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Pagina 5
... observation of the natives , who , like other sequestered beings , were curious in proportion to the limited means of information which they possessed . They observed also , that the merchants , under pretence of haste , declined ...
... observation of the natives , who , like other sequestered beings , were curious in proportion to the limited means of information which they possessed . They observed also , that the merchants , under pretence of haste , declined ...
Pagina 6
... observed that , though the strangers were sufficiently courteous in their demeanour , they did not evince that studious anxiety to please , displayed by the travelling pedlars or merchants of Lombardy or Savoy , by whom the inhabitants ...
... observed that , though the strangers were sufficiently courteous in their demeanour , they did not evince that studious anxiety to please , displayed by the travelling pedlars or merchants of Lombardy or Savoy , by whom the inhabitants ...
Pagina 14
... appearances , which tended to show that this interruption of the road had been of recent occurrence , Arthur was able to observe , on the farther side of the river , higher up the valley , and 14 CHAP . I ANNE OF GEIERSTEIN.
... appearances , which tended to show that this interruption of the road had been of recent occurrence , Arthur was able to observe , on the farther side of the river , higher up the valley , and 14 CHAP . I ANNE OF GEIERSTEIN.
Pagina 16
... observed , In any other country , I should say the tempest begins to abate ; but what to expect in this land of desolation , it were rash to decide . If the apostate spirit of Pilate be actually on the blast , these lingering and more ...
... observed , In any other country , I should say the tempest begins to abate ; but what to expect in this land of desolation , it were rash to decide . If the apostate spirit of Pilate be actually on the blast , these lingering and more ...
Pagina 27
... observation to the means of effecting his escape . But , as he looked around him , he became more and more sensible how much he was enervated by the bodily injuries and the mental agony which he had sustained during his late peril . He ...
... observation to the means of effecting his escape . But , as he looked around him , he became more and more sensible how much he was enervated by the bodily injuries and the mental agony which he had sustained during his late peril . He ...
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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...