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, Volume 1William Porter, 1794 - Fehmic courts |
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८८ accuſed almoſt alſo anſwered appeared aſked beſide cauſe ceflaus circumſtance confequence converſation count Everard count of Wirtemberg court cried daugh daughter dear defire diſtance duke duke of Bavaria emperor empreſs eſcape eyes faid ſhe fame father favour fecond fecret tribunal feemed fent fide filence fince firſt fituation fome foon fovereign free judges fubject fuch fuffered fufficient hand heart Herman herſelf honour hope houſe Ida's impoffible innocence inſpired inſtantly intereſting laſt leaſt leſs Maria maſter miſtreſs moſt mother Munſter muſt myſelf night obſerved occafion paffed paſſed perceived perſon pleaſed pleaſure poſſible Prague preſent prince princeſs of Ratibor promife purpoſe queſtions reaſon received refolved refumed refuſe requeſt reſpecting ſaid ſay ſcarcely ſcene ſeemed ſeen ſentiment ſervice ſhall ſhould Sigifmond ſome Sophia ſpeaking ſpoke ſteps ſtill ſuch ſuppoſed ther theſe thing thoſe thou thought tion Unna whoſe wife Winceflaus wiſhed young young Munster
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Page 184 - By degrees my eyes became familiarifed to the obfcurity of the place, and I found myfelf at the entrance of a large fquare. Whether I were in the country, or not, I cannot fay : but all around me, as far as my view could penetrate, I beheld lofty vaults ; and over my head the ftarry Iky. At a...
Page 185 - ... quake *•• within me. The place was now more " enlightened, and I perceived a circle " compofed of feveral perfons in black, " and mafked, who,. I was informed by " my conductor, were my judges. — ' You " will immediately be called upon,' faid '; he to me in a whifper : ' if your con" fcience be clear, prepare to anfwer with " courage. Take off your hood, you, " muft ap'pear with your face uncovered.
Page 184 - One while we pafled *' over what appeared to me uncultivated *' ground, and then again over ruins : we " afcended, and defcended : fometimes " I fancied myfelf breathing the air of " the fields ; at others the found of our " footfteps appeared to ,be echoed back " by furrounding vaults. At length we . defcended thirty fteps, which I counted, I know not why ; and my veil be* ing taken off, I found myfelf in a dark dreary place, where at firft I could diftinguilh nothing.
Page 185 - On a fudden I heard the doleful found of a bell. Three times was it ftruck ; and as often did my heart quake within me. The place was now more enlightened, and I perceived a circle compofed of feveral perfons in black, and mafked, who, I was informed by r»y conductor, were my judges. — ' You will immediately be called upon,' faid he to me in a whifper : ' if your confeience be clear, prepare to anfwer with courage. Take off your hood, you muft appear with your face uncovered.
Page 182 - and how fhall I be able to do this, fince " there is every appearance againft me ? " Oh ! my father ! " Her fobs prevented her faying more ; and leaning on the arm of Munfter they filently walked towards their home. Arrived there...
Page 163 - Ida fent to feveral other ladies of the court, anrd equally to no purpofe. She then recollected the'duke of Bavaria, and the count of Wirtemberg, who had always fhewn a regard for her. To them fhe fent alfo, and received for anfwer, that fhe...
Page 179 - Silently they walked through the llreets, in which not a perfon was to be feen. The knees of Ida trembled with cold, while her cheeks were flufhed with the crimfon of fever. They arrived at the great fteeple of St. Bartholomew's, where met four large ilreets leading to the extremities of the city. " Behold, my father, the defignated
Page 167 - Do you then no longer know me ? Do you not know your father?" cried the perfon who entered ; and fiying this, he rendered the light of his lantern more vivid, threw off his cloak, and clafped her in his embrace. " My father, my faviour ! angel fent from Heaven!" were the words fhe had juft time to articulate, before ihe fainted in his arms.
Page 167 - Ida ! my poor, unhappy Ida !" continued the ftranger, in accents of the moft tender affection. Ida rofe from the floor on which me .was lying. The figure, which was then difcernible, by means of a lantern it carried, approached nearer. " Who art thou ? Art thou one of thofe " terrible and unknown beings, who ren" der juflice in fecret r" " Do you then no longer know me ? ". Do you not know your father?
Page 204 - The caufe was opened. The queftfons. already put to Ida were one by one repeated ; but fhe heard them not with the lame terror as at firft ; for the ftranger appeared competent to anfwer them, and fhe believed herfelf perfectly juftified. But her judges were not fo eafy to be convinced. The adventure of the lock of hair, which, in thofe days of ignorance, appeared fo fufpicious a circumftance, was Hill undenied ; the words fhe had uttered on the fubject, to the young princefs of Rafihor, were equally...