H See also:

• H SCHMIDT
• SCHMIDT, HEINRICH JULIAN (1818-1886)
• SCHMIDT, KARL VON (1817-1875)
• SCHMIDT, WILHELM ADOLF (1812-1887)

SCHMIDT  J• 343 effectively because he depended not on eloquence but on a recognition of what has been called the " See also:

• IRONY (Gr. dipaweLa, from eipwv, one who says less than he means, eiepees, to speak)

irony of facts "—to which the See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament as a whole was so See also:

• BLIND, MATHILDE (1841—1896)

blind . He was the first and the most influential member of the See also:

• MINISTRY

ministry which the See also:

• REGENT (from Lat. regere, to rule)

regent formed; he held the ministry of the interior and, later, also that of See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign affairs, and it was almost entirely due to him that at least for a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time this phantom See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government maintained some See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance of See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power and dignity . A defeat in the parliament when he defended the See also:

• ARMISTICE (from Lat. arma, arms, and sistere, to stop)

armistice of See also:

• MALMO

Malmo led to his resignation; but he was immediately called to See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office again, with practically dictatorial power, in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to quell the revolt which See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke out in See also:

• FRANKFORT

Frankfort on the 18th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September . His courage and See also:

• RESOLUTION

resolution averted what nearly became a terrible See also:

• CATASTROPHE (Gr. Karaurpoch, from KaraQrp4ecv, to over-turn)

catastrophe . It was his See also:

• HOPE, ANTHONY
• HOPE, THOMAS (c. 1770-1831)

hope to establish in See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany the supremacy of a Liberal and reformed See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria . This brought him into opposition to the party of Prussian supremacy; and when they attained a See also:

• MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority, he resigned, and was succeeded by See also:

• GAGERN, HANS CHRISTOPH ERNST, BARON VON (1766-'852)

Gagern . He remained at Frankfort, holding the See also:

• POST

post of See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian See also:

• ENVOY (Fr. envoye, " sent ")

envoy, and was the See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader of the so-called See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German party until the See also:

• DISSOLUTION (from Lat. dissolvere, to break up into parts)

dissolution of the Austrian parliament showed that the forces of reaction had conquered at See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna and shattered all hopes of Austria attaining the position he had hoped for her . After the abortive See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election of the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• PRUSSIA
• PRUSSIA (Ger. Preussen; Lat. Borussia)

Prussia to be See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor, he, with the other Austrians, See also:

• LEFT

left Frankfort . On his return to Vienna he became See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister of See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice, and the reforms which he carried out added to his reputation . His popularity among all Liberals was increased by his resignation in 1851, as a protest against the failure of the government to establish the constitution they had promised . During the next few years he was See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge of the supreme See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of See also:

• APPEAL

appeal . When his forecast was fulfilled, and the See also:

• SYSTEM

system of See also:

• ABSOLUTISM

absolutism broke down, he became minister in See also:

• JANUARY

January 1862 .

His first See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act was the publication of the constitution by which the whole of the See also:

• EMPIRE

empire was to be organized as a single See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state with a See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary government . The experiment failed, chiefly because of the opposition of the Croatians and See also:

• MAGYARS

Magyars, whom he bitterly offended by his celebrated saying that " See also:

• HUNGARY
• HUNGARY (Hungarian Magyarorszdg)

Hungary could wait." Faults of manner, natural in a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man whose See also:

• LIFE

life had been spent as an See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official and a judge, pre-vented him from keeping together the German Liberals as a strong and See also:

• UNITED

united party; he was opposed by a powerful See also:

• FACTION (through the French, from Lat. factio, a company of persons combined for action, facere, to do; from the other French derivative facon comes " fashion ")

faction at court, and by the Clerical leaders . After the first few months the emperor gave him only a very lukewarm support; and with his retirement in 1865 the See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to carry out the ideals of See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph II. to .Germanize while he liberalized the whole of the empire, and to compel Hungarians, Poles, Czechs and Croatians to accept a system in which the government of the whole should be carried on by a German-speaking parliament and bureaucracy, failed . The constitution of 1862, though suspended on See also:

• SCHMERLING, ANTON VON (1805-1893)

Schmerling's fall, was still regarded as legally valid for the cis-Leithan territories, and is the basis on which the See also:

• PRESENT

present constitution for See also:

• HALF

half the empire was framed . On his retirement he returned to his judicial duties; in 1867 he was made life-member of the Upper See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House in the Reichsrath, of which he became See also:

• VICE

vice-See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president, and in 1871 president . This post he laid down in 1879, and came forward as leader of the Liberal German opposition to the See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration of See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

Count See also:

• TAAFFE, EDUARD FRANZ JOSEPH VON, COUNT

Taaffe . In 1891 he retired from public life, and died at Vienna on the 23rd of May 1893 . Schmerling married, in 1835, Pauline, daughter of See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

Field-See also:

• MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

Marshal-See also:

• LIEUTENANT

Lieutenant See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

Baron von Koudelka . Frau von Schmerling, who was distinguished by See also:

• LITERARY

literary and See also:

• ARTISTIC

artistic abilities, at that time rare in the Austrian See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital, died in 184o, leaving two daughters . See See also:

• ARNETH, ALFRED, RITTER

Arneth, Anton v . Schmerling (See also:

• PRAGUE (Ger. Prag; Bohemian Praha)

Prague, 1895) . This contains a full See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of Schmerling's life during 1848-1849, but does not See also:

• DEAL

deal with his later life .

Wurzbach, Biographisches See also:

• LEXICON

Lexicon See also:

• DES

des Kaiser-'hums Osterreich; Friedjung, Der Kampf um See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

die Vorherrschaft in Deutschland; Rogge, Geschichte Osterreichs . (J . W .