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Pagina ix
... Elegies of Lewarch Hen , Pref . p . 46. The place of these meetings was set apart by forming a circle of stones round the Maen Gorsedd , or Stone of the Gorsedd . In conformity to this permission , the " Frohner " INTRODUCTION ix.
... Elegies of Lewarch Hen , Pref . p . 46. The place of these meetings was set apart by forming a circle of stones round the Maen Gorsedd , or Stone of the Gorsedd . In conformity to this permission , the " Frohner " INTRODUCTION ix.
Pagina 6
... rounds of late years , since the spoils of victory had invested the Swiss with some wealth , and had taught many of them new wants . Those peripatetic traders were civil and assiduous , as their calling required ; but the new visitors ...
... rounds of late years , since the spoils of victory had invested the Swiss with some wealth , and had taught many of them new wants . Those peripatetic traders were civil and assiduous , as their calling required ; but the new visitors ...
Pagina 7
... small streams , which winded by the hamlet of wooden huts with their fantastic little church and steeple , meandered round the orchard and the mount of vines , and , murmuring gently as they flowed , CHAP . I 7 ANNE OF GEIERSTEIN.
... small streams , which winded by the hamlet of wooden huts with their fantastic little church and steeple , meandered round the orchard and the mount of vines , and , murmuring gently as they flowed , CHAP . I 7 ANNE OF GEIERSTEIN.
Pagina 9
... round the bosom of the Infernal Lake ( such it had been styled of old ) , and then wrapping the whole upper part of the mountain in darkness , presaged a tempest or hurricane , which was sure to follow in a short space . He added that ...
... round the bosom of the Infernal Lake ( such it had been styled of old ) , and then wrapping the whole upper part of the mountain in darkness , presaged a tempest or hurricane , which was sure to follow in a short space . He added that ...
Pagina 10
... round their throats , pulled their bonnets resolvedly over their brows , drew the buckle of the broad belts which fastened their mantles , and each with a mountain staff in his hand , well shod with an iron spike , they pursued their ...
... round their throats , pulled their bonnets resolvedly over their brows , drew the buckle of the broad belts which fastened their mantles , and each with a mountain staff in his hand , well shod with an iron spike , they pursued their ...
Overige edities - Alles bekijken
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...
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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...