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Pagina xi
... called " Freygraffschafften " , each of which usually contained one , and sometimes many , Vehmic tribunals , whose boundaries were accurately defined . The right of the " Stuhlherr " , or Lord , was of a feudal nature , and could be ...
... called " Freygraffschafften " , each of which usually contained one , and sometimes many , Vehmic tribunals , whose boundaries were accurately defined . The right of the " Stuhlherr " , or Lord , was of a feudal nature , and could be ...
Pagina xii
... called , were here enacted for the regulation of the courts , and the amendment of any abuses ; and new and unforeseen cases , for which the existing laws did not provide a remedy , received their determination in the Vehmic Parliament ...
... called , were here enacted for the regulation of the courts , and the amendment of any abuses ; and new and unforeseen cases , for which the existing laws did not provide a remedy , received their determination in the Vehmic Parliament ...
Pagina xiii
... called , evidently allowed them to bring every action of which an indi- vidual might complain , within the scope of their tribunals . The forcible usurpation of land became an offence against the " Vehme " . And if the property of a ...
... called , evidently allowed them to bring every action of which an indi- vidual might complain , within the scope of their tribunals . The forcible usurpation of land became an offence against the " Vehme " . And if the property of a ...
Pagina 15
... called cheerfully out , that the place was Geierstein , that is , as he explained it , the Rock of the Vultures . He knew it , he said , by the old tower , as well as by a huge pinnacle of rock which arose near it , almost in the form ...
... called cheerfully out , that the place was Geierstein , that is , as he explained it , the Rock of the Vultures . He knew it , he said , by the old tower , as well as by a huge pinnacle of rock which arose near it , almost in the form ...
Pagina 28
... called to him with the singular shrill modulation of the mountain hallo , by which the natives of the Alps can hold conference with each other from one mountain ridge to another , across ravines of great depth and width . While he ...
... called to him with the singular shrill modulation of the mountain hallo , by which the natives of the Alps can hold conference with each other from one mountain ridge to another , across ravines of great depth and width . While he ...
Overige edities - Alles bekijken
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
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...