Vampyre - Vampir
Tale - Geschichte, Erzählung, Fabel
Chapter - Kapitel, Abschnitt, Verband, Ortsverband, Sektion
EXTRACT - Auszug Extrakt entnehmen, herausziehen, entziehen
"I breathe freely in the neighbourhood of this lake; the ground upon
breathe - atmen einatmen hauchen
freely - frei
neighbourhood - Viertel (Wohngegend), Nachbarschaft;Nähe, Stadttei
upon - auf mit auf (1) checkvon (2) checkseit (3)
which I tread has been subdued from the earliest ages; the principal
tread - (to tread) betreten, schreiten
subdued - (subdue) unter Kontrolle bringen, unterwerfen
principal - hauptsächlich, Haupt-, wesentlich, Rektor, Rektorin
objects which immediately strike my eye, bring to my recollection
strike - streichen schlagen prägen streiken scheinen die Fahne streichen Strike Streik Schlag
recollection - Erinnerung
scenes, in which man acted the hero and was the chief object of
chief - Häuptling, Oberhaupt, Chef,
interest. Not to look back to earlier times of battles and sieges,
battles - (battle) sich schlagen, kämpfen;Schlach
sieges - (siege) Belagerung
here is the bust of Rousseau--here is a house with an inscription
bust - Pleite gehen, kaputt gehen;Busen, Büste
inscription - Inschrift Aufschrift, Münzaufschrift, Widmung
denoting that the Genevan philosopher first drew breath under its
denoting - (denote) markieren, kennzeichnen, bezeichnen, anzeigen
Genevan - Genfer, Genferin
philosopher - Philosoph, Philosophin
breath - Atmen, Atmung, Atemzug, Atem, Atempause
roof. A little out of the town is Ferney, the residence of Voltaire;
residence - Wohnsitz, Wohnort, Wohnhaus, Firmensitz
where that wonderful, though certainly in many respects contemptible,
though - trotzdem, doch, allerdings, obwohl, obgleich
respects - (respect) Achtung, Respekt, respektieren
contemptible - verachtenswürdig, verachtenswert
character, received, like the hermits of old, the visits of pilgrims,
hermits - (hermit) Einsiedler, Eremit, Klausner
pilgrims - (Pilgrim) Pilger, Wallfahrer
not only from his own nation, but from the farthest boundaries of
nation - Staat, Nation, Volk
boundaries - (boundary) Grenze Grenzen Rand
Europe. Here too is Bonnet's abode, and, a few steps beyond, the house
Bonnet - Haube Motorhaube
abode - Aufenthalt, bleiben, Wohnsit
beyond - jenseits
of that astonishing woman Madame de Stael: perhaps the first of her
astonishing - (astonish) erstaunen
sex, who has really proved its often claimed equality with, the nobler
sex - Alter, Geschlecht, Wohnort?, Geschlecht
proved - (prove) er/sie hat/hatte bewiesen, beweisen, erhärten
claimed - (claim) Anspruch Rechtstitel, Behauptung, Mutung , beanspruche
equality - Gleichheit Gleichberechtigung
nobler - (noble) Adeliger, Adliger, Adelige, Adlige
man. We have before had women who have written interesting novels and
poems, in which their tact at observing drawing-room characters has
poems - (poem) Gedicht Dichtung
tact - Takt, Taktgefühl
observing - (observe) beobachten beachten, halten, bemerken
availed them; but never since the days of Heloise have those faculties
availed - (avail) ausnutzen helfen, nützen, Erfolg
faculties - (faculty) Kollegium, Lehrpersonal, Fakultät, Vermögen, Fähigkei
which are peculiar to man, been developed as the possible inheritance
peculiar - merkwürdig, seltsam
inheritance - Erbschaft Erbe, Erbteil
of woman. Though even here, as in the case of Heloise, our sex have
not been backward in alledging the existence of an Abeilard in the
backward - zurück, nach hinten, rückwärts, zögerlich, gehemmt, rückständig
alledging - Allegierung
existence - Existenz, Dasein
person of M. Schlegel as the inspirer of her works. But to proceed:
inspirer - Inspirator, Inspiratorin
proceed - vorgehen
upon the same side of the lake, Gibbon, Bonnivard, Bradshaw, and
Gibbon - Gibbon
others mark, as it were, the stages for our progress; whilst upon the
whilst - Error
other side there is one house, built by Diodati, the friend of Milton,
which has contained within its walls, for several months, that poet
within - (with) mit
poet - Dichter, Dichterin; i ormal
whom we have so often read together, and who--if human passions remain
whom - wen wem dem, der, den, die
passions - (Passion) Leidenschaft, Passion
remain - Überrest (2) checkÜberreste (3) t-checksterbliche Überreste (3) bleibe
the same, and human feelings, like chords, on being swept by nature's
feelings - Gefühl, Eindruck
chords - (chord) Akkord Sehne Profilsehne Tastenkombination
swept - (sweep) fegen, kehren, rauschen, auf den Kopf stellen, fahren
impulses shall vibrate as before--will be placed by posterity in the
impulses - (impulse) Impuls, Triebkraft, Drang, innerer Antrieb, Kraftstoß
vibrate - vibrieren Vibration
posterity - Nachwelt;
first rank of our English Poets. You must have heard, or the Third
rank - (sozialer) Stand, Rang, Dienstgrad
Poets - (poet) Dichter, Dichterin; i ormal
Canto of Childe Harold will have informed you, that Lord Byron resided
Canto - Gesang, Canto
Childe - ein Kind
informed - (inform) benachrichtigen, mitteilen, informieren
Lord - Gebieter Herr herrschen
resided - (resid) Rückstand
many months in this neighbourhood. I went with some friends a few days
ago, after having seen Ferney, to view this mansion. I trod the floors
mansion - Herrenhaus, Villa, Anwesen
trod - schritt, zertrat, trat; (tread) schritt, zertrat, trat
with the same feelings of awe and respect as we did, together, those
awe - Ehrfurcht Staunen einschüchtern
respect - Achtung, Respekt, respektieren
of Shakespeare's dwelling at Stratford. I sat down in a chair of the
dwelling - Wohnung, Behausung; (dwell) leben, verbleiben, wohnen, verweilen
saloon, and satisfied myself that I was resting on what he had made
saloon - Kneipe, Salon;Beize (schweiz. Kneipe)
satisfied - (satisfy) befriedigen, zufriedenstellen
his constant seat. I found a servant there who had lived with him;
constant - beständig, konstant, regelmäßig, stetig
servant - Diener, Dienerin, Lakai, Kammerdiener
she, however, gave me but little information. She pointed out his
bed-chamber upon the same level as the saloon and dining-room, and
chamber - Raum, Schlafzimmer, Kammer
dining - (din) Lärm, Getöse;dröhnen
informed me that he retired to rest at three, got up at two, and
retired - (retire) pensionieren, zurücktreten, sich zurückziehen
employed himself a long time over his toilette; that he never went to
sleep without a pair of pistols and a dagger by his side, and that he
pistols - (pistol) Pistole, Faustfeuerwaffe, Zündpistole
dagger - Dolch
never ate animal food. He apparently spent some part of every day upon
animal food - Tierfutter
apparently - offensichtlich, offenbar, scheinbar, anscheinen
the lake in an English boat. There is a balcony from the saloon which
balcony - Balkon
looks upon the lake and the mountain Jura; and I imagine, that it must
have been hence, he contemplated the storm so magnificently described
hence - von hier, fort, von dannen, daher, deshalb
contemplated - (contemplate) nachsinnen
magnificently - prächtig
in the Third Canto; for you have from here a most extensive view of
most extensive - umfangreichst
all the points he has therein depicted. I can fancy him like the
therein - darin
depicted - (depict) darstellen, beschreiben, abbilden
fancy - extravagant, originell
scathed pine, whilst all around was sunk to repose, still waking to
scathed - (scathe) Beleidigung
pine - pineapple = Ananasa
sunk - nachlassen, untergehen, abgesack
repose - ruhen
observe, what gave but a weak image of the storms which had desolated
observe - beobachten beachten, halten, bemerken
desolated - (desolate) verlassen verlassen
his own breast.
breast - Brust -brust, Entenbrust
The sky is changed!--and such a change; Oh, night!
