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Pagina xi
... nature , and could be transferred by the ordinary modes of aliena- tion ; and if the Lord did not choose to act in his own person , he nominated a Freigraff " to execute the office in his stead . The court itself was composed of ...
... nature , and could be transferred by the ordinary modes of aliena- tion ; and if the Lord did not choose to act in his own person , he nominated a Freigraff " to execute the office in his stead . The court itself was composed of ...
Pagina xiii
... nature of the offence was such as that its proof could only rest upon opinion and presumption , the offender then became subject to what the German jurists term the inquisitorial proceeding ; it became the duty of the Echevin to ...
... nature of the offence was such as that its proof could only rest upon opinion and presumption , the offender then became subject to what the German jurists term the inquisitorial proceeding ; it became the duty of the Echevin to ...
Pagina 6
... 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 the strangers were sufficiently courteous in their demeanour , they did ...
... 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 the strangers were sufficiently courteous in their demeanour , they did ...
Pagina 10
... nature of their progress , too , never direct , but winding by a narrow path along the sinuosities of the valley , and making many a circuit round precipices and other obstacles which it was impossible to surmount , added to the wild ...
... nature of their progress , too , never direct , but winding by a narrow path along the sinuosities of the valley , and making many a circuit round precipices and other obstacles which it was impossible to surmount , added to the wild ...
Pagina 14
... nature and cause of the interruption which they had met with so unexpectedly . The rapid but correct eye of Arthur was then able to ascertain that the path , after leaving the platform of rock on which they stood , had originally passed ...
... nature and cause of the interruption which they had met with so unexpectedly . The rapid but correct eye of Arthur was then able to ascertain that the path , after leaving the platform of rock on which they stood , had originally passed ...
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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
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...