Schinderhannes, the Robber of the RhineSmith, Elder, and Company, 1833 - 318 páginas |
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Página 62
... body and mind , he should prove but a sorry escort in a journey which seemed to promise danger , our adventurer sig- nified his wish to lie down to rest , if not to sleep , till he should be called upon to depart . This was thought ...
... body and mind , he should prove but a sorry escort in a journey which seemed to promise danger , our adventurer sig- nified his wish to lie down to rest , if not to sleep , till he should be called upon to depart . This was thought ...
Página 66
... body sunk slowly , like a lake swallowed up in the sands . A hundred islands reared their wooded heads in the waste ; and as the tops of the trees first rose above the unstable surface , the Israelites were reminded of the time when the ...
... body sunk slowly , like a lake swallowed up in the sands . A hundred islands reared their wooded heads in the waste ; and as the tops of the trees first rose above the unstable surface , the Israelites were reminded of the time when the ...
Página 73
... body absorbed in those of the mind . This mental suffering , however , when indicated by such pheno- mena , is less acute than is generally imagined . It is like a dream in which half the terror is made up by its indistinctness , and ...
... body absorbed in those of the mind . This mental suffering , however , when indicated by such pheno- mena , is less acute than is generally imagined . It is like a dream in which half the terror is made up by its indistinctness , and ...
Página 89
... body knows that I admit no strangers after sunset . " " If you are wise you will depart from your rule in this instance . I have been at the Fig Tree , where I learned , accidentally , that your house is to be attacked this night ; if ...
... body knows that I admit no strangers after sunset . " " If you are wise you will depart from your rule in this instance . I have been at the Fig Tree , where I learned , accidentally , that your house is to be attacked this night ; if ...
Página 90
... body and mind . But how now ? A minstrel ! -as I live , the most vagabond figure I ever set eyes on , saving that of Hans Schmidt , who was hanged at Cologne . Why whence , in the name of wonder , are you ? Whi- ther do you travel ...
... body and mind . But how now ? A minstrel ! -as I live , the most vagabond figure I ever set eyes on , saving that of Hans Schmidt , who was hanged at Cologne . Why whence , in the name of wonder , are you ? Whi- ther do you travel ...
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Adonijah adventurer Aix-la-Chapelle appeared apprentices arms band bandit banditti beautiful began Birkenfeld blood bosom brow Buckler Carl Benzel Carl rose Carl's carriage circumstances comrades cried dare dark daugh daughter death door dream earth Eifel entered escape eyes face fear forest gaoler gazing gendarmes girl guillotine guitar hand head heard heart heaven honour Ida Dallheimer imagined instant Ishmael journey knew Kunz Weiner lady length Liese light lips looked Madame Dallheimer Magdalene Mayence mind minstrel mistress mother never night old Moritz once outlaw passed Peter Schwarz Peter the Black pistol prisoner replied Rhine river road robbers round ruined rushed Schinderhannes Schneifel seemed shoulder shouted side silence sleep sound stood strange stranger suddenly sword tears terror thee thou thought tion town travellers Trèves turned voice walked wall wandering whisper wife window Wolfen woman word young
Passagens conhecidas
Página 29 - He hath stripped me of my glory, And taken the crown from my head. He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone : And mine hope hath he removed like a tree.
Página 63 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee : for whither thou goest, I will go ; and where thou lodgest I will lodge : thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: " Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried; the Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Página 63 - It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband; and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore. The Lord recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
Página 29 - Thou art my father:" to the worm, "Thou art my mother, and my sister.
Página 61 - O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed ; Happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee As thou hast served us. Happy shall he be, That taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
Página 203 - Tell me not, Sweet, I am unkind That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind, To war and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more.
Página 60 - If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. 7 Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.
Página 29 - My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burnt with heat. My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.
Página 295 - In all their strategetic measures, it will be seen that they calculated securely upon the absolute inviolability of their secret; and the examples we have given show on what grounds their confidence was built. " Frequently, the journey was performed in the middle of the night, and a sign of recognition, therefore, was necessary, which did not depend upon the organs of vision. To whistle, the expedient of common thieves, would not only have been vulgar, but dangerous; inasmuch as the sound, when heard...
Página 285 - Sweet harmonist ! and beautiful as sweet ! And young as beautiful ! and soft as young ! And gay as soft ! and innocent as gay ! And happy (if aught happy here) as good!