Waverley Novels: The fair maid of Perth. Anne of GeiersteinR. Cadell, 1846 - Historical fiction, Scottish |
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... Swiss Farm House , near Berne .. Modern Male Costume- Canton Lucerne Castle of Geierstein . Modern Costume - Canton Unterwalden . Duel between Rudolph DonnerhugelandArthur Bold . From an old Illu- mination Suit of Plate. Subject . SCENE ...
... Swiss Farm House , near Berne .. Modern Male Costume- Canton Lucerne Castle of Geierstein . Modern Costume - Canton Unterwalden . Duel between Rudolph DonnerhugelandArthur Bold . From an old Illu- mination Suit of Plate. Subject . SCENE ...
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... Swiss , but , on the contrary , treated with uniform prudence and forbearance , such of that nation as had established their independence , and with wise , as well as generous kindness , others who still continued to acknowledge fealty ...
... Swiss , but , on the contrary , treated with uniform prudence and forbearance , such of that nation as had established their independence , and with wise , as well as generous kindness , others who still continued to acknowledge fealty ...
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... Swiss gentlemen who have , since the novel was published , enriched my little collection of armour with specimens of the huge weapon that sheared the lances of the Austrian chivalry at Sempach , and was employed with equal success on ...
... Swiss gentlemen who have , since the novel was published , enriched my little collection of armour with specimens of the huge weapon that sheared the lances of the Austrian chivalry at Sempach , and was employed with equal success on ...
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... Swiss at Laupen , Sempach , and on other less distinguished occasions , plainly intimated that a new principle of civil organization , as well as of military movements , had arisen amid the stormy regions of Helvetia . Still , although ...
... Swiss at Laupen , Sempach , and on other less distinguished occasions , plainly intimated that a new principle of civil organization , as well as of military movements , had arisen amid the stormy regions of Helvetia . Still , although ...
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... 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 seemed men who were indifferent to traffic , or at least to such ...
... 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 seemed men who were indifferent to traffic , or at least to such ...
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Albany Anne of Geierstein Annette answered armourer arms Arnheim Arnold Biederman Arthur Philipson Bâle betwixt blood Bonnet-maker Bonthron brother burghers called castle Catharine Charles of Burgundy Church Clan Chattan Clan Quhele combat command Conachar court danger daughter Douglas Duke of Albany Duke of Burgundy Duke of Rothsay Duke's Dwining Eachin Earl Englishman eyes fair Fair City father favour fear Ferette Grace Hagenbach hand hath head hear heard heart Heaven Highland holy honour horse Kilian Kinfauns King King René knight lady Landamman look lord maiden Margaret Margaret of Anjou matter mountain neighbours never noble Oxford passed peace person Perth poor present priest Prince Proudfute Provence Provost René replied royal Saint Scotland seemed Sigismund Simon Glover speak spoke stood stranger Swiss sword tell thee thou art thou hast thought Unterwalden voice word Wynd yonder young youth
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Page 295 - So spoke, in the emphatic words of Scripture, the helpless and bereft father, tearing his gray beard and hoary hair, while Albany, speechless and conscience-struck, did not venture to interrupt the tempest of his grief. But the agony of the King's sorrow almost instantly changed to...
Page 105 - Cameron's gathering' rose! The war-note of Lochiel, which Albyn's hills Have heard, and heard, too, have her Saxon foes: How in the noon of night that pibroch thrills, Savage and shrill! But with the breath which fills Their mountain-pipe, so fill the mountaineers With the fierce native daring which instils The stirring memory of a thousand years, And Evan's, Donald's fame rings in each clansman's ears!