And storm and darkness, ye are wond'rous strong,
darkness - Dunkelheit, Finsternis
ye - euch, ihr, dir, du
rous - rus
Yet lovely in your strength, as is the light
strength - Stärke, Kraft, Festigkeit, Mumm
Of a dark eye in woman! Far along
From peak to peak, the rattling crags among,
peak - Höchstwert, Pik (Berg), Spitze
rattling - klappernd, ratternd, klirrend, rasselnd; (rattle) klappern
crags - (crag) Klippe
Leaps the lire thunder! Not from one lone cloud,
Leaps - (leap) hervorspringen, hüpfen, überspringen
lire - (lira) die Lire
thunder - Donner Donnern
lone - einzeln
But every mountain now hath found a tongue,
hath - hat (veraltet)
tongue - Zunge, Lasche
And Jura answers thro'her misty shroud,
misty - neblig, nebelhaft
shroud - Leichentuch, Totenhemd
Back to the joyous Alps who call to her aloud!
joyous - freudig
Alps - Alpen ; (alp) Alm
aloud - laut,
And this is in the night:--Most glorious night!
glorious - ruhmvoll, glorreich, herrlich, prachtvoll
Thou wer't not sent for slumber! let me be
Thou - du
wer - (w) W Watt, W West(en), zwinkernd
slumber - Halbschlaf, Schlummer, Schläfchen, schlummern, dösen, träumen
A sharer in thy far and fierce delight,--
sharer - Teiler
thy - dein
fierce - wild, heftig, bedrohlich
delight - Freude, Entzückung, Wohlgefallen, Lust
A portion of the tempest and of me!
portion - Teil
tempest - Sturm ; (temp) Sturm
How the lit lake shines a phosphoric sea,
shines - (shine) schimmern, wienern;Schein;putzen (Schuhe)
phosphoric - phosphorhaltig
And the big rain comet dancing to the earth!
comet - Komet
And now again 'tis black,--and now the glee
tis - (it is) es ist; (Ti) (it is) es ist
glee - Fröhlichkeit
Of the loud hills shakes with its mountain mirth,
mirth - Fröhlichkeit, Belustigung, Freude
As if they did rejoice o'er a young; earthquake's birth,
rejoice - freuen
earthquake - Erdbeben
Now where the swift Rhine cleaves his way between
swift - schnell Segler Garnwinde
Rhine - Rhein
cleaves - (cleave) spalten
Heights which appear, as lovers who have parted
lovers - (lover) Geliebte, Liebhaber, Liebhaberin
In haste, whose mining depths so intervene,
haste - Eile, Hast
depths - (depth) Tiefe
intervene - eingreifen, einschreiten, dazwischengehen, dazwischenfahren
That they can meet no more, tho'broken hearted;
tho - obwohl
Tho'in their souls which thus each other thwarted,
souls - (soul) Inbrunst, Seele, Gefühl, Herz
thus - auf diese Weise, so, demnach, folglich, dieses
thwarted - (thwart) durchkreuzen, entgegenwirken, vereiteln, konterkariere
Love was the very root of the fond rage
root - wurzeln;Haupt, Wurzel, Nullstelle [math.]
fond - (to be fond of sb/sth) jemanden/etwas gerne mögen
rage - Wut, Zorn, Raserei, Rage, wüten
Which blighted their life's bloom, and then departed--
blighted - (blight) Braunfäule Geißel, Seuche, Plage, Heimsuchung
bloom - Blüte, Blütenpracht, Duft
departed - (depart) verlassen, aufbrechen, abweichen
Itself expired, but leaving; them an age
expired - (expire) ablaufen, erlöschen, verfallen, ausatmen
Of years all winter--war within themselves to wage.
wage - führen
I went down to the little port, if I may use the expression, wherein
port - Schlitz, Backbord, Portwein, Hafen;portieren, übertragen
wherein - worin
his vessel used to lay, and conversed with the cottager, who had the
vessel - Schiff, Boot, Wasserfahrzeug, Gefäß, Behälter
lay - richten (Tisch)
conversed - (converse) Umkehrung, umgekehrt, Gegenteil
cottager - Häuslebauer
care of it. You may smile, but I have my pleasure in thus helping my
pleasure - Vergnügen Freude, Spaß, Wollus
personification of the individual I admire, by attaining to the
personification - Personifizierung Personbildung, Personendichtun
admire - bewundern, verehren, hochschätzen
attaining - (attain) erreichen, erlangen
knowledge of those circumstances which were daily around him. I have
circumstances - (circumstance) Umstand
made numerous enquiries in the town concerning him, but can learn
numerous - zahlreich, vielzählig
enquiries - (enquiry) Anfrage
concerning - (concern) Sorge, Anliegen, Betroffenheit, Besorgnis, Konzer
nothing. He only went into society there once, when M. Pictet took him
to the house of a lady to spend the evening. They say he is a very
singular man, and seem to think him very uncivil. Amongst other things
singular - einzeln einzigartig ungewöhnlich singularisch singulär Einzah
uncivil - unhöflich, grob
Amongst - zwischen, unter
they relate, that having invited M. Pictet and Bonstetten to dinner,
relate - sich beziehen, erzählen, berichten
he went on the lake to Chillon, leaving a gentleman who travelled with
gentleman - Herr Herr, meine Herren
him to receive them and make his apologies. Another evening, being
apologies - (apology) Entschuldigung Apologie
invited to the house of Lady D---- H----, he promised to attend,
but upon approaching the windows of her ladyship's villa, and
approaching - (approach) sich nähern, nahekommen, ähnlich sei
ladyship - erman: die#German
villa - Villa, Anwesen, Landhaus, Herrenhaus
perceiving the room to be full of company, he set down his friend,
perceiving - wahrnehmend, merkend; (perceive) wahrnehmen
set - Seth
desiring him to plead his excuse, and immediately returned home. This
desiring - (desire) begehren Begehren, Wunsch
plead - plädieren, bekennen, (dringend) bitten, anflehen, beschwören
excuse - entschuldigen, verzeihen, sich entschuldigen, Ausrede, Ausflucht
will serve as a contradiction to the report which you tell me is
contradiction - Widerspruch Gegensatz
current in England, of his having been avoided by his countrymen on
current - Strömung Strom gegenwärtig, aktuell, zeitnah
countrymen - (countryman) Landsmann, Landsmännin, Landsfrau
the continent. The case happens to be directly the reverse, as he has
directly - direkt, gerade, unmittelbar
reverse - invers, umgedreht, Kehrseit
been generally sought by them, though on most occasions, apparently
generally - allgemein, gewöhnlich, im Allgemeinen, hauptsächlich, überhaupt
sought - (seek) suchen
occasions - (occasion) Gelegenheit Anlass
without success. It is said, indeed, that upon paying his first visit
indeed - in der Tat, genau, allerdings, checkgewiss, checkin der Tat
at Coppet, following the servant who had announced his name, he was
announced - (announce) ankündigen, verkünden, bekanntgeben, verkündigen
surprised to meet a lady carried out fainting; but before he had been
fainting - Ohnmacht; (faint) Ohnmacht
seated many minutes, the same lady, who had been so affected at the
sound of his name, returned and conversed with him a considerable
considerable - erheblich, beträchtlich, beachtlich
time--such is female curiosity and affectation! He visited Coppet
curiosity - Neugier, Neugierde, Kuriosität, Kuriosum
affectation - Geschraubtheit
frequently, and of course associated there with several of his
frequently - häufig
associated - (associate) Weggefährte vereinige
countrymen, who evinced no reluctance to meet him whom his enemies
evinced - (evince) bekunden, zeigen, zum Vorschein bringe
reluctance - Widerstreben, Widerwillen , Widerwille, Zögern, Zaudern
enemies - (enemy) Feind, Feindin, Gegner, Gegnerin, feindlich
alone would represent as an outcast.
