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Pagina 44
... entered the habitation of Arnold Bieder- man , they found preparations made in a large apartment , which served the purpose of general accommodation , for a homely but plentiful meal . A glance round the walls showed the implements of ...
... entered the habitation of Arnold Bieder- man , they found preparations made in a large apartment , which served the purpose of general accommodation , for a homely but plentiful meal . A glance round the walls showed the implements of ...
Pagina 45
... entered presently ; a young man , unusually tall , well - proportioned and active , with a quantity of dark - brown locks curling around his face , together with moustaches of the same , or rather a still darker hue . His cap was small ...
... entered presently ; a young man , unusually tall , well - proportioned and active , with a quantity of dark - brown locks curling around his face , together with moustaches of the same , or rather a still darker hue . His cap was small ...
Pagina 60
... entered the gate of the old castle - yard of Geierstein , where arose the lonely and dismantled keep , surrounded by the ruins of other buildings . This has been a proud and a strong habitation in its time , ' said Philipson . 6 6 They ...
... entered the gate of the old castle - yard of Geierstein , where arose the lonely and dismantled keep , surrounded by the ruins of other buildings . This has been a proud and a strong habitation in its time , ' said Philipson . 6 6 They ...
Pagina 73
... entered into by the King of England and the Duke of Burgundy would continue stable . We hear much , ' continued the Swiss , ' of the immense army with which King Edward proposes the recovery of the English dominions in France . ' I am ...
... entered into by the King of England and the Duke of Burgundy would continue stable . We hear much , ' continued the Swiss , ' of the immense army with which King Edward proposes the recovery of the English dominions in France . ' I am ...
Pagina 76
... entered the court - yard from the side where the castle overlooked the land ; and nearly in the same instant his almost gigantic antagonist , who looked yet more tall and burly by the pale morning light than he had seemed the preceding ...
... entered the court - yard from the side where the castle overlooked the land ; and nearly in the same instant his almost gigantic antagonist , who looked yet more tall and burly by the pale morning light than he had seemed the preceding ...
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...