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The Works of Frederick Schiller Novel Chapters
List of most recent chapters published for the The Works of Frederick Schiller novel. A total of 559 chapters have been translated and the release date of the last chapter is Apr 02, 2024
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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-
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 60 He has got his sermon so nicely by heart. Pray go on, Sir! "for the gallows and the wheel?"FATHER Dom. And thou, their precious captain!--commander-in-chief of cut-purses!--king of sharpers! Grand Mogul of all the rogues under the sun!--great pr
- 61 FRANCIS. Here again already, perverse enthusiast? You stole away from the festive banquet, and marred the mirthful pleasures of my guests.AMELIA. 'Tis pity, truly, to mar such innocent pleasures! Shame on them! The funeral knell that tolled over your
- 62 egregiously mistaken. That purse of gold came most opportunely--to maintain certain persons.FRANCIS (terrified). Hermann! Hermann! Let me not suspect certain things of you. Should you have done anything contrary to my instructions--you would be the vilest
- 63 GRIMM. It is a fruitful year.CHARLES. Do you think so? Then at least one toil in the world will be repaid. One? Yet in the night a hailstorm may come and destroy it all.SCHWARZ. That is very possible. It all may be destroyed an hour before the reaping.CHA
- 64 KOSINSKY. Pardon, sirs. I know not whether I am going right or wrong.CHARLES. Suppose right, whom do you take us to be?KOSINSKY. Men!SCHWEITZER. I wonder, captain, whether we have given any proof of that?KOSINSKY. I am in search of men who can look death
- 65 SCHWEITZER. I, a traitor? Lead on to h.e.l.l and I will follow you!CHARLES (falling on his neck). Dear brother! thou shalt follow me. She weeps, she mourns away her life. Up! quickly! all of you! to Franconia! In a week we must be there.[Exeunt.]ACT IV.SC
- 66 Bring it here! Look me steadfastly in the face! How your knees knock together! How you tremble! Confess, old man! what have you been doing?DANIEL. Nothing, my honored master, by heaven and my poor soul!FRANCIS. Drink this wine! What? you hesitate? Out wit
- 67 DANIEL (after some reflection). I'll do it; I will do it to-morrow.[Exit.]FRANCIS. The temptation is strong, and I should think he was not born to die a martyr to his faith. Have with you, sir count! According to all ordinary calculations, you will s
- 68 KOSINSKY. You are joking.CHARLES (in a commanding tone). Quick! quick! delay not! leave every thing behind! and let no eye see you!(Exit KOSINSKY.) I fly from these walls. The least delay might drive me raving road; and he my father's son! Brother! b
- 69 *[In the acting edition the scene closes with a different denouement. Amelia here says, "Are all unhappy who live with you, and bear the name of Amelia."CHARLES. Yes, all--when they think they embrace an angel, and find in their arms--a murderer
- 70 SCHWARZ. 'Tis he! 'Tis the captain! Absent yourself awhile, Schweitzer--till we explain to him! (They fire.) Enter CHARLES VON MOOR and KOSINSKY.SCHWEITZER (running to meet them). Welcome, captain. I have been somewhat choleric in your absence.
- 71 VOICE. Do you see anything?HERMANN. Farewell! farewell! this is a fearful place. Go down into your bole,--thy deliverer, thy avenger is above. Oh! accursed son! (Is about to fly.) CHARLES (stepping forth with horror). Stand!HERMANN (screaming). Oh, me!**[
- 72 CHARLES. Slain! did I say? No, that is too mild a term! A son has a thousand-fold broken his own father on the wheel,--impaled, racked, flayed him alive!--but all these words are too feeble to express what would make sin itself blush and cannibals shudder
- 73 FRANCIS (confused). Avaunt!--avaunt!--why dost thou glare upon me thus, thou horrible spectre? The time for the resurrection of the dead is not yet come.DANIEL. Merciful heavens! he has lost his senses.FRANCIS (recovering himself gradually). Where am I? Y
- 74 MOSER. I know but two. But men do not commit these, nor do men even dream of them.FRANCIS. What are they?MOSER (very significantly). Parricide is the name of the one; fratricide of the other. Why do you turn so suddenly pale?FRANCIS. What, old man? Art th
- 75 SCHWEITZER (steps aside from him). Yes, his game is up! He is dead!dead! Go back and tell my captain he is as dead as a log. He will not see me again. (Blows his brains out.) SCENE II.--The scene the same as the last scene of the preceding Act.OLD MOOR se
- 76 GRIMM. 'Tis not our fault, captain!CHARLES (without looking at them). Who are ye?GRIMM. You do not look at us! Your faithful followers.CHARLES. Woe to ye, if ye are faithful to me!GRIMM. The last farewell from your servant Schweitzer!-- CHARLES (star
- 77 AMELIA. Ha! destroyer! thou canst only kill the happy; they who are weary of existence thou sparest! (She glides towards the robbers.) Then do ye have mercy on me, disciples of murder! There lurks a bloodthirsty pity in your looks that is consoling to the
- 78 FIESCO; OR, THE GENOESE CONSPIRACY.A TRAGEDY.DRAMATIS PERSONAE.ANDREAS DORIA, Duke of Genoa, a venerable old man, eighty years of age, retaining the traces of a high spirit: the chief features in this character are dignity and a rigid brevity in command.G
- 79 ARABELLA (astonished). And could this dream haunt a woman's mind even at the nuptial shrine?LEONORA. Yes, my Arabella,--well mayest thou be astonished--to the bride it came, even in the joy of the bridal hour (more animated). I am a woman, but I feel
