The Waverley Novels, Volume 2Nottingham Society, 1920 |
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Pagina 14
... remained behind , like the skeleton of some huge monster divested of its flesh , formed the wall of a fearful abyss , resembling the face of a newly wrought quarry , more dismal of aspect from the rawness of its recent forma- tion , and ...
... remained behind , like the skeleton of some huge monster divested of its flesh , formed the wall of a fearful abyss , resembling the face of a newly wrought quarry , more dismal of aspect from the rawness of its recent forma- tion , and ...
Pagina 25
... remained bent on this ill - omened and ill - favoured bird , without his having the power to remove them . The appre hension of dangers , ideal as well as real , weighed upon his weakened mind , disabled as it was by the circumstances ...
... remained bent on this ill - omened and ill - favoured bird , without his having the power to remove them . The appre hension of dangers , ideal as well as real , weighed upon his weakened mind , disabled as it was by the circumstances ...
Pagina 35
... remained , and spanned the river immediately in front of the waterfall . In former times this arch had served for the support of a wooden drawbridge , of more convenient breadth , and of such length and weight as must have been rather ...
... remained , and spanned the river immediately in front of the waterfall . In former times this arch had served for the support of a wooden drawbridge , of more convenient breadth , and of such length and weight as must have been rather ...
Pagina 41
... remained accordingly , examining , as it seemed , the guide Antonio , upon the adventures of the strangers . Anne , the conductress of Arthur Philipson , had but time to say to him , ' Yonder old man is my uncle , Arnold Biederman , and ...
... remained accordingly , examining , as it seemed , the guide Antonio , upon the adventures of the strangers . Anne , the conductress of Arthur Philipson , had but time to say to him , ' Yonder old man is my uncle , Arnold Biederman , and ...
Pagina 78
... remained firm , however , until the Swiss , displaying his bright brand to the morning sun , made three or four flourishes as if to prove its weight , and the facility with which he wielded it - then stood firm within sword - stroke of ...
... remained firm , however , until the Swiss , displaying his bright brand to the morning sun , made three or four flourishes as if to prove its weight , and the facility with which he wielded it - then stood firm within sword - stroke of ...
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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...