represent - vorstellen, darstellen, vertreten
outcast - verstoßen;ausgestoßen
Though I have been so unsuccessful in this town, I have been more
unsuccessful - erfolglos
fortunate in my enquiries elsewhere. There is a society three or four
fortunate - glücklich günstig, verheißungsvoll
elsewhere - sonstwo, anderswo
miles from Geneva, the centre of which is the Countess of Breuss, a
Countess - Gräfin
Russian lady, well acquainted with the agrémens de la Société, and who
Russian - russisch, russländisch, altrussisch, Russe, Russin
la - US-Bundesstaat
acquainted - (acquaint) vertraut machen in Kenntnis setzen
has collected them round herself at her mansion. It was chiefly here,
chiefly - hauptsächlich
I find, that the gentleman who travelled with Lord Byron, as
physician, sought for society. He used almost every day to cross the
physician - Arzt, Ärztin, Mediziner, Medizinerin
lake by himself, in one of their flat-bottomed boats, and return after
passing the evening with his friends, about eleven or twelve at night,
often whilst the storms were raging in the circling summits of the
raging - (rag) Fummel, Lumpen, Putzlappen, Unfug
summits - (summit) Gipfel
mountains around. As he became intimate, from long acquaintance, with
intimate - vertraut, innig, intim, vorsichtig andeuten
acquaintance - Bekanntschaft, Umgang, Bekannter, Bekannte
several of the families in this neighbourhood, I have gathered from
gathered - (gather) sammeln, versammeln
their accounts some excellent traits of his lordship's character,
accounts - (account) Rechnung, Bericht, Rechnung, Konto
traits - (trait) Eigenschaft, Zug
lordship - der Herr Herrschaft
which I will relate to you at some future opportunity. I must,
however, free him from one imputation attached to him--of having in
imputation - Unterstellung
attached - (attach) anbringen
his house two sisters as the partakers of his revels. This is, like
partakers - (partaker) Teilhaber, Teilhaberin
revels - (revel) feiern, ausgelassen sein
many other charges which have been brought against his lordship,
charges - (charge) Entgelt Ladung Last Rempeln beauftragen, belaste
entirely destitute of truth. His only companion was the physician I
entirely - ganz, total, entirely
destitute - notleidend
truth - Wahrheit, Treue
companion - Begleiter, Freund, Liebhaber, Kamerad
have already mentioned. The report originated from the following
originated - (originate) entwickeln, erzeugen, entstehen, entspringen
circumstance: Mr. Percy Bysshe Shelly, a gentleman well known for
circumstance - Umstand
extravagance of doctrine, and for his daring, in their profession,
extravagance - Ãœberspanntheit
doctrine - Doktrin Lehre
daring - mutig Wagemut, Kühnheit ; (dare) mutig Wagemut, Kühnheit
profession - Bekenntnis Beruf, Profession, Profess, Gelübde
even to sign himself with the title of ATHeos in the Album at
Album - Album
Chamouny, having taken a house below, in which he resided with Miss M.
W. Godwin and Miss Clermont, (the daughters of the celebrated Mr.
Godwin) they were frequently visitors at Diodati, and were often seen
upon the lake with his Lordship, which gave rise to the report, the
truth of which is here positively denied.
positively - definitiv, bestimmt, entschieden, eindeutig
denied - (deny) leugnen, bestreiten, dementieren
Among other things which the lady, from whom I procured these
procured - (procure) beschaffen, erwerben, besorgen, aufbringen
anecdotes, related to me, she mentioned the outline of a ghost story
anecdotes - (anecdote) Anekdote
related - (relate) sich beziehen, erzählen, berichten
outline - Umriss, Kontur, Skizze, Skizzierung, Umrisszeichnung
ghost story - Spukgeschichte
by Lord Byron. It appears that one evening Lord B., Mr. P. B. Shelly,
the two ladies and the gentleman before alluded to, after having
alluded - (allude) andeuten, erwähnen
perused a German work, which was entitled Phantasmagoriana, began
perused - (peruse) studieren, genau unter die Lupe nehmen, durchlese
German - Deutscher , Deutsche, Germane, Germanin, Achtelcicero, Deutsc
entitled - (entitle) betiteln, benennen, den Titel verleihe
relating ghost stories; when his lordship having recited the beginning
relating - (relate) sich beziehen, erzählen, berichten
ghost stories - Spukgeschichten
recited - (recit) rezitieren
of Christabel, then unpublished, the whole took so strong a hold of
unpublished - unediert, unveröffentlicht
Mr. Shelly's mind, that he suddenly started up and ran out of the
started up - aufgefahren
room. The physician and Lord Byron followed, and discovered him
leaning against a mantle-piece, with cold drops of perspiration
leaning - (to lean) sich an etwas lehne
mantle - Mantel, Hülle, Umhüllung, Glühstrumpf, Hirnrind
perspiration - Schwitzen
trickling down his face. After having given him something to refresh
trickling - (trickle) tröpfeln, verrinne
refresh - erfrischen, erquicken, auffrischen, aktualisieren, neu laden
him, upon enquiring into the cause of his alarm, they found that his
enquiring - (enquire) erfragen, nachforschen, abfragen, erkundigen
alarm - Alarm, Alarmsignal, Alarmstimmung, Wecker, Alarm schlage
wild imagination having pictured to him the bosom of one of the ladies
imagination - Vorstellungskraft, Imagination, Einbildungskraft, Fantasi
bosom - Busen, Brust, der Busenfreund (bosom buddy)
with eyes (which was reported of a lady in the neighbourhood where he
lived) he was obliged to leave the room in order to destroy the
obliged - (oblige) verpflichten einen Gefallen tun
impression. It was afterwards proposed, in the course of conversation,
impression - Abdruck Eindruck, Impression, Werbeeinblendung
proposed - (propose) vorschlagen einen Heiratsantrag machen beabsichtigen
that each of the company present should write a tale depending upon
some supernatural agency, which was undertaken by Lord B., the
supernatural - übernatürlich
agency - Wille Agency Agentur Behörde
undertaken - (undertake) unternehmen, ausführen, verpflichten
physician, and Miss M. W. Godwin.[1] My friend, the lady above
referred to, had in her possession the outline of each of these
stories; I obtained them as a great favour, and herewith forward them
obtained - (obtain) erlangen, erhalten, bestehen
favour - begünstigen, bevorzugen
herewith - hiermit
to you, as I was assured you would feel as much curiosity as myself,
assured - beteuerte, versicherte, versicher
to peruse the ebauches of so great a genius, and those immediately
peruse - studieren, genau unter die Lupe nehmen, durchlesen, überfliegen
genius - Genie Genialität
under his influence."
influence - Einfluss Beeinflussung, Beeinflusser, beeinflussen
[1] Since published under the title of "Frankenstein; or, The Modern
Prometheus."
THE superstition upon which this tale is founded is very general in
superstition - Aberglaube
founded - (found) gefunden, aufgefunden;begründen, gründen
the East. Among the Arabians it appears to be common: it did not,
Arabians - (Arabian) arabisch Araber, Araberin
however, extend itself to the Greeks until after the establishment of
extend - erweitern ausdehnen, ausweiten
Greeks - (Greek) griechisch Griechisch, griechische Sprache, Griech
establishment - Verankerung (von Rechten), Feststellung
Christianity; and it has only assumed its present form since the
Christianity - Christentum
assumed - (assume) annehmen, voraussetzen, vermuten, unterstellen
division of the Latin and Greek churches; at which time, the idea
division - Teilung Teil Division Abteilung
Latin - lateinisch, Latein
Greek - griechisch Griechisch, griechische Sprache, Grieche, Griechin
becoming prevalent, that a Latin body could not corrupt if buried in
prevalent - vorherrschend,
corrupt - korrupt verderben, korrumpieren
buried - (bury) vergraben, verbergen, begraben
their territory, it gradually increased, and formed the subject of
territory - Territorium Revier
gradually - nach und nach, allmählich, stufenweise, schrittweise
many wonderful stories, still extant, of the dead rising from their
extant - existent, bestehend, vorhanden, überlebend
graves, and feeding upon the blood of the young and beautiful. In the
graves - (Graf) Graf
West it spread, with some slight variation, all over Hungary, Poland,
spread - verteilen spreizen ausstreuen, verbreiten, auftrage
slight - geringfügig, leicht, unbedeutend
variation - Veränderung Variante Variation
Austria, and Lorraine, where the belief existed, that vampyres nightly
belief - Glauben Glaube
vampyres - Vampire
nightly - nächtlich
imbibed a certain portion of the blood of their victims, who became
imbibed - (imbibe) trinken vereinnahmen
victims - (victim) Opfer
emaciated, lost their strength, and speedily died of consumptions;
emaciated - (emaciate) abmagern, checkabmergeln, checkausmergeln
speedily - beeilt, schnell
consumptions - (consumption) Konsum, Verzehr, Verbrauch, Aufnahme
whilst these human blood-suckers fattened--and their veins became
suckers - (sucker) Sauger (von Krake), Gimpel, Säugling
fattened - (fatten) mästen dick werden, dicker werden, zunehmen
veins - (vein) Vene, Ader, Geäder , Goldader
distended to such a state of repletion, as to cause the blood to flow
distended - (distend) ausweiten, dehnen, ausdehnen
repletion - Fülle
flow - Wasserführung;ich flösse, ich/er/sie floss (floß
from all the passages of their bodies, and even from the very pores of
passages - (passage) Durchfahrt, Ãœbergang, Gang
pores - (pore) Pore
their skins.
