The Works of Frederick Schiller: History of the revolt of the Netherlands, cont. Trials of Counts Egmont and HornBohn, 1846 |
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... night made the danger appear more alarming than it really was , and instead of hastening to defend their churches , r the citizens fortified themselves in their houses , and in terror and anxiety awaited the dawn of morning . The rising ...
... night made the danger appear more alarming than it really was , and instead of hastening to defend their churches , r the citizens fortified themselves in their houses , and in terror and anxiety awaited the dawn of morning . The rising ...
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... night was passed tumultuously under arms . The town of Antwerp was now threatened with fearful bloodshed and pillage . In this pressing emergency , Orange assembled an extraordinary senate , to which were summoned all the best disposed ...
... night was passed tumultuously under arms . The town of Antwerp was now threatened with fearful bloodshed and pillage . In this pressing emergency , Orange assembled an extraordinary senate , to which were summoned all the best disposed ...
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... nights Antwerp had continued in this alarming state . During the tumult , the Roman Catholics had succeeded in placing barrels of gunpowder under the Meer Bridge , and threatened to blow into the air the whole army of the Calvinists ...
... nights Antwerp had continued in this alarming state . During the tumult , the Roman Catholics had succeeded in placing barrels of gunpowder under the Meer Bridge , and threatened to blow into the air the whole army of the Calvinists ...
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... night following , rode round to reconnoitre its fortifications , and returned well satisfied to have convinced himself that it was no longer tenable . Valenciennes stretches down a gentle acclivity into the level plain , being built on ...
... night following , rode round to reconnoitre its fortifications , and returned well satisfied to have convinced himself that it was no longer tenable . Valenciennes stretches down a gentle acclivity into the level plain , being built on ...
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... night carried the suburb of Berg , without the loss of a single man . He then assigned separate points of attack to the Count of Bossu , the young Charles of Mansfeld , and the younger Barlaimont , and under a terrible fire which drove ...
... night carried the suburb of Berg , without the loss of a single man . He then assigned separate points of attack to the Count of Bossu , the young Charles of Mansfeld , and the younger Barlaimont , and under a terrible fire which drove ...
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Page 236 - And if this be the science of the stars, I too, with glad and zealous industry, Will learn acquaintance with this cheerful faith. It is a gentle and affectionate thought, That in immeasurable heights above us, At our first birth, the wreath of love was woven, With sparkling stars for flowers.
Page 312 - Above all others make I large concession. For thou must move a world, and be the master — He kills thee who condemns thee to inaction. So be it then ! maintain thee in thy post By violence. Resist the Emperor, And, if it must be, force with force repel : I will not praise it, yet I can forgive it. But not — not to the traitor — yes!
Page 424 - From the highest, As from the vilest thing of every day He learns to wean himself ; for the strong hours Conquer him. Yet I feel what I have lost In him. The bloom is vanished from my life. For O ! he stood beside me, like my youth, Transformed for me the real to a dream, Clothing the palpable and familiar With golden exhalations of the dawn.
Page 545 - SCENE III. The whole valley before TELL'S house, the heights which enclose it occupied by peasants, grouped into tableaux. Some are seen crossing a lofty bridge, which crosses the Shechen. WALTER FURST with the two boys.
Page 288 - And fed this heart here with a dream ? Because I did not scowl temptation from my presence, Dallied with thoughts of possible fulfilment, Commenced no movement, left all time uncertain, And only kept the road, the access open ? By the great God of Heaven! it was not My serious meaning, it was ne'er resolved. I but amused myself with thinking of it. The free-will tempted me, the power to do Or not to do it.
Page 236 - The intelligible forms of ancient poets, The fair humanities of old religion, The power, the beauty, and the majesty, That had their haunts in dale or piny mountain, Or forest, by slow stream or pebbly spring, Or chasms, and watery depths ; all these have vanished ; They live no longer in the faith of reason...
Page 499 - ELSEETH return. TELL. Go, go, good people, I can help myself. Think you, had I a mind to use my strength, These pikes of theirs should daunt me ? MELCHTHAL (to FRIESSHARDT).
Page 542 - Gracious Heaven, So young, of such a noble line, the grandson Of Rudolph, once my lord and Emperor, An outcast — murderer — standing at my door, The poor man's door — a suppliant, in despair! (Covers his face) John If you have power to weep, oh let my fate Move your compassion — it is horrible.
Page 385 - His marvellous preservation had transformed him. Thenceforth he held himself for an exempted And privileged being, and, as if he were Incapable of dizziness or fall, He ran along the unsteady rope of life. But now our destinies drove us asunder : He paced with rapid step the way of greatness, Was Count, and Prince, Duke-regent, and Dictator. And now is all, all this too little for him ; He stretches forth his hands for a king's crown, And plunges in unfathomable ruin.
Page 428 - Was wont to preach, now once more preaching; I know well, that all sublunary things Are still the vassals of vicissitude. The unpropitious gods demand their tribute. This long ago the ancient pagans knew And therefore of their...