Adolphus
[ә'dɔlfәs]
Examples
- Gustavus Adolphus was killed in his decisive victory over Wallenstein at Lützen (1632), and Wallenstein was murdered in 1634. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The capture of Mainz in 1462 by the Elector Adolphus of Nassau gave the secrets of the printing press to the civilized world. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The Elector Adolphus of Nassau invited him to enter his service as one of his gentlemen pensioners, and paid him a generous salary. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- We have already named Gustavus Adolphus, the Protestant Lion of the North, and mentioned his campaigns in Germany, Poland, and Russia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Maurice and Henry Frederick of Nassau, and Gustave Adolphus, made many improvements in the sizes and construction of cannon. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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