In the London Journal, of March, 1732, is a curious, and, of course,
Journal - Zapfen (im Drehlager), Ztschr. Zeitschrift
curious - neugierig, sonderbar, merkwürdig
credible account of a particular case of vampyrism, which is stated to
credible - glaubhaft glaubwürdig
account - Rechnung, Bericht, Rechnung, Konto
vampyrism - Vampirismus
have occurred at Madreyga, in Hungary. It appears, that upon an
occurred - (occur) passieren, vorkommen, stattfinden, einfallen
examination of the commander-in-chief and magistrates of the place,
examination - Prüfung, Untersuchung, Test, Überprüfung
commander - Befehlshaber, Kommandant, Kommandeur, Kommandör
magistrates - (magistrate) richterlicher Beamter
they positively and unanimously affirmed, that, about five years
unanimously - einstimmig
affirmed - (affirm) zustimmen, bejahen, bestätigen, unterstützen
before, a certain Heyduke, named Arnold Paul, had been heard to say,
that, at Cassovia, on the frontiers of the Turkish Servia, he had been
Cassovia - Kassowien
frontiers - (frontier) Grenze, Landesgrenze, Staatsgrenze
Turkish - Türkisch
tormented by a vampyre, but had found a way to rid himself of the
tormented - (torment) Qual quälen, peinigen
rid - loswerden;befreien
evil, by eating some of the earth out of the vampyre's grave, and
evil - Sünde, übel, üblen, Ãœbel
grave - feierlich, Gruft, massiv, würdig, ernst
rubbing himself with his blood. This precaution, however, did not
rubbing - Reiben, Polieren; (rub) reiben, abreiben, sich abreibe
precaution - Vorsorge Vorsichtsmaßnahme
prevent him from becoming a vampyre[2] himself; for, about twenty or
thirty days after his death and burial, many persons complained of
burial - Begräbnis
having been tormented by him, and a deposition was made, that four
deposition - Entlassung Ablage, Ablagerung, eidesstattliche Erklärung
persons had been deprived of life by his attacks. To prevent further
deprived - (deprive) berauben
mischief, the inhabitants having consulted their Hadagni,[3] took up
mischief - Unfug, Unheil, Querulantentum
inhabitants - (inhabitant) Einwohner, Einwohnerin, Bewohner, Bewohnerin
consulted - (consult) Rat halten beraten, beratschlagen, um Rat frage
the body, and found it (as is supposed to be usual in cases of
vampyrism) fresh, and entirely free from corruption, and emitting at
corruption - Verderbnis , Verdorbenheit, Verkommenheit, Verworfenhei
emitting - (emit) emittieren, aussenden
the mouth, nose, and ears, pure and florid blood. Proof having been
pure - bloß, rein
Proof - Beweis polierte Platte aufgehen lassen
thus obtained, they resorted to the accustomed remedy. A stake was
resorted - (resort) umsortieren;Badeort (Seebad)
accustomed - (accustom) gewöhnen gewöhnen
remedy - Gegenmittel Heilmittel beheben
stake - Pfahl, Pflock, Marterpfahl, Scheiterhaufen, Anteil, Einsat
driven entirely through the heart and body of Arnold Paul, at which he
is reported to have cried out as dreadfully as if he had been alive.
dreadfully - furchtbar
This done, they cut off his head, burned his body, and threw the ashes
ashes - (ash) Esche, Asche
into his grave. The same measures were adopted with the corses of
measures - (measure) Maß Messung, Maßstab, Takt, Maßnahme, messe
adopted - (adopt) adoptieren annehmen, übernehmen
those persons who had previously died from vampyrism, lest they
previously - zuvor, vorher, früher, ehemals
should, in their turn, become agents upon others who survived them.
agents - (agent) Agent Wirkstoff Agens
survived - (survive) überleben
[2] The universal belief is, that a person sucked by a vampyre becomes a
universal - allgemein, Allgemein-, universell, weltweit, Welt-
sucked - (suck) saugen lutschen mies sein, zum Kotzen sein, Scheiße sein
vampyre himself, and sucks in his turn.
sucks - (suck) saugen lutschen mies sein, zum Kotzen sein, Scheiße sein
[3] Chief bailiff.
bailiff - Gerichtsvollzieher, Büttel
This monstrous rodomontade is here related, because it seems better
monstrous - ungeheuerlich, monströs, grotesk, monsterhaft, monsterartig
adapted to illustrate the subject of the present observations than any
adapted - (adapt) anpassen, angleichen, anwenden, einrichten
illustrate - illustrieren
observations - (observation) Beobachtung Bemerkung
other instance which could be adduced. In many parts of Greece it is
instance - Beispiel, Fall, Instanz
adduced - (adduce) erbringen, anführen
considered as a sort of punishment after death, for some heinous crime
punishment - Strafe, Bestrafung
heinous - abscheulich, verabscheuungswürdig
committed whilst in existence, that the deceased is not only doomed to
committed - (commit) einweisen, einliefern, begehen, verbrechen, verübe
deceased - (decease) Ableben, Exitus, Hinschied, hinscheiden
doomed - (doom) Bann Urteil, Verbannung, Strafe, Untergang, To
vampyrise, but compelled to confine his infernal visitations solely to
vampyrise - eine Vampirjagd
compelled - (compel) zwingen, nötigen
confine - beschränken Begrenzung
infernal - höllisch, infernalisch, t-checkHöllen-, checkinfernalisch
visitations - (visitation) Umgangsrecht
solely - nur einzig und allein ausschließlich, exklusiv, alleinig
those beings he loved most while upon earth--those to whom he was bound
beings - (being) Wesen, Geschöpf, Sein, Dasein
bound - Sprung; (bind) binden verbinden, konnektieren
by ties of kindred and affection.--A supposition alluded to in the
kindred - Stammesbrüder, Stammesgeschwister, Artgenossen, verwand
affection - Zuneigung Rührung
supposition - Annahme, Supposition , Annehmen
"Giaour."
But first on earth, as Vampyre sent,
Thy corse shall from its tomb be rent;
tomb - Grabmal, Gruft
rent - Mietpreis, Wohnungsmiete, Hausmiete;anmieten; (rend) zerreißen
Then ghastly haunt the native place,
ghastly - geisterhaft grässlich, gespenstisch, haarsträubend, schauderhaf
haunt - spuken verfolgen Treffpunkt
native place - Heimatort
And suck the blood of all thy race;
suck - saugen lutschen mies sein, zum Kotzen sein, Scheiße sein
There from thy daughter, sister, wife,
At midnight drain the stream of life;
drain - Abfluss entwässern, abfließen lassen, ablassen, trockne
stream - Bach Strom Datenstrom strömen streamen
Yet loathe the banquet which perforce
loathe - verabscheuen, ablehnen, hassen
banquet - Festmahl, Bankett, Gastmahl, Festessen
perforce - notgedrungen, zwangsläufig
Must feed thy livid living corse,
livid - blau blass vor Wut, wütend, fuchsteufelswild
Thy victims, ere they yet expire,
ere - bevor, ehe
expire - ablaufen, erlöschen, verfallen, ausatmen
Shall know the demon for their sire;
demon - Dämon, Teufel
sire - Herr Männchen;
As cursing thee, thou cursing them,
cursing - verwünschend; (curs) verwünschend
thee - dich, dir
Thy flowers are withered on the stem.
withered - (wither) welken, verblühen, verdorren
stem - MINT
But one that for thy crime must fall,
The youngest, best beloved of all,
beloved - beliebt, geliebt, Liebe, Liebchen, Liebling; (belove) belieb
Shall bless thee with a father's name--
bless - selig preisen
That word shall wrap thy heart in flame!
wrap - einhüllen, einwickeln, wickeln, einpacken, hüllen
flame - Flamme, poetic, anmachen
Yet thou must end thy task and mark
Her cheek's last tinge--her eye's last spark,
cheek - Backe, ormal, Stirn, Mick , Pumpenmick
tinge - tönen
spark - Funke;aufkeimen lassen, entfachen
And the last glassy glance must view
glassy - glasig, gläsern, glasartig
glance - blicken Blick, Streifblick, Glanz, Steinkohle
Which freezes o'er its lifeless blue;
freezes - (freeze) frieren
lifeless - leblos
Then with unhallowed hand shall tear
tear - zerreißen, ich/er/sie/es riss, riß
The tresses of her yellow hair,
Of which, in life a lock when shorn
shorn - beraubt; (shear) abschneiden, scheren, Scherkraft
Affection's fondest pledge was worn--
fondest - (fond) (to be fond of sb/sth) jemanden/etwas gerne mögen
pledge - zusichern, versprechen, geloben, zusagen, verpfänden, Gelöbni
But now is borne away by thee
Memorial of thine agony!
