ISBN: 9781154290035

RareBooksClub.com. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 118 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.2in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text.… Plus…

RareBooksClub.com. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 118 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.2in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: . . . a candor and true devotion for his lord, such as appeared in none of his high-born ministers, who cherished for the plebeian the deepest contempt. He repaid them, as far as possible, by his coarse and rude demeanor. Thus the greatest dissension prevailed among the imperial counsellors. Unfortunately Bartenstein was not a man who by his superior genius could give a positive direction to the system of government. lie possessed the gifts of a superior legal atTURKEY AFTER TUE PEACE OF PASSAROWITZ. 177 torney, but none of the real qualities of the statesman. In the thousand subtilties of the law of the Holy Roman Empire he was entirely at home and delighted in them, but he was unable to comprehend the great European questions: these only confused his thoughts, so that he never could attain a sagacious and adequate perception of them. He was always desirous of reviving with pedantic obstinacy the obsolete prerogatives of the empire in Germany. By the numerous vexatious points which he had brought forward from the laws of the empire against the investiture of Don Carlos with the jurisdiction of Tuscany he had contributed greatly to Spains part in the war of 1733. Moreover, he did not hinder the emperor, when, untaught by the public evidence of defective preparation furnished by his troops during the last war, he rushed into new adventures. In a contest with the Turks, Charles VI. thought he could without difficulty indemnify himself for the losses which had been inflicted upon him. After the Peace of Passarowitz, the Porte had Fir. . 28. --Johann Christoph von Bartenstein. done everything to secure the good-will of the imperial court. It had set at liberty Christian captives, and to the subjects of Charles had granted numerous commercial privileges; it had admoni. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub.com<

ISBN: 9781154290035

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 118 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.2in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Pur… Plus…

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 118 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.2in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: . . . a candor and true devotion for his lord, such as appeared in none of his high-born ministers, who cherished for the plebeian the deepest contempt. He repaid them, as far as possible, by his coarse and rude demeanor. Thus the greatest dissension prevailed among the imperial counsellors. Unfortunately Bartenstein was not a man who by his superior genius could give a positive direction to the system of government. lie possessed the gifts of a superior legal atTURKEY AFTER TUE PEACE OF PASSAROWITZ. 177 torney, but none of the real qualities of the statesman. In the thousand subtilties of the law of the Holy Roman Empire he was entirely at home and delighted in them, but he was unable to comprehend the great European questions: these only confused his thoughts, so that he never could attain a sagacious and adequate perception of them. He was always desirous of reviving with pedantic obstinacy the obsolete prerogatives of the empire in Germany. By the numerous vexatious points which he had brought forward from the laws of the empire against the investiture of Don Carlos with the jurisdiction of Tuscany he had contributed greatly to Spains part in the war of 1733. Moreover, he did not hinder the emperor, when, untaught by the public evidence of defective preparation furnished by his troops during the last war, he rushed into new adventures. In a contest with the Turks, Charles VI. thought he could without difficulty indemnify himself for the losses which had been inflicted upon him. After the Peace of Passarowitz, the Porte had Fir. . 28. --Johann Christoph von Bartenstein. done everything to secure the good-will of the imperial court. It had set at liberty Christian captives, and to the subjects of Charles had granted numerous commercial privileges; it had admoni. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub<