Sidonia the Sorceress: The Supposed Destroyer of the Whole Reigning Ducal House of Pomerania, Volum 1Reeves and Turner, 1894 |
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Pàgina x
... maidens of Pomerania . She in- herited many estates from her parents , and thus was in her own right a possessor almost of a county . So her pride increased , and many noble gentlemen who sought her in marriage were rejected with ...
... maidens of Pomerania . She in- herited many estates from her parents , and thus was in her own right a possessor almost of a county . So her pride increased , and many noble gentlemen who sought her in marriage were rejected with ...
Pàgina xi
... maidens have avenged themselves upon their false lovers by means of magic . So she at last yielded to the temptations of Satan , and after some years learned the secrets of witchcraft from an old woman . By means of this unholy ...
... maidens have avenged themselves upon their false lovers by means of magic . So she at last yielded to the temptations of Satan , and after some years learned the secrets of witchcraft from an old woman . By means of this unholy ...
Pàgina 5
... maiden might her honour . He made no secret of his new opinions , but openly at Martinmas fair , 1560 , told the young nobles at dinner that Christ was but a man like other people , and ignorance alone had elevated Him to a God ; which ...
... maiden might her honour . He made no secret of his new opinions , but openly at Martinmas fair , 1560 , told the young nobles at dinner that Christ was but a man like other people , and ignorance alone had elevated Him to a God ; which ...
Pàgina 8
... maiden , dowered with towns and castles ! " Then he would ask , if the conversa- tion turned upon his enemies — and half the nobles were so— " Sidonia , how does thy father treat his enemies ? " Upon which the child would straighten her ...
... maiden , dowered with towns and castles ! " Then he would ask , if the conversa- tion turned upon his enemies — and half the nobles were so— " Sidonia , how does thy father treat his enemies ? " Upon which the child would straighten her ...
Pàgina 10
... maiden and her geese . So far old Uckermann related to me the first evening , promising to tell me of many more strange doings upon the following morning , which he would try to think over during the night . CHAPTER II . Of the bear ...
... maiden and her geese . So far old Uckermann related to me the first evening , promising to tell me of many more strange doings upon the following morning , which he would try to think over during the night . CHAPTER II . Of the bear ...
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Sidonia the Sorceress: The Supposed Destroyer of the Whole Reigning ..., Volum 1 Wilhelm Meinhold Visualització completa - 1894 |
Sidonia the Sorceress: The Supposed Destroyer of the Whole Reigning ..., Volum 1 Wilhelm Meinhold Visualització completa - 1894 |
Sidonia the Sorceress: The Supposed Destroyer of the Whole Reigning ..., Volum 1 Wilhelm Meinhold Visualització completa - 1894 |
Frases i termes més freqüents
abbess amongst answered Appelmann asked beautiful began Bogislaff bride burgomaster carriage castellan castle catechism chamber Clara convent corridor court cousin cried Crummyn Daber dance daughter dear devil Dinnies Doctor Gerschovius door ducal Duchess Duchess of Pomerania Duke Barnim Duke of Pomerania Duke of Stettin equerry evil exclaimed eyes father fell fool gave girl give Grace gracious Prince Grand Chamberlain hall hand head heard heart Highness holy honour horses house of Pomerania Illa Johann kiss Kleist knave knew lady land laughed looked maid maiden Marcus Bork mother never noble old knight old Ulrich Otto Bork Pomerania poor prayed priest Prince Ernest Princess promised round Rügenwald Satan screamed seized Sidonia sprang Stargard Stettin stood Stramehl tell thee thou told town turned weeping Whereupon whole window witch Wolgast Wollin word young lord young Prince Zachow Zitsewitz
Passatges populars
Pàgina 59 - ... it is not in the broad and fierce manifestations of the elemental energies, not in the clash of the hail nor the drift of the whirlwind, that the highest characters of the sublime are developed. God is not in the earthquake nor in the fire, but in the still, small voice.
Pàgina 384 - For if we live, we live unto the Lord; and if we die, we die unto the Lord. Whether we live, therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
Pàgina xi - Germany. Sidonia thereupon fell into such despair, that she resolved to renounce marriage for ever, and bury the remainder of her life in the convent of Marienfliess, and thus she did. But the wrong done to her by the Stettin princes lay heavy upon her heart, and the desire for revenge increased with years; besides, in place of reading the Bible, her private hours were passed studying the Amadis, wherein she found many examples of how forsaken maidens have avenged themselves upon their false lovers...
Pàgina ix - Her bodice of bright purple is trimmed with costly fur, and the robe is of azureblue velvet. In her hand she carries a sort of pompadour of brown leather, of the most elegant form and finish. Her eyes and mouth are not pleasing, notwithstanding their great beauty— in the mouth, particularly, one can discover an expression of cold malignity.
Pàgina 394 - Necte tribus nodis ternos, Amarylli, colores : Necte, Amarylli, modo, et, Veneris, die, vincula necto.
Pàgina 324 - O wretched man that I am. There is a law in my members warring against the law of my spirit, so that the good that I would I do not, and the evil that I would not that I do.
Pàgina 320 - Ye shall not respect persons in judgment, nor be afraid of the face of man ; for the judgment is Cod's.
Pàgina 194 - ... the fire prepared for the devil and his angels. All their senses shall share in these horrid torments ; they shall be crushed in the wine-press of God's eternal wrath, and they shall feel for ever and ever the strokes of God's vengeance, and of his almighty hand. They shall then learn, by experience, what a terrible thing it is to fall into the hands of the living God, and how insufferable that fire is that shall consume his enemies. Their eyes shall perceive nothing but the bottomless pit, the...
Pàgina x - This promise he would faithfully have kept if the Stettin princes, who were displeased at the prospect of this unequal alliance, had not induced him to abandon Sidonia, by means of the portrait of the Princess Hedwig of Brunswick, the most beautiful princess in all Germany. Sidonia thereupon fell into such despair, that she resolved to renounce marriage for ever, and bury the remainder of her life in the convent of Marienfliess, and thus she did.
Pàgina xi - ... promised her life and pardon if she would free the other princes from the ban ; but her answer was that she had enclosed the spell in a padlock, and flung it into the sea, and having asked the devil if he could restore the padlock again to her, he replied, ' No ; that was forbidden to him ; ' by which every one can perceive that the destiny of God was in the matter.