Memorial - Denkmal, Mahnmal, Gedenkgottesdienst, Gedenk-
thine - dein deiner, der deine
agony - Agonie, Qual, Pein, Todeskampf, Freudenausbruch
Yet with thine own best blood shall drip;
drip - Tropfen;sickern, tröpfeln, träufeln
Thy gnashing tooth, and haggard lip;
gnashing - (gnash) knirschen
haggard - verstört, abgezehrt, wild, abgehärmt
lip - Lippe Auslauf, Überlauf, Schnaupe, Ansatz
Then stalking to thy sullen grave,
stalking - stelzend; (stalk) stelzend
sullen - mürrisch, schlecht gelaunt, sauer, missmutig
Go--and with Gouls and Afrits rave,
rave - schwärmen, rasen
Till these in horror shrink away
horror - Angst, Furcht, Horror, Grauen
shrink - schrumpfen, abnehmen, drücken
From spectre more accursed than they.
spectre - Schreckgespenst, Gespenst
accursed - (accurse) akkurat
Mr. Southey has also introduced in his wild but beautiful poem of
poem - Gedicht Dichtung
"Thalaba," the vampyre corse of the Arabian maid Oneiza, who is
Arabian - arabisch Araber, Araberin
maid - Mädchen Stubenmädchen
represented as having returned from the grave for the purpose of
represented - (represent) vorstellen, darstellen, vertreten
tormenting him she best loved whilst in existence. But this cannot be
tormenting - schikanierend, peinigend; (torment) Qual quälen, peinigen
supposed to have resulted from the sinfulness of her life, she being
sinfulness - Sündhaftigkeit
pourtrayed throughout the whole of the tale as a complete type of
pourtrayed - gezeichnet
throughout - überall
purity and innocence. The veracious Tournefort gives a long account in
purity - Reinheit
innocence - Unschuld Harmlosigkeit
veracious - wahrheitsgetreu
his travels of several astonishing cases of vampyrism, to which he
pretends to have been an eyewitness; and Calmet, in his great work
pretends - (pretend) vorgeben, prätendieren, vortäuschen, so tun, als ob
eyewitness - Augenzeuge, Augenzeugin
upon this subject, besides a variety of anecdotes, and traditionary
besides - (beside) neben
traditionary - traditionell
narratives illustrative of its effects, has put forth some learned
narratives - (narrative) erzählend, erzählerisc
illustrative - erläuternd
forth - heraus, hervor
dissertations, tending to prove it to be a classical, as well as
dissertations - (dissertation) Doktorarbeit, Dissertation
tending - (tend) abzielen
prove - er/sie hat/hatte bewiesen, beweisen, erhärten
barbarian error.
barbarian - barbarisch Barbar, Barbarin
Many curious and interesting notices on this singularly horrible
singularly - singularisch
horrible - schrecklich, abscheulich, fies, makaber
superstition might be added; though the present may suffice for the
suffice - ausreichen, genügen, genug sein, zufriedenstellen
limits of a note, necessarily devoted to explanation, and which may
limits - (limit) Begrenzung, Grenze, Obergrenze;begrenze
necessarily - notwendigerweise,
devoted - (devot) widmen
now be concluded by merely remarking, that though the term Vampyre is
be concluded - der Schluss folgt
merely - bloß, lediglich, nur, schier
remarking - (remark) bemerken;Anmerkung, Bemerkung
the one in most general acceptation, there are several others
most general - allgemeinste
acceptation - Sinn
synonymous with it, made use of in various parts of the world: as
synonymous - bedeutungsgleich, gleichbedeutend, synonym, synonymisc
various - verschiedene
Vroucolocha, Vardoulacha, Goul, Broucoloka, &c.
IT happened that in the midst of the dissipations attendant upon a
midst - Mitten, Mitte, inmitten
dissipations - (dissipation) Zerstreuung, Zersplitterung, Zerteilung, Auflösung
attendant - Begleiter, Wächter, Aufpasser, Aufseher
London winter, there appeared at the various parties of the leaders of
the ton a nobleman, more remarkable for his singularities, than his
ton - Tonne (Massemaß)
nobleman - Edelmann, Adeliger, Adliger, Aristokrat
more remarkable - beachtenswertere
singularities - (singularity) Eigenheit Singularität
rank. He gazed upon the mirth around him, as if he could not
gazed - (gaze) anstarren
participate therein. Apparently, the light laughter of the fair only
participate - teilnehmen (an)
attracted his attention, that he might by a look quell it, and throw
attracted - (attract) anziehen anziehen (1 2)
quell - unterdrücken
fear into those breasts where thoughtlessness reigned. Those who felt
breasts - (breast) Brust -brust, Entenbrust
thoughtlessness - Gedankenlosigkeit
reigned - (reign) Herrschaft, Regentschaft, herrschen, regieren
this sensation of awe, could not explain whence it arose: some
sensation - Gefühl, Empfindung, Sensation
whence - woher von daher
arose - (arise) sich erheben, aufstehen, entstehen, auftreten, erwachse
attributed it to the dead grey eye, which, fixing upon the object's
attributed - (attribute) Eigenschaft, Merkmal, Attribut, Beifügun
face, did not seem to penetrate, and at one glance to pierce through
penetrate - eindringen, penetrieren
pierce - lochen, durchbohren
to the inward workings of the heart; but fell upon the cheek with a
inward - innere innen
workings - (working) (work) berufstätig sein
leaden ray that weighed upon the skin it could not pass. His
leaden - bleiern
ray - Schimmer, Strahl;ausstrahlen
weighed - (weigh) wiegen, wägen, abwiegen, auswiegen, abwägen, erwäge
peculiarities caused him to be invited to every house; all wished to
peculiarities - (peculiarity) Singularität, Einzigartigkeit, Besonderheit
see him, and those who had been accustomed to violent excitement, and
violent - heftig, gewaltig, brutal, gewalttätig, gewaltbereit, grell
excitement - Aufregung, Begeisterung, Spannung, Erregung
now felt the weight of ennui, were pleased at having something in
ennui - Langeweile, Apathie, Depression, Melancholie
their presence capable of engaging their attention. In spite of the
presence - Anwesenheit
capable - fähig
engaging - (engage) beschäftigen anstellen angreifen, anlegen, einraste
spite - trotz
deadly hue of his face, which never gained a warmer tint, either from
deadly - tödlich
hue - Farbe, Tönung, Geschrei, Farbton
gained - (gain) Gewinn, Zunahme, Verstärkung;erwerben, gewinnen, erlangen
tint - färben, tönen;Farbe, Farbton
the blush of modesty, or from the strong emotion of passion, though
blush - Schamröte;erröten, sich schämen
modesty - Bescheidenheit Sittsamkeit
emotion - Gefühl, Empfindung
passion - Leidenschaft, Passion
its form and outline were beautiful, many of the female hunters after
hunters - (hunter) Jäger Jagdhund, Verfolger
notoriety attempted to win his attentions, and gain, at least, some
notoriety - Notorität, schlechter Ruf, Allbekanntheit, traurige Berühmtheit
attempted - (attempt) versuchen Versuch, Bestreben, Bestrebung, Anschla
gain - Gewinn, Zunahme, Verstärkung;erwerben, gewinnen, erlangen
marks of what they might term affection: Lady Mercer, who had been the
Mercer - Händler, Stoffhändler, Seidenwarenhändler
mockery of every monster shewn in drawing-rooms since her marriage,
mockery - Verspottung, Verhöhnung, Gespött, Lachnummer , Farce, Posse
monster - Monster, Ungeheuer
shewn - (shew) zeigen
marriage - Ehe, Heirat, Hochzeit, Eheschließung
threw herself in his way, and did all but put on the dress of a
mountebank, to attract his notice:--though in vain:--when she
mountebank - Marktschreier
attract - anziehen anziehen (1 2)
vain - eitel unnützlich
stood before him, though his eyes were apparently fixed upon her's,
still it seemed as if they were unperceived;--even her unappalled
unperceived - unbemerkt
unappalled - Unbeeindruckt
impudence was baffled, and she left the field. But though the common
impudence - Flegelei, Frechheit, Unverschämtheit, Vermessenheit
baffled - (baffle) verblüffen, verdutzen, verwirren, ratlos machen
adultress could not influence even the guidance of his eyes, it was
adultress - eine erwachsene Frau
guidance - Anleitung, Richtungsweisung, Handlungsempfehlun
not that the female sex was indifferent to him: yet such was the
indifferent - gleichgültig, teilnahmslos
apparent caution with which he spoke to the virtuous wife and innocent
apparent - offensichtlich offenbar
caution - Warnung, Vorsicht, Achtsamkeit, Behutsamkeit, Kaution, warnen
virtuous - züchtig, tugendhaft, tugendsam
innocent - rein unschuldig
daughter, that few knew he ever addressed himself to females. He had,
however, the reputation of a winning tongue; and whether it was that
reputation - Ansehen, Ruf, Klang, Bekanntheit
whether - ob
it even overcame the dread of his singular character, or that they
overcame - (overcome) überwinden
dread - schaudern, grauen, gruseln, grause
were moved by his apparent hatred of vice, he was as often among those
hatred - Hass
vice - der Schraubstock
females who form the boast of their sex from their domestic virtues,
boast - stolz sein auf etw
domestic - häuslich, Haus
virtues - (virtue) Tugend Keuschheit
as among those who sully it by their vices.
