietta to Frederick William of Brandenburg, afterwards known as the Great Elector. History of Holland The Great Elector, surrounded by his family, has gathered his generals about him and is making known to them, by his field-marshal, the plan which he has devised for the battle on the morrow. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig Their Great Elector, their Frederick the Great, and their Bismarck, should have taught them the contrary by now. Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View Like his ancestors who stood out against the rule of the Great Elector, he was putting personal feeling above public duty. Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire In Berlin, when unveiling a monument to the Great Elector, the Emperor was filled with the same idea of the God-given mission of the Hohenzollerns. William of Germany In the wider extent of Prussia as well, the greatest names have been those of generals and statesmen, such as the Great Elector, Frederick the Great, and Bismarck, rather than poets and artists. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 04 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes Whilst Voltaire was defending the Great Elector against his successor, a certain coldness was beginning to slide into his relations with Maupertuis, president of the Academy founded by the king at Berlin. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 He is continually recalling his ancestors, the Great Elector, Frederick the Great, and William I, his grandfather. Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View In that war the Great Elector had laid the foundations of a strong political power, which, under his successors, gradually grew into an influential force in Germany. Germany and the Next War At this period, and in the Great Elector's time, Emden was the Plymouth of Prussia. William of Germany One of these counts, called "the Great Elector," had added to Brandenburg the greater part of the neighboring county of Pomerania. The World War and What was Behind It Or, the Story of the Map of Europe The Great Elector died in 1688, and was succeeded by his son, Frederick III of Brandenburg. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 The Great Elector, Frederick the Great, Napoleon, and Bismarck made Germany, and her philosophers and pedants are only responsible for the softness that made it possible. Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View The Great Elector laid the foundations of Prussia's power by successful and deliberately incurred wars. Germany and the Next War Mention may also be made of a very characteristic speech of the Emperor's this year at Cüstrin, where he was unveiling a monument to a favourite Hohenzollern, the Great Elector. William of Germany It was besides destined to the honor of choosing the Great Elector. World's Best Histories — Volume 7: France It was the good-fortune of Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg, who is known in history as the "Great Elector," to lay a firm foundation for Prussian monarchy. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 A tyrannical autocracy, led by the Great Elector, Frederick the Great, and Bismarck, produced from this welter of discord the astonishing results of to-day. Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View We must use it, if we wish to be mindful of the warning of the Great Elector, that we are Germans. Germany and the Next War He admired Frederick the Great, then as now, and in the first place as military commander, but the ancestor with whom he even more sympathized, and sympathizes, was the Great Elector. William of Germany He himself compared his political system to a pyramid, resting on the entire mass of the nation, terminating at the top in a single man, whom he called the Great Elector. World's Best Histories — Volume 7: France The prestige of the Swedes had, to be sure, suffered somewhat in the days when the Great Elector defeated them so completely at Fehrbellin and elsewhere. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 But just before the close of that struggle a strong man came to the throne, Frederick William, better known as the Great Elector. General History for Colleges and High Schools The Emperor Leopold and the Great Elector of Brandenburg made an offensive alliance with Holland, which subsequently was joined by Spain and several German states. A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. On that occasion the State failed of help from want of means; which put it, out, of the Great Elector's power to assist his people: and what happened? History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 21 Your Great Elector is a slothful king," said he to Sieyès; "the time for that sort of thing is past. World's Best Histories — Volume 7: France Large numbers found a welcome in neighboring Holland; the Great Elector stood forward and gave homes to a wandering host of the exiles. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 The Great Elector ruled for nearly half a century. General History for Colleges and High Schools Turenne, by a brilliant victory, compelled the Great Elector to make peace. A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. Grandson of the Great Elector, even as Papa is. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 05 He claimed at once the position of Great Elector, which Sieyès had perhaps secretly thought to reserve for himself. World's Best Histories — Volume 7: France Next to young William, Louis found his most persistent opponent in Frederick William, the "Great Elector" of Brandenburg and Prussia, undoubtedly the ablest German sovereign of the age, and the founder of Prussia's modern importance. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 We said the Great Elector never could work his Silesian Duchies out of Kaiser Leopold's grip: to all his urgencies the little Kaiser in red stockings answered only in evasions, refusals; and would quit nothing. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 03 In matters of government, the Great Elector was, like his contemporary Louis XIV, a firm believer in absolutism. A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. Add to which, the Great Elector, like all the Hohenzollerns, was a choleric man; capable of blazing into volcanic explosions, when affronted by idle masses of cobwebs in the midst of his serious businesses! History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 01 If I were this Great Elector I should certainly do everything which you would desire me not to do. World's Best Histories — Volume 7: France But so firmly had the Great Elector established himself at home, so was he loved, that the very peasantry rose to his assistance. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 The Great Elector died two years after; Schwiebus then in his hand. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 03 The capital city, which at the Great Elector's accession numbered barely 8000, counted at his death a population of over 20,000. A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. Which he did, for perhaps six or eight years, till the Great Elector's death; henceforth in a peaceful manner, or at least without open explosions. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 01 Three consuls were substituted for the Great Elector and his two chosen subordinates equal in appearance, but already classed according to the origin of their power. World's Best Histories — Volume 7: France These things, especially this of Kalkstein, with a boisterous Polish Diet and parliamentary eloquence in the rear of him, gave rise to criticisms, and required management on the part of the Great Elector. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 Fancy the Great Elector's humor on such an occurrence; and what a furtherance to him in his heavy continual labors, and strenuous swimming for life, these beautiful humors and transactions must have been! History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 01 |
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