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Abner Alguazils Arias arms Athaliah avenge Bertha blood Casilda Chimène Chorus Clé comes Count DAMIS dare dear death deed Diègue Don Cæsar Don Guritan Don Salluste door DORINE Duchess Duenna e'en ELMIRE Elvire Exit eyes father fear Fran Franziska Fürst Gessl give hand happy hast hear heart Heaven Hedw honour hope Infanta JEAN BAPTISTE RACINE Jehoiada Jehosheba Joash King Kuoni Küssnacht Lackey lady Land Landamman LANDLORD LEVITES live look lord Madam MAJOR VON TELLHEIM MARIANNE Marquis master Mattan Melch Minna Molière Nabal naught never noble o'er ORGON peace pity pray Queen Roderick Ruodi Ruy Blas SCENE servant sire soul speak Stauff sword Tartuffe tears Tell thee thine thing thou to-day Twas VALÈRE vengeance voice WALTER FÜRST Werner Werni wish woman word ZACHARIAH
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Page 274 - Maria Stuart (1800) ; Die Jungfrau von Orleans (1801) ; Die Braut von Messina (1803) ; and Wilhelm 7>//(i8o4).
Page 366 - I will proclaim a new law through the land ; I will \An arrow pierces him — he puts his hand on his heart, and is about to sink — with a feeble voice, O God, have mercy on my soul ! Har.
Page 291 - Nay, an it were the imperial crown ! A cap ! Merely the cap of Austria ! I've seen it Hanging above the throne in Gessler's hall. Mason. The cap of Austria ? Mark that ! A snare To get us into Austria's power, by Heaven ! Work. No freeborn man will stoop to such disgrace. Mas. M. Come — to our comrades, and advise with them ! [ They retire up.
Page 311 - Whate'er your voice Should dictate as the right, they swore to do ; And you they swore to follow e'en to death. — So sped I on from house to house, secure In the guest's sacred privilege ; — and when I reached at last the valley of my home, Where dwell my kinsmen, scatter'd far and near...
Page 354 - ... are to each other pledged, To hunt the tyrants from the land. The league Has been concluded, and a sacred oath Confirms our union. Ere another year Begins its circling course — the blow shall falL In a free land your .ashes shall repose.
Page 350 - Stoutly they pulled, and soon we neared the point; One prayer to God for his assisting grace, And, straining every muscle, I brought round The vessel's stern close to the rocky wall; Then snatching up my weapons, with a bound I swung myself upon the flattened shelf, And with my feet thrust off, with all my might, The puny bark into the watery hell.
Page 343 - Where neither sun nor moon shall reach thine eyes. Thus from thy arrows I shall be secure. Seize on him, guards, and bind him ! [They bind him.
Page 367 - And is it come to this ? Fear and obedience at an end so soon ? [To the soldiers of the guard who are thronging in.
Page 296 - O the eye's light, of all the gifts of Heaven, The dearest, best ! From light all beings live — Each fair created thing — the very plants Turn with a joyful transport to the light, And he — he must drag on through all his days In endless darkness ! Never more for...
Page 284 - A moody sorrow furrowing thy brow. Some silent grief is weighing on thy heart. Trust it to me. I am thy faithful wife, And I demand my half of all thy cares. [STAUFFACHER gives her his hand and is silent. Tell me what can oppress thy spirits thus ? Thy toil is blest — the world goes well with thee — Our barns are full — our cattle, many a score ; Our handsome team of sleek and well-fed steeds Brought from the mountain pastures safely home.