Herman of Unna: A Series of Adventures of the Fifteenth Century, in which the Proceedings of the Secret Tribunal Under the Emperors Winceslaus and Sigismond, are Delineated. In Two Volumes. Written in German by Professor Kramer. ...William Porter, 1794 - Fehmic courts |
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८८ ८८ abbeſs accuſed Alicia almoſt alſo anſwered appeared archbishop aſk Barbe brother buſineſs caſtle cauſe circumſtance Conrad conſequence convent converſation count Everard count of Unna cried Cyly daugh defire deſigns diſcovered duke Albert duke Frederic eſcape expoſed eyes faid favour fecret tribunal fide fifter firſt fole fome foon friendſhip fuch fufficient fufpicion heart Herman houſe Hungary impoſſible increaſed innocence inſpired inſtantly knew knight Kunzman Kurd laſt leaſt leſs Mary maſter miſtreſs moſt Munster muſt myſelf neceſſary Nicholas nuns obliged obſerved occafion paſſed perſon Petronilla pleaſing pleaſure poſſible Prague preſent prifon princeſs Gara queen queſtions reaſon refuſe reſpecting ſafety ſaid ſave ſaw ſay ſcarcely ſee ſeemed ſeen ſervants ſhall ſhe ſhe ſhould ſhould Sigifmond ſituation ſmiled ſome Sophia ſpeak ſpoke ſteps ſtill ſtranger Subinko ſuch ſuppoſed ſuſpected Teutonic Knights thee theſe thoſe thou tion Ulric viſit whoſe wiſhed
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Page 65 - I bribed one of the fervants, appointed to attend him, and with difficulty prevailed on him to let me take his place. I difguifed myfelf in the black drefs which he brought me, and repaired to my poft. We fet off'.
Page 68 - Cunegunda was aftoaifhed at my having fo completely deceived her vigilance, and that, while fhe believed me afleep .... But what am I doing ? . . . . Is it ' not, however, a dream . .. . . Yet again I charge you to fly. Fly, Herman, fly ! The fecret avengers purfue you : they thirft for your blood !....! ought not ts>, warn you of this ; but furely I may relate; a dream.
Page 67 - What was I now to do ? Efcape and fly to you ; or wait the return of my father^ and abide his wrath ? Already by the light , of the moon I faW him at a diftance accompanied by liis clomeftic.
Page 64 - Ida is not accuftomed to fuch practices when awake .... and I heard thefe men fay to one another, that you were the murderer of duke Frederic. Your fabre found near the place where he had fallen, the depofition of Kunzman at...
Page 67 - Frederic loft his life in fecret, " and without any warning : fo perifh, " with all his fins upon his head, Herman " of Unna !" As the laft words were uttered I fhould certainly have fcreamed with terror, had not my protector flopped my mouth.
Page 63 - TO HERMAN OF UNNA. HERMAN, is it a dream ? Or is it a reality?
Page 63 - But my fears whimper that you may refufe to obey nae, that you may regard my drean? as one of thofe ordinary reveries to which no faith is to be given. I will therefore tell you all, that you may judge for yourfelf of the dangers that threaten you.
Page 66 - I had been obliged to afcendwith fuch feelings of horror. They fhook their heads, blindfolded me, and let me pafs. The number thirty faved my lifeI wandered in the dark : I had neither fupporter nor guide.