- 80 [Exeunt.SCENE IV.JULIA, agitated with anger, and FIESCO, in a white mask, following her.JULIA. Servants! footmen!FIESCO. Countess, whither are you going? What do you intend?JULIA. Nothing--nothing at all. (To the servants, who enter and immediately retire
- 81 FIESCO and the former.FIESCO. I have handed her to her carriage. (Takes GIANETTINO'S hand, and presses it to his breast.) Prince, I am now doubly your slave. To you I bow, as sovereign of Genoa--to your lovely sister, as mistress of my heart.LOMELLIN
- 82 FIESCO. I will order my carriage.MASK. That is useless--I shall send one horse: we want no more, for only one of us, I hope, will return.FIESCO (with surprise). What say you?MASK. A b.l.o.o.d.y answer will be demanded of you, touching a certain tear.FIESC
- 83 MOOR (aside). Shall I alone be called a fool? Who hired me? 'Twas but a hundred miserable sequins. Who hired me, did you ask? Prince Gianettino.FIESCO (walking about in a pa.s.sion). A hundred sequins? And is that all the value set upon Fiesco's
- 84 VERRINA (raging). What?BERTHA. Last night---- VERRINA (furiously.) Speak! What!BERTHA. Force. (Sinks down upon the side of the sofa.) VERRINA (after a long pause, with a hollow voice). One word more, my daughter--thy last! Who was it?BERTHA. Alas, what an
- 85 SACCO and CALCAGNO (starting up with emotion). Gianettino Doria!BERTHA (with a shriek, seeing BOURGOGNINO enter). Cover me, walls, beneath your ruins! My Scipio!SCENE XII.BOURGOGNINO--the former.BOURGOGNINO (with ardor). Rejoice, my love! I bring good tid
- 86 The former and JULIA.JULIA (entering in an affected manner). The Count offered me his palace to see the procession to the senate-house. The time will be tedious.You will entertain me, madam, while the chocolate is preparing.[ARABELLA goes out, and returns
- 87 CALCAGNO. Countess,--you once bestowed your hand amiss. Would you again make trial, I know one who would deserve it better.LEONORA. The limits of creation cannot bound your falsehoods. I'll hear no more.CALCAGNO. Oh, that you would retract this cruel
- 88 FIESCO. That thought was better than the soil which gave it birth.These words are favorable; but do they bespeak actions of equal import?MOOR. Yes--as the murmuring of the distant thunder foretells the approaching storm. The people lay their heads togethe
- 89 FIESCO. Then your search will have convicted fancy of deceit---- ZENTURIONE (impatiently). And what shall we have gained?FIESCO. Gained? The decision of the long-protracted contest between art and nature.ZENTURIONE (eagerly). And what then?FIESCO. Then, t
- 90 1ST ARTISAN. For the people--everything in common---- FIESCO. The people gained it. The government was democratical; each citizen had a vote, and everything was submitted to a majority. But a few weeks pa.s.sed ere man declared war against the new republi
- 91 GIANETTINO. Poh! Poh! I know but one who might be dangerous, and he is taken care of.LOMELLINO. His highness comes.Enter ANDREAS--(both bow respectfully).ANDREAS. Signor Lomellino, my niece wishes to take the air.LOMELLINO. I shall have the honor of atten
- 92 GIANETTINO. Thomas a.s.serato and his three brothers. (LOMELLINO stops.) GIANETTINO (forcibly). And his three brothers---- LOMELLINO (writes). Go on.GIANETTINO. Fiesco of Lavagna.LOMELLINO. Have a care! Have a care! That black stone will yet prove fatal t
- 93 SCENE XVII.FIESCO, VERRINA, ROMANO, with a picture; SACCO, BOURGOGNINO, CALCAGNO.FIESCO (receiving them with great affability). Welcome, my worthy friends! What important business brings you all hither? Are you, too, come, my dear brother, Verrina? I shou
- 94 ACT III.SCENE I.--Midnight. A dreary wilderness.VERRINA and BOURGOGNINO entering.BOURGOGNINO (stands still). Whither are you leading me, father. The heavy grief that hung upon your brow when first you bade me follow you still seems to labor in your pantin
- 95 FIESCO. Well, well (significantly). Till Genoa be two days older, inquire not! condemn me not! (Leads her politely to another apartment.) SCENE IV.FIESCO; the MOOR, entering hastily.FIESCO. Whence come you thus out of breath?MOOR. Quick, my lord!FIESCO. H
- 96 FIESCO, VERRINA, BOURGOGNINO, CALCAGNO, SACCO.FIESCO (meeting them). The tempest is approaching: the clouds rash together. Advance with caution. Let all the doors be locked.VERRINA. Eight chambers have I made fast behind. Suspicion cannot come within a hu
- 97 CALCAGNO. I will learn the watchword.SACCO. I will reconnoitre Genoa.[Exeunt.SCENE VI.FIESCO, MOOR.FIESCO (seated at a desk, and writing). Did they not struggle against the word subordination as the worm against the needle which transfixes it? But 't
- 98 LOMELLINO. But it will cause great consternation.GIANETTINO. In that lies our security. Common crimes but move the blood and stir it to revenge: atrocious deeds freeze it with terror, and annihilate the faculties of man. You know the fabled power of Medus
- 99 FIESCO (sarcastically). Twill excite immoderate laughter. [He hands her out--the curtain falls. ACT IV. SCENE I.--Night. The court of FIESCOS palace. The lamps lighted. Persons carrying in arms. A wing of the palace illuminated. A heap of arms on one side
- 100 SENTINELS AT THE GATE (calling out). Who goes there? SCENE IV. The former, four of the a.s.sERATO family. a.s.sERATO (entering). A friend of FIESCO. ZIBO. They are the four a.s.serati. ZENTURIONE. Good evening, friends! a.s.sERATO. We are going to the pla