The Waverley Novels, Volume 2Nottingham Society, 1920 |
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Pagina xi
... heard from trustworthy report : and that he will not for- bear to do so , for love nor for loathing , for gold nor for silver nor precious stones . - This oath being imposed upon him , the new Freischöpff was then entrusted with the ...
... heard from trustworthy report : and that he will not for- bear to do so , for love nor for loathing , for gold nor for silver nor precious stones . - This oath being imposed upon him , the new Freischöpff was then entrusted with the ...
Pagina 9
... heard than felt , seemed to groan forth , in the tone of a dying lion , the acceptance of the suffering spirit to the rash challenge of the young English- man . The mountain was seen to send down its rugged sides thick wreaths of ...
... heard than felt , seemed to groan forth , in the tone of a dying lion , the acceptance of the suffering spirit to the rash challenge of the young English- man . The mountain was seen to send down its rugged sides thick wreaths of ...
Pagina 12
... heard among the remote mountains , similar to those by which the Evil Spirit of Mount Pilatus had seemed to announce the storm . The boy again pressed his companions to advance , but at the same time threw impedi- ments in the way of ...
... heard among the remote mountains , similar to those by which the Evil Spirit of Mount Pilatus had seemed to announce the storm . The boy again pressed his companions to advance , but at the same time threw impedi- ments in the way of ...
Pagina 13
... heard , swept down the valley . All being aware of the danger of being hurled from the precarious station which they occupied , snatched at bushes and rocks by which to secure themselves , and even the poor mule seemed to steady itself ...
... heard , swept down the valley . All being aware of the danger of being hurled from the precarious station which they occupied , snatched at bushes and rocks by which to secure themselves , and even the poor mule seemed to steady itself ...
Pagina 15
... heard of him , ' said the elder traveller , whom Antonio had been taught to call Seignor Philipson ; a good and hospitable man , and one who enjoys deserved weight with his countrymen . ' ' You have spoken him right , seignor ...
... heard of him , ' said the elder traveller , whom Antonio had been taught to call Seignor Philipson ; a good and hospitable man , and one who enjoys deserved weight with his countrymen . ' ' You have spoken him right , seignor ...
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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...