"Ground Arms!"; "Die Waffen Nieder!" a Romance of European War - Brossura

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0217144535 ISBN 13: 9780217144537

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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1906. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... FOURTH BOOK 1866 SO it was here again, that greatest of all conceivable miseries, and was hailed by the populace with the usual jubilant shout! The regiments marched out (would they ever return ?) with blessings and cheers, followed by the wild plaudits of the youngsters of the streets and alleys. Frederick had already been ordered to Bohemia before the declaration of war. This time I was spared the heartrending parting which followed the direct order into the field. When my father brought me the triumphant assurance, "Now it has begun," I had already been alone fourteen days, during which I had lived like the criminal in hourly expectation of sentence of death. I bowed my head and said nothing. "Be of good courage, child. The war will not last long -- day after to-morrow we may be in Berlin. Your husband returned from Schleswig-Holstein in safety, so he will probably get back from this campaign with brighter laurels than ever. Unpleasant as it may be to him, being of Prussian origin, to fight against Prussia, still he is Austrian to the core. Those Prussians! We will drive them out of the German Confederation, the arrogant windbags! They will have reason to repent when Silesia is again ours, and when the Hapsburgs --" I stretched out my hands: "Father, I implore you, let me alone." He may have suspected an outbreak of tears, and as he was an enemy of all pathetic scenes, he hastily retired. But I had no place for tears. It was as if a crushing blow had fallen upon my head. Breathing with difficulty, staring at vacancy, I sat motionless. Finally, I arose, and, going to my desk, wrote in my red journal: "The sentence of death has been passed. A hundred thousand human beings will be executed. Will Frederick be among them? And I among them-- for what am I, that I s...

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• ISBN 10: 0217144535
• ISBN 13: 9780217144537
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