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He was not yet Hereditary Prince, he was only second son: but the elder died; and he became Elector, King; and had to go with his spine distorted, distortion not glaringly conspicuous, though undeniable; and to act the Hohenzollern SO. Nay who knows but it was this very jerk, and the half-ruin of his nervous system, this doubled wish to be beautiful, and this crooked back capable of being hid or decorated into straightness, that first set the poor man on thinking of expensive ornamentalities, and Kingships in particular?
The Baron boasted a family tree which derived its root from a ramification of the Hohenzollern pedigree; but, less proud and more prudent than the Lenobles, the Frehlters had not scorned to intermingle their Prussian blue blood with less pure streams of commercial France.
Old Friedrich the Grandfather achieved this dignity, after long and intricate negotiations, in the first year of the Century; 16th November, 1700, his ambassador returned triumphant from Vienna; the Kaiser had at last consented: We are to wear a crown royal on the top of our periwig; the old Electorate of Brandenburg is to become the Kingdom of Prussia; and the Family of Hohenzollern, slowly mounting these many centuries, has reached the uppermost round of the ladder.
On the 14th a brigade of Gough's army stormed the Hohenzollern trench and a redoubt called by the Germans a wunderwerk; apart from this success, the attack diverted German attention from the real offensive, which began on the 15th with an intense bombardment. The Tanks spread terror and devastation among the German lines and the results of the day for once exceeded all expectations.
"I don't think he will visit the Hohenzollern Regiment," observed Lorraine, demurely. "No er the fact is, I'm not doing much newspaper work now," said Jack. Grahame was puzzled but bland. "Tell us, Monsieur Grahame, of what you saw in the Spicheren," said Lorraine. "Is it a very bad defeat? I am sure it cannot be. Of course, France will win, sooner or later; nobody doubts that."
Although he entertains the friendliest sentiments towards Emperor William, there is no reason to believe that either he or the members of his house have modified their resentment in connection with this quasi-usurpation of the dignity of Emperor of Germany by the Prussian family of Hohenzollern. There is no more restless man in all Europe than the kaiser.
In spite of this fact and of the for long time dominant power of their Polish neighbours, the Hohenzollern rulers continued to acquire increased power and fresh territories. At the Reformation Albrecht, a scion of the Hohenzollern family, who had been elected Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, adopted Protestantism and assumed the title of Duke of Prussia.
There we extend, as arranged, into lines of half-companies, and go at 'em, making Douvrin our objective, and keeping the Hohenzollern and Fosse Eight upon our left." Fosse Eight is a mighty waste-heap, such as you may behold anywhere along the railway in the colliery districts between Glasgow and Edinburgh. From this distance, two miles away, the Fosse looks as big as North Berwick Law.
Will any insult to France put a drop of warm blood into the frigid veins of that miserable Ollivier?" "It is not yet clear that France has been insulted, Messieurs," replied Duplessis, phlegmatically. "Bah! Not insulted! The very nomination of a Hohenzollern to the crown of Spain was an insult what would you have more?"
To recover Silesia, to humble the dynasty of Hohenzollern to the dust, was the great object of her life.
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