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Pagina viii
... continued to acknowledge fealty to the imperial crown . Errors of this sort , however trivial , ought never , in my opinion , to be pointed out to an author without meeting with a candid and respectful acknowledge- ment . With regard to ...
... continued to acknowledge fealty to the imperial crown . Errors of this sort , however trivial , ought never , in my opinion , to be pointed out to an author without meeting with a candid and respectful acknowledge- ment . With regard to ...
Pagina 9
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
Pagina 10
... continued slowly though constantly to descend , influenced the rugged aspect of the hills and valleys which it shrouded with its vapoury mantle . The nature of their progress , too , never direct , but winding by a narrow path along the ...
... continued slowly though constantly to descend , influenced the rugged aspect of the hills and valleys which it shrouded with its vapoury mantle . The nature of their progress , too , never direct , but winding by a narrow path along the ...
Pagina 11
... continued , in his indifferent Italian , ' be not afraid of that hot youngster , whom I will not permit to injure thee ; but tell me , if thou canst , the names of the villages by which we are to make our journey to - day ? ' The gentle ...
... continued , in his indifferent Italian , ' be not afraid of that hot youngster , whom I will not permit to injure thee ; but tell me , if thou canst , the names of the villages by which we are to make our journey to - day ? ' The gentle ...
Pagina 22
... continued , for Seignor Philipson heard him not . Each throb of his pulse , each thought of his heart , was directed towards the object which the lad referred to as a signal of his son's safety . He became at length satisfied that the ...
... continued , for Seignor Philipson heard him not . Each throb of his pulse , each thought of his heart , was directed towards the object which the lad referred to as a signal of his son's safety . He became at length satisfied that the ...
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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...