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Pagina xiv
... fair reputation . The same course may have been originally adopted in Westphalia ; for the " Wissend " , when accused , could exculpate himself by his compur- gatory oath , being presumed to be of good fame ; and it is , therefore ...
... fair reputation . The same course may have been originally adopted in Westphalia ; for the " Wissend " , when accused , could exculpate himself by his compur- gatory oath , being presumed to be of good fame ; and it is , therefore ...
Pagina 6
... fair to look upon , and though without the hope of being able to possess themselves of such ornaments , they felt a natural desire to review and handle the rich stores of the merchants , and some displeasure at being prevented from ...
... fair to look upon , and though without the hope of being able to possess themselves of such ornaments , they felt a natural desire to review and handle the rich stores of the merchants , and some displeasure at being prevented from ...
Pagina 8
... fair grasp of it . ' ' You speak , my son , of what you little understand , ' said his father.Know , that till the middle of life be passed , men scarce distinguish true prosperity from adversity , or rather they court as the favours of ...
... fair grasp of it . ' ' You speak , my son , of what you little understand , ' said his father.Know , that till the middle of life be passed , men scarce distinguish true prosperity from adversity , or rather they court as the favours of ...
Pagina 33
... fair than was promised by the countenance , which last bore some marks of having been freely exposed to the sun and air , by no means in a degree to diminish its beauty , but just so far as to show that the maiden possessed the health ...
... fair than was promised by the countenance , which last bore some marks of having been freely exposed to the sun and air , by no means in a degree to diminish its beauty , but just so far as to show that the maiden possessed the health ...
Pagina 34
... descending by a flight of steps from the tower , had in former times given access to a bridge connecting the castle with that side of the stream on which Arthur Philipson and his fair guide now stood . A 34 CHAP . III ANNE OF GEIERSTEIN.
... descending by a flight of steps from the tower , had in former times given access to a bridge connecting the castle with that side of the stream on which Arthur Philipson and his fair guide now stood . A 34 CHAP . III ANNE OF GEIERSTEIN.
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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
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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...