sully - besudeln schmutzig machen
vices - (vice) der Schraubstock
About the same time, there came to London a young gentleman of the
name of Aubrey: he was an orphan left with an only sister in the
orphan - Waise,
possession of great wealth, by parents who died while he was yet in
wealth - Reichtum, Vermögen, Fülle
childhood. Left also to himself by guardians, who thought it their
childhood - Kindheit, Kindschaft, Kinderzeit, Anfangszeit
guardians - (guardian) Wächter, Wache, Vormund, Erziehungsberechtigte
duty merely to take care of his fortune, while they relinquished the
duty - Pflicht Schicht, Arbeitszeit, Zoll, Einfuhrsteuer
fortune - Schicksal, Glück, Vermögen
relinquished - (relinquish) verlassen, aufgeben, überlassen, abtrete
more important charge of his mind to the care of mercenary subalterns,
charge - Entgelt Ladung Last Rempeln beauftragen, belaste
mercenary - Söldner, Söldnerin, Mietsoldat , käuflich, gewinnsüchtig
subalterns - (subaltern) Subaltern, Subalternoffizier
he cultivated more his imagination than his judgment. He had, hence,
cultivated - (cultivate) kultivieren, anbauen, pflegen, bestellen
judgment - Urteil Urteilsvermögen Beurteilung Richtspruch, Richterspruc
that high romantic feeling of honour and candour, which daily ruins so
romantic - romantisch Romantiker, Romantikerin
honour - Ehrung, Ehre;ehren;beehren, akzeptieren, annehmen, honorieren
candour - Offenheit, Aufrichtigkeit
ruins - (ruin) Ruine Ruin ruinieren, auf die Knie zwingen, vernichte
many milliners'apprentices. He believed all to sympathise with
milliners - (milliner) Modistin, Hutmacherin
apprentices - (apprentice) Lehrling, Auszubildender, Auszubildende, Azubi
sympathise - mitfühlen
virtue, and thought that vice was thrown in by Providence merely for
virtue - Tugend Keuschheit
the picturesque effect of the scene, as we see in romances: he thought
picturesque - malerisch; q
romances - (Romance) Liebesgeschichte; qual
that the misery of a cottage merely consisted in the vesting of
misery - Misere, Elend
cottage - Cottage, Häuschen, Kotten
consisted - (consist) zusammensetzend, besteht aus;bestehen (aus)
vesting - Unverfallbarkeit; (vest) Weste, Gilet , Unterhemd, verleihe
clothes, which were as warm, but which were better adapted to the
painter's eye by their irregular folds and various coloured patches.
irregular - irregulär, unregelmäßig
folds - (fold) falten, zusammenlegen, verschränken (Arme);Falt
patches - (patch) notdürftig reparieren, reparieren, einsetzen;Flicke
He thought, in fine, that the dreams of poets were the realities of
realities - (reality) Wirklichkeit, Realität, checkRealität
life. He was handsome, frank, and rich: for these reasons, upon his
handsome - hübsch, stattlich, gutaussehend, ansehnlich, schmuck
frank - freimütig, offen
entering into the gay circles, many mothers surrounded him, striving
entering into - (enter into) einspringen
gay - vergnügt, schwul, homosexuell, lustig, heiter
surrounded - (surround) umgeben, umringen, umzingeln
striving - bestrebend, strebsam, strebend; (strive) bestrebend, strebsa
which should describe with least truth their languishing or romping
languishing - schmachtend, ermattend; (languish) ermatten, erschlaffe
romping - (romp) raufen Balgerei, Tollerei, Toben, Tollen
favourites: the daughters at the same time, by their brightening
brightening - (brighten) aufhellen schönen aufhellen
countenances when he approached, and by their sparkling eyes, when he
countenances - (countenance) Antlitz, Gesichtsausdruck, Miene, Unterstützun
approached - (approach) sich nähern, nahekommen, ähnlich sei
sparkling - glitzernd, funkelnd, prickelnd, sprudelnd; (sparkle) glitzern
opened his lips, soon led him into false notions of his talents and
lips - (lip) Lippe Auslauf, Überlauf, Schnaupe, Ansatz
led - LED ; (lead) führen, anführe
notions - (notion) Ahnung, Ansicht, Auffassung, Begriff
talents - (talent) Talent, Begabung
his merit. Attached as he was to the romance of his solitary hours,
merit - Verdienst
romance - Liebesgeschichte; qual
solitary - einsam, einzeln
he was startled at finding, that, except in the tallow and wax candles
startled - (startle) aufschrecken, scheuen, erschrecken
tallow - Talg,
wax - das Wachs
candles - (candle) Kerze
that flickered, not from the presence of a ghost, but from want of
flickered - (flicker) flimmern, flattern, flackern
ghost - Gespenst, Geist, Phantom, Spuk
snuffing, there was no foundation in real life for any of that
snuffing - schnupfend; (snuff) schnupfend
foundation - Gründung Grundlage Fundament, Stiftung, Foundation
congeries of pleasing pictures and descriptions contained in those
congeries - Ansammlung, Anhäufung, Komplex
volumes, from which he had formed his study. Finding, however, some
volumes - (volume) Volumen Lautstärke Jahrgang Band Volume
compensation in his gratified vanity, he was about to relinquish his
compensation - Abfindung, Kompensation, Ausgleich, Ersatz, Aufrechnung
gratified - (gratify) befriedigen, erfreuen
vanity - Vergänglichkeit Eitelkeit Leere
relinquish - verlassen, aufgeben, überlassen, abtreten, Verzicht leisten
dreams, when the extraordinary being we have above described, crossed
extraordinary - außerordentlich, außergewöhnlich
him in his career.
