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AGNES BERNAUERIN. 87
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human shrill with agony . Then , t from anguis her h lips ran ing g out sh m rie adness k upon . shriek Those ,
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hoarsel of her face bu , t now still lived she did above not the drown waters unti ; l a Henfzersknecht shrieks gurgled an
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o a ffended against the convention of rank ; g for being noble , , free , and thoughtful ; for being in advance of the senti l ment of feudal
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fu en o l t l ang and lem sternl ents and by wiles one y of of a his sorceress squires ; , who ano had ther , seen more the truth last
act y of the traged y y , , and who travelled ni , ght and day to bear the to his master
sore How news Albrecht received . the newshe so far away at the Kaiser ' s courtwe cannot now exactly , know ; but we must , we
Mtinchen may answer , fancy , ep was istolary . sorel , To y the or dismayed official diplomatic at intimation this ; and perp the cam lexing court e no silence of manner JBaiern on the of
part of feeling of one at so hom greatl e . y benefited The populace . There , stirred had been by the a great instincts revulsion of a and
peop women of the le ' murdered s , the heart burg , had duchess hers turned , too . , and The round their Legate , wives and ' s ban the , were of common sorcery loudly men in fell fav , lik our e
Agnes Bernauerin. 87
AGNES BERNAUERIN . 87
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Oct. 1, 1863, page 87, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01101863/page/15/
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