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Pagina vi
... guest at Arnheim Castle . VEILCHEN , ANNETTE , Anne of Geierstein's companion . WALDSTETTEN , COUNTESS OF , kinswoman of Herman Von Arnheim . INTRODUCTION THIS novel was written at a time when circumstances vi LIST OF CHARACTERS.
... guest at Arnheim Castle . VEILCHEN , ANNETTE , Anne of Geierstein's companion . WALDSTETTEN , COUNTESS OF , kinswoman of Herman Von Arnheim . INTRODUCTION THIS novel was written at a time when circumstances vi LIST OF CHARACTERS.
Pagina 42
... guest , that you have been indebted for aught of counsel or assistance to a maiden of Unterwalden . Know that the freedom of their country owes no less to the firmness and wisdom of her daughters than to that of her sons . - And you ...
... guest , that you have been indebted for aught of counsel or assistance to a maiden of Unterwalden . Know that the freedom of their country owes no less to the firmness and wisdom of her daughters than to that of her sons . - And you ...
Pagina 43
... guest . To feel himself exposed to derision was not softened by the reflection , that in such a society , it would probably be attached to all who could not tread on the edge of a precipice with a step as firm and undismayed as if they ...
... guest . To feel himself exposed to derision was not softened by the reflection , that in such a society , it would probably be attached to all who could not tread on the edge of a precipice with a step as firm and undismayed as if they ...
Pagina 44
... guest , who , acquainted in a great measure with the history of the Swiss revolution , made little doubt that in this relic he saw some trophy of the ancient warfare between the inhabitants of these mountains , and the feudal lord to ...
... guest , who , acquainted in a great measure with the history of the Swiss revolution , made little doubt that in this relic he saw some trophy of the ancient warfare between the inhabitants of these mountains , and the feudal lord to ...
Pagina 45
... guest . He 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 ...
... guest . He 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 ...
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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
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