"Austria" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... asked Desnoyers, "why so many diplomatic interviews? Why does the German government intervene at all—although in such a lukewarm way—in the struggle between Austria and Servia. . . . Would it not be better ...
— The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse • Vicente Blasco Ibanez
... consuls for France, Austria, and America, and with much pleasure I acknowledge many kind attentions, and assistance received from the two former, M. ...
— The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile • Sir Samuel White Baker
... his variety, English-speaking men and women are liable to the imputation, not merely of failing in the homage due to the greatest of their countrymen, but of falling short of their neighbours in Germany and Austria in the capacity of appreciating supremely great ...
— Shakespeare and the Modern Stage - with Other Essays • Sir Sidney Lee
... cannot in honour exceed my weight. I keep wondering whether we are likely to move forward shortly. I fancy that our German friends are being shaken up by Russia, whilst I am sure it is a question of time when Hungary goes for Austria. In ...
— Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie • George Brenton Laurie
... safety." This fear was only too well founded, for shortly after Lafayette was a captive in an Austrian prison and his wife was appealing to her husband's friend for help. Our ministers were told to do all they could to secure his liberty, and Washington wrote a personal letter to the Emperor of Austria. Before receiving her letter, on the first news of the "truly affecting" condition of "poor Madame Lafayette," he had written to her his sympathy, and, supposing that money was needed, had deposited at Amsterdam two hundred guineas "subject to ...
— The True George Washington [10th Ed.] • Paul Leicester Ford
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