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Pagina xi
... received the password , by which he was to know his fellows , and the grip or sign by which they recognized each other in silence ; and he was warned of the terrible punishment awaiting the perjured brother . - If he discloses the ...
... received the password , by which he was to know his fellows , and the grip or sign by which they recognized each other in silence ; and he was warned of the terrible punishment awaiting the perjured brother . - If he discloses the ...
Pagina xii
... received their determination in the Vehmic Parliament . ' As the Echevins were of two classes , uninitiated and initiated , so the Vehmic Courts had also a twofold character ; the " Offenbare Ding " was an Open Court or Folkmoot ; but ...
... received their determination in the Vehmic Parliament . ' As the Echevins were of two classes , uninitiated and initiated , so the Vehmic Courts had also a twofold character ; the " Offenbare Ding " was an Open Court or Folkmoot ; but ...
Pagina xvi
... received , I think , not less than six , in excellent pre- servation , from as many different indi- viduals , who thus testified their general approbation of these pages . They are not the less interesting , that gigantic swords , of ...
... received , I think , not less than six , in excellent pre- servation , from as many different indi- viduals , who thus testified their general approbation of these pages . They are not the less interesting , that gigantic swords , of ...
Pagina 6
... received the tale from their fathers . The lad who attended the strangers was soon ascertained to be a youth from the Grison country , who acted as their guide , so far as his knowledge of the mountains permitted . He said they designed ...
... received the tale from their fathers . The lad who attended the strangers was soon ascertained to be a youth from the Grison country , who acted as their guide , so far as his knowledge of the mountains permitted . He said they designed ...
Pagina 28
... maiden , who observed him turn pale Where and what is the harm you have received ? ' ' None , gentle maiden , saving some bruises of little import ; but my head turns , and my heart grows sick 28 CHAP . II ANNE OF GEIERSTEIN.
... maiden , who observed him turn pale Where and what is the harm you have received ? ' ' None , gentle maiden , saving some bruises of little import ; but my head turns , and my heart grows sick 28 CHAP . II ANNE OF GEIERSTEIN.
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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...