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Latest Release: Chapter 1 : The Works of Frederich Schiller in English.by Frederich Schiller.PREFACE TO THE SIXTH ED
The Works of Frederich Schiller in English.by Frederich Schiller.PREFACE TO THE SIXTH EDITION.The present is the best collected edition of the important works of Schiller which is accessible to readers in the English language.Detached poems or dramas have
- 59 A SECOND. I and Brizal broke into a merchant's store, and have brought stuffs enough with us to serve fifty men.A THIRD. I have filched two gold watches and a dozen silver spoons.SCHWEITZER. Well done, well done! And we have lighted them a bonfire th
- 58 SPIEGEL. You know the man! He has his own notions! You understand me?RAZ. Oh, I quite understand.(Enter SCHWARZ at full speed).Who's there? What is the matter? Any travellers in the forest?SCHWARZ. Quick, quick! Where are the others? Zounds! there yo
- 57 OLD MOOR. Leave off! leave off. I feel very ill.AMELIA (running towards him, lets fall the book). Heaven help us! What is this?OLD MOOR. It is death--darkness--is waving--before my eyes--I pray thee--send for the minister--that he may--give me--the Holy C
- 56 FRANCIS. By heaven, Amelia! your picture! It is, indeed.AMELIA (returns him the picture) My picture, mine! Oh! heavens and earth!OLD M. (screaming and tearing his face.) Woe, woe! my curse drove him into death! He fell in despair!FRANCIS. And he thought o
- 55 AMELIA (with enthusiasm). Yes, sweet it is, heavenly sweet, to be lulled into the sleep of death by the song of the beloved. Perhaps our dreams continue in the grave--a long, eternal, never-ending dream of Charles--till the trumpet of resurrection sounds-
- 54 HERMANN. By all the devils in h.e.l.l, I'll scratch out his eyes with my own nails!FRANCIS. What? you are growing angry? What signifies your anger? What harm can you do him? What can a mouse like you do to such a lion? Your rage only makes his triump
- 53 Thou art whole, whole! It was all a lie! Dost thou not know, miscreant, that it would be impossible for Charles to be the being you describe? (FRANCIS remains standing for some time, lost in thought, then suddenly turns round to go away.) Whither are you
- 52 Contrition, implicit reliance, and no pardon!ROLLER. But listen, Moor,--listen to what I am telling you!CHARLES VON M. 'Tis incredible! 'tis a dream--a delusion! Such earnest entreaty, such a vivid picture of misery and tearful penitence--a sava
- 51 SPIEGEL. (with a proud laugh). Poor thing! Get us out of this sc.r.a.pe?Ha, ha, ha! Get us out of the sc.r.a.pe!--and is that all your thimbleful of brain can reach? And with that you trot your mare back to the stable? Spiegelberg would have been a misera
- 50 CHARLES VON M. (smiles and takes him by the hand). Comrade! There must be an end now of our fooleries.SPIEGEL. (with surprise). Fie! you are not going to play the prodigal son!--a fellow like you who with his sword has scratched more hieroglyhics on other
- 49 FRANCIS. Stop, father, one word more. Your just indignation might prompt reproaches too severe, words which might break his heart--and then--do you not think that your deigning to write with your own hand might be construed into an act of forgiveness? It
- 48 FRANCIS. If you are unwell--or are the least apprehensive of being so-- permit me to defer--I will speak to you at a fitter season.--(Half aside.) These are no tidings for a feeble frame.OLD M. Gracious Heavens? what am I doomed to hear?FRANCIS. First let
- 47 Vice is here exposed in its innermost workings. In Francis it resolves all the confused terrors of conscience into wild abstractions, destroys virtuous sentiments by dissecting them, and holds up the earnest voice of religion to mockery and scorn. He who
- 46 my unhappy master! Has it come to this! Wretched, horrible fate! We are compelled to hide ourselves, like malefactors, from a.s.sa.s.sins and creditors."I am writing to you from the convent of --------, where the prince has found an asylum. At this m
- 45 "I think I remember" she faltered."We met in the church of ---------," said he, quickly."Yes, it was in the church of ---------," she rejoined."And could I have supposed that this day would have brought me--"Here sh
- 44 "At his silent intimation the young negro disappeared. I now expected some touching scene--a prayer on bended knees, and a reconciliation sealed with glowing kisses. But no! nothing of the kind occurred. The incomprehensible being took from his pocke
- 43 "But surely he took notice of the gondolier so as to be able to recognize him again.""He has undertaken to find out the gondolier, but he is not one of those with whom he a.s.sociates. The mendicants, whom he questioned, could give him no f
- 42 "It was indeed a rash conclusion," said I, "if they had no better ground for it than that they saw nothing themselves.""You see, my dear friend, I am modest enough not to wish to look behind this curtain, and the wisest course wil
- 41 BARON VON F------ TO COUNT VON O------- June 4.The Marquis of Civitella, who is now entirely recovered from his wounds, was last week introduced to the prince by his uncle, the cardinal, and since then he has followed him like his shadow. Biondello cannot
