Undine: A Miniature RomanceS. Colman, 1839 - 211 Seiten |
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affectionate Almadora amid appeared arms beamed beautiful began beneath Bertalda blessed breathed bride bright burst Castle Ring Castle Ringstetten CHAPTER child coral necklace cottage courser cried Danube daughter dear Undine deep delight door dream emotion enchantment evil exclaimed eyes father Heilmann fear feel felt foaming forest forest stream FORTIETH HOUR fountain give GUARDIAN GUARDIAN SPIRIT hand head heart heaven holy hope horse Huldbrand imagined knight Kühleborn lady lake laugh light Logoul look magic maiden marriage Mediterranean Sea melancholy mind mistress moon murmuring Muzoil myste mysterious name-day never old fisherman OLD MAGICIAN palace parents perceived Poetry pray priest replied resemblance returned rience ring Romance rushed seemed Seraphina silence smile soul spoke stept stetten stood strange stranger stream sweet tears tempest tenderness terror thing tone touched trembling truth Undine's veil voice wagon wandered waves weeping whispered wife wild words young
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Seite 76 - The element moves us, and, again, is obedient to our will while we live, though it scatters us like dust when we die ; and as we have nothing to trouble us, we are as merry as nightingales, little gold-fishes, and other pretty children of nature. But all beings aspire to rise in the scale of existence higher than they are. It was therefore the wish of my father, who is a powerful water-prince in the Mediterranean Sea, that his only daughter should become possessed of a soul, although she should have...
Seite 52 - I will find out the owner of this wine or his heirs, and make double and triple reimbursement." The old man was gratified with this assurance ; he gave the knight a nod of approbation, and now drained his cup with an easier conscience and more relish. Undine, however, said to Huldbrand : " As to the repayment and your gold, you may do whatever you like. But what you said about your venturing out, and searching, and exposing yourself to danger, appears to me far from wise. I should cry my very eyes...
Seite 66 - It was evident that she had come to say something important ; when she suddenly faltered, as if seized with an inward shuddering, and burst into a passion of tears. They were none of them able to understand the intenseness of her feelings ; and, with mingled emotions of fear and anxiety, they gazed on her in silence. Then wiping away her tears, and looking earnestly at the priest, she at last said : " There must be something lovely, but at the same time something most awful, about a SOUL. In the...
Seite 62 - ... priest made inquiries respecting the circumstances of their acquaintance, and asked the old people whether they gave their consent to the union. After a great number of questions and answers, the affair was arranged to the satisfaction of all ; and the mistress of the house went to prepare the bridal apartment for the young...
Seite 113 - ... uncle, so that he now has no power of intruding either upon you, or me, or Bertalda. Human beings, it is true, notwithstanding the characters I have inscribed there, are able to raise the stone without any extraordinary trouble ; there is nothing to prevent them. If you choose, therefore, remove it according to Bertalda's desire, but she assuredly knows not what she asks. The rude...
Seite 67 - The priest then spoke to the knight: " Sir bridegroom, I leave you alone with her, whom I have united to you in marriage. So far as I can discover, there is nothing of evil in her, but assuredly much that is wonderful. What I recommend to you in domestic life, — is prudence, love, and fidelity.
Seite 150 - ... upon the pavement with a hollow sound. But an appearance, from the opening of the fountain, filled them with awe, as it rose like a white column of water : at first they imagined it...
Seite 51 - Undine helped the men, as much as she was able ; and as the shower, with a roar of wind, came suddenly sweeping on in rapid pursuit, she raised her finger with a merry menace toward the dark mass of clouds, and cried: " You cloud, you cloud, have a care !—beware how you wet us ; we are some way from shelter yet.
Seite 76 - ... render my whole future life miserable. For what will become of me, if you avoid and reject me? Still, I would not keep you as my own by artifice. And should you decide to cast me off, then do it now, and return alone to the shore. I will plunge into this brook, where my uncle will receive me; my uncle who here in the forest, far removed from his other friends, passes his strange and solitary existence. But he is powerful, as well as revered and beloved by many great rivers; and as he brought...
Seite 88 - Once on a fine evening, while they were promenading the city by starlight, they happened to be talking over their scheme just as they passed the high trees, that bordered the public walk. The young married pair, though it was somewhat late, had called upon Bertalda to invite her to share their enjoyment ; and all three now proceeded familiarly up and down beneath the dark-blue heaven, not seldom interrupted in their converse by the admiration, which they could not but bestow upon the magnificent...