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Pagina 8
... answered Arthur , - what does that resemble ? ' That of a brave and unfortunate one , ' replied his father . ' The torrent for me , ' said Arthur ; a headlong course which no human force can oppose , and then let it be as brief as it is ...
... answered Arthur , - what does that resemble ? ' That of a brave and unfortunate one , ' replied his father . ' The torrent for me , ' said Arthur ; a headlong course which no human force can oppose , and then let it be as brief as it is ...
Pagina 15
... answered the guide . But I would I were at it , for all that . Honest Arnold Biederman , the Landamman ' ( chief magistrate ) ' of the Canton of Unterwalden , dwells near , and , I warrant you , distressed strangers will not want the ...
... answered the guide . But I would I were at it , for all that . Honest Arnold Biederman , the Landamman ' ( chief magistrate ) ' of the Canton of Unterwalden , dwells near , and , I warrant you , distressed strangers will not want the ...
Pagina 23
... answered the Grison ; that is a woman's voice . The maidens will converse with each other in that manner , from cliff to cliff , through storm and tempest , were there a mile between . ' ' Now , Heaven be praised for this providential ...
... answered the Grison ; that is a woman's voice . The maidens will converse with each other in that manner , from cliff to cliff , through storm and tempest , were there a mile between . ' ' Now , Heaven be praised for this providential ...
Pagina 49
... answered Biederman , ' for speaking on public affairs without reflection , and before the whole family ; but our tidings and my errand need not be concealed from a considerate person like you , who must indeed soon learn it from public ...
... answered Biederman , ' for speaking on public affairs without reflection , and before the whole family ; but our tidings and my errand need not be concealed from a considerate person like you , who must indeed soon learn it from public ...
Pagina 50
... answered the host , if you regard success in former desperate undertakings as an encouragement to future rashness . Let us make a better use of past victories . When we fought for our liberties God blessed our arms ; but will he do so ...
... answered the host , if you regard success in former desperate undertakings as an encouragement to future rashness . Let us make a better use of past victories . When we fought for our liberties God blessed our arms ; but will he do so ...
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Anne of Geierstein Annette answered appeared Archibald de Hagenbach arms Arnheim Arnold Biederman Arthur Philipson Bâle baron baroness Berne Bernese betwixt Black Priest Burgundian Campo-Basso Cantons castle character Charles of Burgundy Colvin command companion Contay court danger desire Duke of Burgundy Duke of Lorraine duke's duty Earl of Oxford elder Philipson England English eyes father Ferette Ferrand France German governor guest hand hast hath hear heard Heaven holy honour horse journey Kilian King René knight lady Landamman look lord Lorraine maiden manner Margaret Margaret of Anjou merchant Mount Pilatus mountain never noble passed peace person present Priest of St prince Provence purpose queen received replied Rhine Rudolph Donnerhugel Saint Schreckenwald secret seemed Sigismund soldiers speak stood stranger Swiss Switzers sword tell thee Thiebault thou thought town travellers tribunal Unterwalden voice wine word yonder young Englishman youth
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Pagina 285 - Away with these ! true Wisdom's world will be Within its own creation, or in thine, Maternal Nature ! for who teems like thee, Thus on the banks of thy majestic Rhine ? There Harold gazes on a work divine, A blending of all beauties ; streams and dells, Fruit, foliage, crag, wood, cornfield, mountain, vine, And chiefless castles breathing stern farewells From gray but leafy walls, where Ruin greenly dwells.
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Pagina 9 - ... penitence, plunged into the dismal lake which occupies the summit. Whether water refused to do the executioner's duty upon such a wretch, or whether, his body being drowned, his vexed spirit continued to haunt the place where he committed suicide, Antonio did not pretend to explain. But a form was often, he said, seen to emerge from the gloomy waters, and go through the action of one washing his hands ; and when he did so, dark clouds of mist gathered first round the bosom of the Infernal Lake...