- 40 "It is no wonder, therefore, that he took the first opportunity of escaping from so galling a yoke--but he fled from it as a bond-slave who, escaping from his rigorous master, drags along with him a sense of his servitude, even in the midst of freedo
- 39 "And this crucifix, according to the Sicilian's confession, was a conductor. You see that the apparition hastened to make himself electrical. Thus the blow which Lord Seymour struck him with a sword was of course ineffectual; the electric stroke
- 38 "The family felt convinced that Jeronymo was no more. From that day forward they publicly announced his death, and went into mourning. The circ.u.mstance of the ring left no doubt, even in the mind of Antonia, and added a considerable weight to the a
- 37 "This Lorenzo was the younger son of the marquis, and for that reason had been destined for the church; the family estates were to descend to the eldest. Jeronymo, which was the name of the latter, had spent many years on his travels, and had returne
- 36 "And the man who fell down in the chimney spoke for the apparition?""He did.""But he could not hear your question distinctly.""There was no occasion for it. Your highness will recollect that I cautioned you all very stri
- 35 "He is, indeed, gracious prince. I was convinced of it by the paper which he showed to me.""This man, did you say? That cannot be.""I will tell your highness more. It was upon his information that I have been sent here to arrest t
- 34 "Who is amongst us?" exclaimed the sorcerer, terrified, casting a look of horror on the a.s.semblage; "I did not want thee." The figure advanced with noiseless and majestic steps directly up to the altar, stood on the satin Carpet over
- 33 "You grant, then, that it is in your power?"The sorcerer maintained a long silence, and kept his look fixed steadily on the prince, as if to examine him."It is!" answered he at last.The prince's curiosity was now raised to the hig
- 32 In the same instant the circle opened, and we saw with horror the head of the Venetian severed from his body."Are you content with this satisfaction?" said the Inquisitor. The prince had fainted in the arms of his attendants. "Go," add
- 31 Now, therefore, the confederates saw themselves masters of the whole extent of the dam, from Fort St. George as far as the Pile battery. As, however, it seemed too long to wait for the thorough demolition of the dam, they hastily unloaded a Zealand transp
- 30 It was more by the terror of his name and the dread of famine than by the force of arms that the Prince of Parma had succeeded in reducing this city to submission, the largest and strongest in the Netherlands, which was little inferior to Paris within the
- 29 The Netherlander seems to have concentrated all his hatred upon the Spanish name. To lay the blame of the national evils on the regent would tend to remove from the king and his minister the curses which he would rather shower upon them alone and undivide
- 28 But it was otherwise determined in the council at Madrid. The minister, Granvella, who, even while absent himself, ruled the Spanish cabinet by his adherents; the Cardinal Grand Inquisitor, Spinosa, and the Duke of Alva, swayed respectively by hatred, a s
- 27 Destruction to the papists, death to him who has betrayed us!--a sullen murmur, portentous of a revolt, runs through the mult.i.tude. They begin to suspect that all that has taken place has been set on foot by the Roman Catholics to destroy the Calvinists
- 26 The state council was now held, who finally came to a resolution that it was expedient to yield to the emergency; to permit the preachings in those places where they had already commenced; to make known the abolition of the papal Inquisition; to declare t
- 25 After the consent of the states had in this manner been extorted from them, the "moderation" was submitted to the council of the state, and, after receiving their signatures, forwarded to the king in Spain in order to receive from his ratificati
- 24 While in the council of state the great question was discussed whether the nation was to be miserable or not, while its sworn deputies summoned to their a.s.sistance all the arguments of reason and of equity, and while the middle-cla.s.ses and the people
- 23 The spirit of revolt, which was diffused through the Belgian provinces, scarcely required this new stimulus. There the minds of men were in a ferment, and the character of the Romish Church had sunk almost to the lowest point of contempt in the general op
- 22 The Prince of Orange was well aware that it was he who had prevented his marriage with the Princess of Lorraine, and that he had also endeavored to break off the negotiations for another alliance with the Princess of Savoy. He had deprived Count Horn of t
- 21 Out of regard for the honor of her mother's house she was at first educated in obscurity; but her mother, who possessed more vanity than honor, was not very anxious to preserve the secret of her origin, and a princely education betrayed the daughter
