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Pagina v
... noble . DONNERHUGEL , RUDOLPH , cousin to the Biedermans . GEIERSTEIN , ALBERT OF , brother to Arnold Biederman . GEIERSTEIN , WILLIEWALD OF , their father . GEOFFREY , an old waiter . GRATIAN , FATHER , a begging friar . HAGENBACH ...
... noble . DONNERHUGEL , RUDOLPH , cousin to the Biedermans . GEIERSTEIN , ALBERT OF , brother to Arnold Biederman . GEIERSTEIN , WILLIEWALD OF , their father . GEOFFREY , an old waiter . GRATIAN , FATHER , a begging friar . HAGENBACH ...
Pagina xv
... noble robber , and protected the humble suppliant ; the extent , and even the abuse , of their authority was in some measure justified in an empire divided into numerous independent jurisdictions , and not subjected to any paramount ...
... noble robber , and protected the humble suppliant ; the extent , and even the abuse , of their authority was in some measure justified in an empire divided into numerous independent jurisdictions , and not subjected to any paramount ...
Pagina 25
... noble carriage and graceful proportions of the eagle , as those of the lion place him in the ranks of creation above the gaunt , ravenous , grisly , yet dastard wolf . As if arrested by a charm , the eyes of young Philipson remained ...
... noble carriage and graceful proportions of the eagle , as those of the lion place him in the ranks of creation above the gaunt , ravenous , grisly , yet dastard wolf . As if arrested by a charm , the eyes of young Philipson remained ...
Pagina 33
... noble to fear it . Above these locks , beauty's natural and most beseeming ornament — or rather , I should say , amongst them - was placed the small bonnet , which , from its size , little answered the purpose of protecting the head ...
... noble to fear it . Above these locks , beauty's natural and most beseeming ornament — or rather , I should say , amongst them - was placed the small bonnet , which , from its size , little answered the purpose of protecting the head ...
Pagina 44
... noble birth and rank ; and the crest , which was a vulture of the species which gave name to the old castle and its adjacent cliff , suggested various conjectures to the English guest , who , acquainted in a great measure with the ...
... noble birth and rank ; and the crest , which was a vulture of the species which gave name to the old castle and its adjacent cliff , suggested various conjectures to the English guest , who , acquainted in a great measure with the ...
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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...