The Waverley Novels, Volume 2Nottingham Society, 1920 |
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Pagina ix
... cause to be decided , the Graff and the Free Echevins assembled around the " König - stuhl " ; and the Frohner " , having proclaimed silence , opened the proceedings by reciting the following rimes : 66 " Sir Graff , with permission , I ...
... cause to be decided , the Graff and the Free Echevins assembled around the " König - stuhl " ; and the Frohner " , having proclaimed silence , opened the proceedings by reciting the following rimes : 66 " Sir Graff , with permission , I ...
Pagina 14
... cause of the interruption which they had met with so unexpectedly . The rapid but correct eye of Arthur was then able to ascertain that the path , after leaving the platform of rock on which they stood , had originally passed upwards in ...
... cause of the interruption which they had met with so unexpectedly . The rapid but correct eye of Arthur was then able to ascertain that the path , after leaving the platform of rock on which they stood , had originally passed upwards in ...
Pagina 21
... cause masses be said for our souls , and yet leave you a rich recompense for your journey . ' The honest Swiss lad , obtuse in his understanding , but kind and faithful in his disposition , blubbered as his em- ployer spoke , and ...
... cause masses be said for our souls , and yet leave you a rich recompense for your journey . ' The honest Swiss lad , obtuse in his understanding , but kind and faithful in his disposition , blubbered as his em- ployer spoke , and ...
Pagina 66
... causing his followers to display the same badge , though the cognizance of the house of Austria , and so unpopular in ... cause , but admitted into the strong fortress of Geierstein a band of Austrian soldiers , with whom the wicked Ital ...
... causing his followers to display the same badge , though the cognizance of the house of Austria , and so unpopular in ... cause , but admitted into the strong fortress of Geierstein a band of Austrian soldiers , with whom the wicked Ital ...
Pagina 67
... cause of your country or that of your brother . ' I did not hesitate , ' continued Arnold Biederman . ' My brother was in the Emperor's army , and I was not therefore reduced to act personally against him ; but I denounced war against ...
... cause of your country or that of your brother . ' I did not hesitate , ' continued Arnold Biederman . ' My brother was in the Emperor's army , and I was not therefore reduced to act personally against him ; but I denounced war against ...
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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...