The Waverley Novels, Volume 2Nottingham Society, 1920 |
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Pagina xiv
... stranger was found present in the court , the unlucky intruder instantly forfeited his life as a punishment of his temerity . If the presentment or denunciation did chance to become known to the offender , the law allowed him a right to ...
... stranger was found present in the court , the unlucky intruder instantly forfeited his life as a punishment of his temerity . If the presentment or denunciation did chance to become known to the offender , the law allowed him a right to ...
Pagina 6
... 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 of the mountains were ...
... 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 of the mountains were ...
Pagina 9
... strangers as ascended the mountain to gaze at his place of punishment , and that , in consequence , the magistrates of Lucerne had prohibited any one from approaching Mount Pilatus under severe penalties . Antonio once more crossed ...
... strangers as ascended the mountain to gaze at his place of punishment , and that , in consequence , the magistrates of Lucerne had prohibited any one from approaching Mount Pilatus under severe penalties . Antonio once more crossed ...
Pagina 10
... strangers relative to them changed with their motions , and as the mist , which continued slowly though constantly to descend , influenced the rugged aspect of the hills and valleys which it shrouded with its vapoury mantle . The nature ...
... strangers relative to them changed with their motions , and as the mist , which continued slowly though constantly to descend , influenced the rugged aspect of the hills and valleys which it shrouded with its vapoury mantle . The nature ...
Pagina 15
... strangers will not want the best that cup- board and cellar can find them , wherever he holds rule . ' I have heard of him , ' said the elder traveller , whom Antonio had been taught to call Seignor Philipson ; a good and hospitable man ...
... strangers will not want the best that cup- board and cellar can find them , wherever he holds rule . ' I have heard of him , ' said the elder traveller , whom Antonio had been taught to call Seignor Philipson ; a good and hospitable man ...
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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...