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Pagina vii
... hope this apology will suffice for one mistake which has been pointed out to me by the descendant of one of the persons introduced in this story , and who complains with reason that I have made a peasant deputy of the ancestor of a ...
... hope this apology will suffice for one mistake which has been pointed out to me by the descendant of one of the persons introduced in this story , and who complains with reason that I have made a peasant deputy of the ancestor of a ...
Pagina 6
... 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 doing so . It was also observed that , though ...
... 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 doing so . It was also observed that , though ...
Pagina 13
... hope or comfort . He stood with the others gazing on the misty gulf beneath them , and looking all around , but in vain , for some continuation of the path , which certainly had never been originally designed to terminate in this ...
... hope or comfort . He stood with the others gazing on the misty gulf beneath them , and looking all around , but in vain , for some continuation of the path , which certainly had never been originally designed to terminate in this ...
Pagina 19
... hope to attain the continuation of the path which had been so strangely interrupted by this convulsion of nature . But the crag jutted out so much as to afford no possibility of passing either under or around it ; and as it rose several ...
... hope to attain the continuation of the path which had been so strangely interrupted by this convulsion of nature . But the crag jutted out so much as to afford no possibility of passing either under or around it ; and as it rose several ...
Pagina 22
... hope , as he had of late been under the influence of desperate grief , he again prepared for the attempt of advancing towards his son , and assisting him , if possible , in regaining a place of safety . But the entreaties and reiterated ...
... hope , as he had of late been under the influence of desperate grief , he again prepared for the attempt of advancing towards his son , and assisting him , if possible , in regaining a place of safety . But the entreaties and reiterated ...
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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...