Warbeck Of Wolfsten (3)

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Volume: 3 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1820 Original Publisher: Printed for Rodwell and Martin Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER II. Ego, et Rex meus. Within the stipulated time arrived Lindau's commission, and as the army was already in motion, an order to take the immediate command of his regiment came with it. Indeed, so general was the infection of military ardour, that all the young courtiers, to the very pages of the Emperor, entreated to exchange their peaceful service for one in which peril and glory were united. All things were in preparation for a tremendous struggle, and the Duke of Friedland loudly declared that the eventful moment was at hand which must decide whether Gusta- vus or he should command the world. The very first steps of this great man on his resumption of power revived the hopes of the Emperor, and checked the advances of the enemy: the Swedish hero no longer found his campaign a mere rapid, unobstructed inarch; he must now wrestle hard for every inch of ground: yet Ferdinand could not, while he exulted in the happy change in his affairs, help reflect- ing with mortification on the extravagant price at which he had bought his haughty general's return to service. -- The entire and unconditional command, not only of the imperial troops, but of the Spanish allies; the levying contributions and sub- Waldstei'n had learned by experience the difficulty of maintaining such an elevation as that to which he was about to be raised, and adopted every expedient to prevent a second dismission. Amidst all his eagerness for command he affected an indifference and reluctance which enabled him to enhance his terms, and impose more effectual sha...