He watched him; and the very impossibility of forming an idea of the
impossibility - Unmöglichkeit
character of a man entirely absorbed in himself, who gave few other
absorbed in - vertieft in
signs of his observation of external objects, than the tacit assent to
observation - Beobachtung Bemerkung
external - außen-, extern, äußerlich
tacit - stillschweigend, impliziert, unausgesprochen
assent - zustimmen, behaupten
their existence, implied by the avoidance of their contact: allowing
implied - (imply) implizieren, zur Folge haben, bedeuten
avoidance - Vermeidung
contact - Kontakt, Berührung, Verbindung, Kontaktlinse, berühre
his imagination to picture every thing that flattered its propensity
flattered - (flatter) schmeicheln
propensity - Neigung, Tendenz
to extravagant ideas, he soon formed this object into the hero of a
extravagant - extravagant
romance, and determined to observe the offspring of his fancy, rather
determined - (determine) bestimmen, eingrenzen, festlegen
offspring - Nachkomme, Nachkommin, Kind, Sohn
than the person before him. He became acquainted with him, paid him
attentions, and so far advanced upon his notice, that his presence was
advanced - (advance) erhöhen, erheben, befördern, vorrücken, Fortschrit
always recognised. He gradually learnt that Lord Ruthven's affairs
recognised - (recognise) anerkennen
affairs - (affair) Angelegenheit Scharmützel Ding Beziehung, Affär
were embarrassed, and soon found, from the notes of preparation in
embarrassed - (embarrass) verlegen machen, demütigen, kränken
preparation - Vorbereitung Präparat
---- Street, that he was about to travel. Desirous of gaining some
Desirous - begierig, begehrlich
gaining - gewinnend, erringend; (gain) gewinnend, erringend
information respecting this singular character, who, till now, had
respecting - (respect) Achtung, Respekt, respektieren
till now - bis jetzt
only whetted his curiosity, he hinted to his guardians, that it was
whetted - (whet) wetzen
hinted - (hint) Hinweis, Tipp, Wink, Fingerzeig
time for him to perform the tour, which for many generations has been
generations - (generation) Generation, Geschlecht
thought necessary to enable the young to take some rapid steps in the
enable - berechtigen, befähigen, ermöglichen, anordnen, aktiviere
rapid - schnell Stromschnelle
career of vice towards putting themselves upon an equality with the
aged, and not allowing them to appear as if fallen from the skies,
whenever scandalous intrigues are mentioned as the subjects of
whenever - wenn, wann immer, wann auch immer, sooft, immer wenn
scandalous - skandalös
intrigues - (intrigue) Intrige intrigieren faszinieren
pleasantry or of praise, according to the degree of skill shewn in
pleasantry - Scherz, Hänselei
praise - Lob loben, preisen
carrying them on. They consented: and Aubrey immediately mentioning
consented - (consent) zustimmen, einwilligen, Zustimmung, Konsen
his intentions to Lord Ruthven, was surprised to receive from him a
intentions - (intention) Absicht
proposal to join him. Flattered by such a mark of esteem from him,
proposal - Vorschlag Heiratsantrag
esteem - Achtung, Ansehen, Wertschätzung, schätzen
who, apparently, had nothing in common with other men, he gladly
gladly - gern
accepted it, and in a few days they had passed the circling waters.
Hitherto, Aubrey had had no opportunity of studying Lord Ruthven's
Hitherto - bis zum jetzigen Zeitpunkt, bis jetzt, bis zu diesem Zeitpunk
character, and now he found, that, though many more of his actions
were exposed to his view, the results offered different conclusions
offered - (offer) offerieren, anbieten, bieten, zeigen;Antrag, Offert
conclusions - (conclusion) Schluss, Ende, Abschluss, Ergebni
from the apparent motives to his conduct. His companion was profuse
motives - (motive) Motiv, Beweggrund
conduct - Leitung, Führung, leiten, führen, sich verhalten, sich benehme
profuse - übermäßig, enorm, reichlich, üppig
in his liberality;--the idle, the vagabond, and the beggar, received
liberality - Liberalität, Freizügigkeit
idle - träge, nicht in Betrieb, faul, nutzlos, untätig;faulenze
vagabond - Vagabund, Landstreicher, Landstreicherin
beggar - Bettler, Bettlerin
from his hand more than enough to relieve their immediate wants. But
relieve - erleichtern lindern entlasten ablösen seine Notdurft verrichten
immediate - sofortig unmittelbar, immediat
Aubrey could not avoid remarking, that it was not upon the virtuous,
reduced to indigence by the misfortunes attendant even upon virtue,
indigence - Armut, Dürftigkeit
misfortunes - (misfortune) Pech, Ungemach, Unglück, Unfall, Unheil
that he bestowed his alms;--these were sent from the door with
bestowed - (bestow) verstauen, einlagern, unterbringen, schenken, verleihe
alms - Almosen
hardly suppressed sneers; but when the profligate came to ask
hardly - hart, rau, kaum
suppressed - (suppress) unterdrücken
sneers - (sneer) Spott;grinsen, spötteln
profligate - verschwenderisch
something, not to relieve his wants, but to allow him to wallow in his
wallow - im Schmutz wälzen
lust, or to sink him still deeper in his iniquity, he was sent away
lust - Wollust, Begehren, Verlangen, Freude
sink - sinken senken, versenken, Spüle, Spülbecken, Spülstein;
iniquity - Frevel Gräueltat, Missetat
sent away - weggeschickt
with rich charity. This was, however, attributed by him to the greater
importunity of the vicious, which generally prevails over the retiring
importunity - Aufdringlichkeit, ständiges Bedrängen, Ungelegenhei
vicious - gewalttätig, destruktiv, grausam, aggressiv, böse, boshaft
prevails - (prevail) erman: die Vorherrschaft erringen (''over'' über) sich durchsetzen (''against'' gegen) vorherrschen überzeugen können
retiring - (retire) pensionieren, zurücktreten, sich zurückziehen
bashfulness of the virtuous indigent. There was one circumstance about
bashfulness - Scham
indigent - bedürftig, mittellos, arm, notleidend
the charity of his Lordship, which was still more impressed upon his
impressed - (impress) beeindrucken prägen
mind: all those upon whom it was bestowed, inevitably found that there
inevitably - zwangsläufig erwartbarerweise
was a curse upon it, for they were all either led to the scaffold, or
curse - verfluchen, fluchen, verdammen;Fluch
scaffold - Gerüst, Baugerüst, Schafott, einrüsten
sunk to the lowest and the most abject misery. At Brussels and other
abject - verächtlich, demütig, jämmerlich, bitter (Armut)
towns through which they passed, Aubrey was surprized at the apparent
surprized - (surprize) überraschen
eagerness with which his companion sought for the centres of all
eagerness - Eifer
fashionable vice; there he entered into all the spirit of the faro
fashionable - modisch, fashionable
spirit - Geist, Seele, Stimmung, Schnaps,
faro - Pharo
table: he betted, and always gambled with success, except where the
betted - (bet) Wetteinsatz, wetten, Wette;riskieren
gambled - (gamble) Glücksspiel, Hazardspiel, riskant, wetten, spielen,
known sharper was his antagonist, and then he lost even more than he
sharper - schärfer; (sharp) scharf scharfsinning spitz, -is, hoc
antagonist - Antagonist, Widersacher, Gegner
gained; but it was always with the same unchanging face, with which he
unchanging - unveränderlich, gleichbleibend
generally watched the society around: it was not, however, so when he
encountered the rash youthful novice, or the luckless father of a
encountered - (encounter) treffen, begegnen, Begegnung, Treffen
rash - Hautausschlag, voreilig, Ausschlag
youthful - jugendlich, jung
novice - Novize
luckless - erfolglos glücklos
numerous family; then his very wish seemed fortune's law--this
apparent abstractedness of mind was laid aside, and his eyes sparkled
abstractedness - Zerstreutheit
laid - (lay) richten (Tisch)
aside - beiseite, zur Seite
sparkled - (sparkle) funkeln
with more fire than that of the cat whilst dallying with the
dallying - (dally) trödeln
half-dead mouse. In every town, he left the formerly affluent youth,
formerly - früher, ehemals
affluent - Reicher, Geldsack , reichlich, wohlhabend, begütert
youth - Jugend, Jugendlichkeit, Jugendzeit, Jugendlicher, Jugendlich
torn from the circle he adorned, cursing, in the solitude of a
torn - (tear) zerreißen, ich/er/sie/es riss, riß
adorned - (adorn) schmücken, zieren, verzieren
solitude - Einsamkeit, Alleinsein
dungeon, the fate that had drawn him within the reach of this fiend;
dungeon - Verlies, Kerker, Donjon
fate - Schicksal, Los, Geschick
fiend - Dämon, Dämonin, böser Geist, Teufel, Monster
whilst many a father sat frantic, amidst the speaking looks of mute
frantic - außer sich, rasend
amidst - inmitten
mute - sprachlos;abdämpfen, dämpfen
hungry children, without a single farthing of his late immense wealth,
farthing - Groschen, Heller, Pfifferling, Pfennig
immense - immens
wherewith to buy even sufficient to satisfy their present craving. Yet
wherewith - womit
sufficient - genügend, ausreichend, hinreichend
satisfy - befriedigen, zufriedenstellen
craving - Sehnsucht (nach);flehend, heftiges Verlangen; (crave) sehnen
he took no money from the gambling table; but immediately lost, to the
gambling - Glücksspiel ; (gamble) Glücksspiel, Hazardspiel, riskant, wette
ruiner of many, the last gilder he had just snatched from the
ruiner - ruinieren
snatched from - entrissen
convulsive grasp of the innocent: this might but be the result of a
convulsive - krampfhaft
grasp - greifen, erfassen, begreifen, verstehen, Griff, Verständnis
certain degree of knowledge, which was not, however, capable of
combating the cunning of the more experienced. Aubrey often wished to
combating - (combat) Kampf, Schlacht, Gefecht, kämpfen (gegen, mit
cunning - schlau, clever, süß, niedlich
represent this to his friend, and beg him to resign that charity and
beg - Männchen machen;etwas erbitten (von jemandem);bitten (um
resign - aufgeben, resignieren, abdanken, verzichten (auf)
pleasure which proved the ruin of all, and did not tend to his own
ruin - (ruing) bereuend; (rue)
tend - abzielen
profit;--but he delayed it--for each day he hoped his friend would
profit - Gewinn, Profit, nützen, profitieren, erreichen, gewinne
delayed - (delay) Verspätung, Verzögerung, Verzug
give him some opportunity of speaking frankly and openly to him;
frankly - ehrlich gesagt, um ehrlich zu sein
openly - offen, öffentlich
however, this never occurred. Lord Ruthven in his carriage, and amidst
carriage - Kutsche Gang, Haltung, Wagen, Frachtgeld, Fracht, Fuhrlohn
the various wild and rich scenes of nature, was always the same: his
eye spoke less than his lip; and though Aubrey was near the object of
his curiosity, he obtained no greater gratification from it than the
gratification - Befriedigung
constant excitement of vainly wishing to break that mystery, which to
vainly - vergeblich
mystery - Geheimnis, Rätsel
his exalted imagination began to assume the appearance of something
exalted - (exalt) ehren erhöhen
assume - annehmen, voraussetzen, vermuten, unterstellen
supernatural.