- 20 Numerous and brave garrisons also held the cities in awe, which were at the same time divided by religious squabbles and factions, and consequently deprived of their strongest support--union among themselves. How little, therefore, did it require to insur
- 19 Here a Swiss soldier drew from the finger of Charles the Bold, that celebrated diamond which was long esteemed the largest in Europe, which even now sparkles in the crown of France as the second in size, but which the unwitting finder sold for a florin. T
- 18 This monarch, who could expend nine hundred tons of gold without oppressing his subjects, and by tyrannical measures extorted far more, heaped, moreover, on his exhausted people a debt of one hundred and forty millions of ducats. An implacable hatred of l
- 17 Ill.u.s.trated PREFACE TO THE EDITION.The present is the best collected edition of the important works of Schiller which is accessible to readers in the English language.Detached poems or dramas have been translated at various times since the first public
- 16 The death of Cardinal Richelieu took place in November, 1642, and the subsequent change in the throne and in the ministry, occasioned by the death of Louis XIII., had for some time withdrawn the attention of France from the German war, and was the cause o
- 15 All the Protestant states were invited to accede to the treaty of Prague, and on that condition were to benefit by the amnesty. The princes of Wurtemberg and Baden, whose territories the Emperor was already in possession of, and which he was not disposed
- 14 Nothing now remained, but to obtain a similar a.s.surance from the absent generals, or, on their refusal, to seize their persons. Wallenstein renewed his invitation to them, and earnestly urged them to hasten their arrival. But a rumour of the doings at P
- 13 These concessions on the part of the States, demanded some return from Sweden. A few weeks after the death of Gustavus Adolphus, sorrow ended the days of the unfortunate Elector Palatine. For eight months he had swelled the pomp of his protector's co
- 12 The high road which goes from Weissenfels to Leipzig, is intersected between Lutzen and Markranstadt by the ca.n.a.l which extends from Zeitz to Merseburg, and unites the Elster with the Saal. On this ca.n.a.l, rested the left wing of the Imperialists, an
- 11 The ministers made large presents, while Wallenstein himself advanced 200,000 dollars from his own income to hasten the armament. The poorer officers he supported out of his own revenues; and, by his own example, by brilliant promotions, and still more br
- 10 Nuremberg received with triumphant joy the protector of the Protestant religion and German freedom, and the enthusiasm of the citizens expressed itself on his arrival in loud transports of admiration and joy. Even Gustavus could not contain his astonishme
- 9 The consternation of the Emperor and the League at Tilly's defeat at Leipzig, was scarcely greater than the surprise and embarra.s.sment of the allies of the King of Sweden at his unexpected success. It was beyond both their expectations and their wi
- 8 To give weight to this declaration, he appeared with his whole force before Berlin. "I will not be worse treated than the imperial generals," was his reply to the amba.s.sadors whom the bewildered Elector despatched to his camp. "Your maste
- 7 Under these circ.u.mstances, the imperial general was anxious to allow his troops the repose of winter quarters, but he had to do with an enemy to whom the climate of Germany had no winter. Gustavus had taken the precaution of providing his soldiers with
- 6 Discontented with the Emperor, and distrustful of his intentions, he had entered into an alliance with France, which the other members of the League were suspected of favouring. A fear of the Emperor's plans of aggrandizement, and discontent with exi
- 5 All the imperial territories were now free from the enemy; the Union was dissolved; the Margrave of Baden, Duke Christian, and Mansfeld, driven from the field, and the Palatinate overrun by the executive troops of the empire. Manheim and Heidelberg were i
- 4 The Bohemians had begun to entrench themselves on the White Mountain near Prague, when they were attacked by the Imperial and Bavarian armies, on the 8th November, 1620. In the beginning of the action, some advantages were gained by the cavalry of the Pri
- 3 It was not to be expected that this summary mode of proceeding would much increase the favour of the parties with the Emperor, but this was the very position to which Count Thurn wished to bring them. If, from the fear of uncertain danger, they had permit
- 2 Two circ.u.mstances connected with this proceeding must have strongly excited the attention of the Protestants, even if the interests of religion had been less powerful on their minds. First of all, the sentence had been p.r.o.nounced by the Aulic Council
- 1 The Works of Frederich Schiller in English.by Frederich Schiller.PREFACE TO THE SIXTH EDITION.The present is the best collected edition of the important works of Schiller which is accessible to readers in the English language.Detached poems or dramas have