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Pagina xii
... attended as suitors . The " Offenbare Ding " exercised a civil jurisdiction and in this Folkmoot appeared any complainant or appel- lant who sought to obtain the aid of the Vehmic tribunal , in those cases when it did not possess that ...
... attended as suitors . The " Offenbare Ding " exercised a civil jurisdiction and in this Folkmoot appeared any complainant or appel- lant who sought to obtain the aid of the Vehmic tribunal , in those cases when it did not possess that ...
Pagina 6
... attended the strangers was soon ascertained to be a youth from the Grison country , who acted as their guide , so far as his knowledge of the mountains permitted . He said they designed to go to Bâle , but seemed desirous to travel by ...
... attended the strangers was soon ascertained to be a youth from the Grison country , who acted as their guide , so far as his knowledge of the mountains permitted . He said they designed to go to Bâle , but seemed desirous to travel by ...
Pagina 24
... attending its descent , he felt as if the better part of him , his firmness of mind and strength of body , had been rent away with the descending rock , as it fell thunder- ing , with clouds of dust and smoke , into the torrents and ...
... attending its descent , he felt as if the better part of him , his firmness of mind and strength of body , had been rent away with the descending rock , as it fell thunder- ing , with clouds of dust and smoke , into the torrents and ...
Pagina 32
... attend her ; at the same time taking a view of her dress and person , which confirmed the satisfaction he had in following such a conductor , and which we shall take the liberty to detail somewhat more minutely than he could do at that ...
... attend her ; at the same time taking a view of her dress and person , which confirmed the satisfaction he had in following such a conductor , and which we shall take the liberty to detail somewhat more minutely than he could do at that ...
Pagina 34
... attended their keeping the road by the verge of the precipice . The path which they now pursued was rather averted from the torrent , though still within hearing of its sullen thunders , which seemed to increase as they ascended ...
... attended their keeping the road by the verge of the precipice . The path which they now pursued was rather averted from the torrent , though still within hearing of its sullen thunders , which seemed to increase as they ascended ...
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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
Populaire passages
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.
Pagina 31 - Weak men to follow far fatiguing trade ! The lily peace outshines the silver store ; And life is dearer than the golden ore : Yet money tempts us o'er the desert brown, To every distant mart and wealthy town. Full oft we tempt the land, and oft the...
Pagina viii - I mean the Vehmic tribunals of Westphalia; a name so awful in men's ears during many centuries, and which, through the genius of Goethe, has again been revived in public fancy with a full share of its ancient terrors...
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...