Sidonia the Sorceress: The Supposed Destroyer of the Whole Reigning Ducal House of Pomerania, Volumen1Simms and M'Intyre, 1849 - 292 páginas |
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amongst answered asked band beautiful began Bogislaff bride burgomaster castellan castle catechism Clara coach court cousin cried Crummyn Daber dance daughter dear devil Dinnies door ducal Duchess Duchess of Pomerania Duke Barnim Duke of Pomerania equerry evil exclaimed eyes father fell followed fool Friedrichswald gave ghost girl give gold Grace gracious Lady gracious Prince grand chamberlain hand head heard heart Highness honour horses house of Pomerania Illa instantly Jena Johann Appelmann kiss knave knew Konnemann land laughed looked maid maiden Marcus Bork marriage matter mother never nobles old knight old Ulrich Otto Bork peasants Pomerania Pomius poor prayed priest Prince Ernest Princess promised robbers round screamed seized Sidonia sprang Stargard Stettin stood Stramehl sword tell thee thou told took town weeping Whereupon whole window witch Wolgast Wollin word young lord young Prince Zachow
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Página 89 - Into thy hands I commend my spirit : .for thou hast redeemed me, O Lord, thou God of truth.
Página 60 - ... 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.
Página 62 - I am the resurrection and the life ; whosoever believeth in me shall never die, but I will raise him up at the last day.
Página ix - ... hair, and her neck, arms, and hands are profusely covered with jewels. Her bodice of bright purple is trimmed with costly fur, and the robe is of azure 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 beaut}- — in the mouth, particularly, one can discover an expression of cold malignity.
Página 195 - ' But she could get no farther, and stood as stiff as Lot's wife when she was turned into a pillar of salt...
Página ix - Her eyes and mouth are not pleasing, notwithstanding their great beaut}- — in the mouth, particularly, one can discover an expression of cold malignity. The painting is beautifully executed, and is evidently of the school of Louis Kranach. Immediately behind this form there is another looking over the shoulder of Sidonia, like a terrible spectre (a highly poetical idea), for this spectre is Sidonia herself painted as a Sorceress. It must have been added, after a lapse of many years, to the youthful...
Página 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.
Página ix - In her hand she carries a pompadour of brown leather, and of the most elegant form and finish. Her eyes and mouth are not pleasing, notwithstanding their great beauty, — in the mouth, particularly, one can discern...
Página x - No; that was forbidden to him," by which everyone can perceive that the destiny of God was in the matter. " 'And so it was that, notwithstanding the intercession of all the neighbouring courts, Sidonia was brought to the scaffold at Stettin, there beheaded and afterwards burned.
Página 93 - Round her neck she had a scarlet velvet band, twisted with a gold chain; and from it depended a balsam flask, in the form of a greyhound, which rested on her bosom. As her Serene Highness entered with fresh and blushing cheeks, all bowed low and kissed her hand, glittering with diamonds. Then each offered his congratulations as best he could. Amongst them came Johann Neander, Archdeacon of St. Peter's, who was seeking preferment, considering that his present living was but a poor one; and so he presented...