184 Ergebnisse - Zeige 161 von 180.

The legend of Tristan and Iseult is an influential romance and tragedy. The tragic story is of the adulterous love between the Cornish knight Tristan and the Irish princess Iseult. The narrative predates and most likely influenced the Arthurian romance of Lancelot and Guinevere, and has had a substantial impact on Western art and the idea of romantic love and literature.

Excerpt from The Romance of Tristan Iseult MY lords, if you would hear a high tale of love and of death, here is that of Tristan and Queen Iseult, how to their full joy, but to their sorrow also, they loved each other, and how at last they died of that love together upon one day, she by him and he by her. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This ...

Excerpt from How Germany Seeks to Justify Her Atrocities In a pamphlet entitled German Atrocities from German evidence, I published extracts from about thirty diaries taken from prisoners of war. In these diaries the German soldiers depict themselves or their companions in arms as incendiaries, robbers and murderers who, however, in ordinary circumstances, only burn, rob and murder to order and in the course of their military duty. This pamp...

Excerpt from German Atrocities: From German EvidenceI intend to prove that the German armies cannot wholly escape from the reproach ot sometimes violating the law of nations, and I mean to prove my case according to French custom from absolutely trust worthy sources. I shall make use only of documents most rigorously examined, and I have taken care to criticize their text as g minutely as if in times of peace I were questioning the authority o...

My lords, if you would hear a high tale of love and of death, here is that of Tristan and Queen Iseult, how to their full joy, but to their sorrow also, they loved each other, and how at last they died of that love together upon one day, she by him and he by her. "Long ago, when Mark was King over Cornwall, Rivalen, King of Lyonesse, heard that Mark's enemies waged war on him, so he crossed the sea to bring him aid, and so faithfully did he se...

Excerpt from Les Chansons de Croisade Les chansons qui composent ce recueil ont toutes été imprimées déjà, mais elles sont dispersées en vingl publications, il sera commode à l'historien comme au lettré de les trouver ici groupées pour la première fois. Si même elles se ressemblaient seulement en ceci qu'elles ont trait aux croisades, il serait utile de les réunir en une collection, comme on fait des chansons relatives à la-Fronde par exempl...

My lords, if you would hear a high tale of love and of death, here is that of Tristan and Queen Iseult, how to their full joy, but to their sorrow also, they loved each other, and how at last they died of that love together upon one day, she by him and he by her." "Long ago, when Mark was King over Cornwall, Rivalen, King of Lyonesse, heard that Mark's enemies waged war on him, so he crossed the sea to bring him aid, and so faithfully did he s...

Excerpt from The Romance of Tristram and Iseult: Translated From the French Dangerous one. (ll This should suffice to attract readers who love both history and poetry. But in addition they will be fascinated as they read this ancient story by the charm of the detail, the mysterious and mythic beauty of certain episodes, the happy invention of others, the freshness of the situations and sentiments, all that makes the poem a unique combination ...

Keine Beschreibung.

Keine Beschreibung.

Keine Beschreibung.

Keine Beschreibung.

Keine Beschreibung.

Keine Beschreibung.

Keine Beschreibung.

Keine Beschreibung.

Keine Beschreibung.

Keine Beschreibung.

Keine Beschreibung.

Keine Beschreibung.