They soon arrived at Rome, and Aubrey for a time lost sight of his
sight - Sehenswürdigkeit, Gesicht, Visier, erblicken, anvisieren
companion; he left him in daily attendance upon the morning circle of
attendance - Anwesenheit
an Italian countess, whilst he went in search of the memorials of
memorials - (memorial) Denkmal, Mahnmal, Gedenkgottesdienst, Gedenk-
another almost deserted city. Whilst he was thus engaged, letters
engaged - (engage) beschäftigen anstellen angreifen, anlegen, einraste
arrived from England, which he opened with eager impatience; the first
eager - eifrig, erwartungsvoll, begierig
impatience - Ungeduld
was from his sister, breathing nothing but affection; the others were
breathing - Atmen, Atmung ; (breath) Atmen, Atmung, Atemzug, Atem, Atempause
from his guardians, the latter astonished him; if it had before
astonished - (astonish) erstaunen
entered into his imagination that there was an evil power resident in
resident - Einwohner, Einwohnerin, Bewohner, Bewohnerin, Assistentarzt
his companion, these seemed to give him sufficient reason for the
belief. His guardians insisted upon his immediately leaving his
insisted - (insist) auf ... bestehen
friend, and urged, that his character was dreadfully vicious, for that
urged - (urge) Drang drängen, mahnen, treiben, anspornen, provozieren,
the possession of irresistible powers of seduction, rendered his
irresistible - unwiderstehlich
seduction - Verführung
rendered - (render) leisten, wiedergeben
licentious habits more dangerous to society. It had been discovered,
licentious - hemmungslos, zügellos, unzüchtig, regellos, willkürlich
that his contempt for the adultress had not originated in hatred of
contempt - Verachtung Schande, Blamage, Mißachtung, Beamtenbeleidigung
her character; but that he had required, to enhance his gratification,
required - (require) erfordern brauchen, benötigen
enhance - erhöhen, vergrößern, verbessern
that his victim, the partner of his guilt, should be hurled from the
victim - Opfer
guilt - Schuld
hurled - (hurl) schleudern
pinnacle of unsullied virtue, down to the lowest abyss of infamy and
pinnacle - Gipfel Felsnadel, Felsturm, Höhepunkt, Pinakel, Fiale
unsullied - unbefleckt
abyss - Abgrund, Hölle
infamy - Schande
degradation: in fine, that all those females whom he had sought,
degradation - Degradierung
apparently on account of their virtue, had, since his departure,
departure - Abfahrt,
thrown even the mask aside, and had not scrupled to expose the whole
mask - Maske;abkleben (zum Schutz);abdecken, maskieren
scrupled - (scruple) Skrupel
expose - aufdecken, offenbaren, entblößen, bloßlegen
deformity of their vices to the public gaze.
deformity - Missbildung
gaze - anstarren
Aubrey determined upon leaving one, whose character had not yet shown
a single bright point on which to rest the eye. He resolved to invent
resolved - (resolve) auflösen, beschließen
some plausible pretext for abandoning him altogether, purposing, in
plausible - plausibel, glaubhaft
pretext - Vorwand, Deckmantel, fadenscheinige Begründung, Ausrede
abandoning - (abandon) im Stich lassen, preisgeben, verlassen, abbrechen
altogether - ganz und gar, ohne Ausnahme, ausnahmslos, insgesamt
the mean while, to watch him more closely, and to let no slight
closely - dicht, eng, nah, nahe
circumstances pass by unnoticed. He entered into the same circle, and
pass by - vorüberziehen, sterben, vorbeigehen
unnoticed - unbemerkt
soon perceived, that his Lordship was endeavouring to work upon the
perceived - (perceive) wahrnehmen
endeavouring - (endeavour) sich nach Kräften bemühen;Bestrebun
inexperience of the daughter of the lady whose house he chiefly
inexperience - Unerfahrenheit
frequented. In Italy, it is seldom that an unmarried female is met
frequented - (frequent) häufig;aufsuchen
seldom - selten
unmarried - unverheiratet, ledig, solo ; (unmarry) unverheiratet, ledi
with in society; he was therefore obliged to carry on his plans in
therefore - deswegen, deshalb, darum, also (folglich), daher,
secret; but Aubrey's eye followed him in all his windings, and soon
windings - (winding) (wind) aufspulen, rollen, blasen, aufwickeln, abspulen
discovered that an assignation had been appointed, which would most
assignation - Bestimmung, Anweisung, Verabredung
appointed - (appoint) bestimmen, festlegen, ausstatten, ausrüste
likely end in the ruin of an innocent, though thoughtless girl. Losing
thoughtless - gedankenlos rücksichtslos
no time, he entered the apartment of Lord Ruthven, and abruptly asked
abruptly - abrupt, plötzlich, unerwartet, abgerissen, abschüssig
him his intentions with respect to the lady, informing him at the same
informing - (inform) benachrichtigen, mitteilen, informieren
time that he was aware of his being about to meet her that very night.
aware - wachsam, gewahr, bewusst, checkgewahr
Lord Ruthven answered, that his intentions were such as he supposed
all would have upon such an occasion; and upon being pressed whether
occasion - Gelegenheit Anlass
pressed - (pres) (pre) vor.
he intended to marry her, merely laughed. Aubrey retired; and,
intended - gedacht; (intend) beabsichtigen, vorhaben, intendieren
immediately writing a note, to say, that from that moment he must
decline accompanying his Lordship in the remainder of their proposed
decline - Sinken, Fall, Gefälle, Abnahme, Rückgang, Schwächun
accompanying - (accompany) begleiten, geleiten, beiliegen
remainder - Rest, Teilungsrest, Restposten, runtersetzen
tour, he ordered his servant to seek other apartments, and calling
seek - suchen
upon the mother of the lady, informed her of all he knew, not only
with regard to her daughter, but also concerning the character of his
regard - schätzen, betrachten, berücksichtigen, achten;Aufmerksamkei
Lordship. The assignation was prevented. Lord Ruthven next day merely
sent his servant to notify his complete assent to a separation; but
notify - mitteilen, benachrichtigen
separation - Trennung
did not hint any suspicion of his plans having been foiled by Aubrey's
hint - Hinweis, Tipp, Wink, Fingerzeig
suspicion - Verdacht, Argwohn, Verdächtigung
foiled - (foil) Florett, Foli
interposition.
interposition - Einfügen, Einwerfen, Einflechten, Zwischenschalten, Einfügung
Having left Rome, Aubrey directed his steps towards Greece, and
crossing the Peninsula, soon found himself at Athens. He then fixed
Peninsula - Halbinsel
Athens - Athen
his residence in the house of a Greek; and soon occupied himself in
occupied - (occupy) in Anspruch nehmen, belegen, bewohnen, besetze
tracing the faded records of ancient glory upon monuments that
tracing - Nebeneintragungsvermer
faded - (fad) Mode, Trend, Modeerscheinung, Fimmel
glory - Pracht, Herrlichkeit, Prunk, Gepränge, Ruhm
monuments - (monument) Denkmal, Monument
apparently, ashamed of chronicling the deeds of freemen only before
ashamed - beschämt
chronicling - berichtend; (chronicle) Chronik
deeds - (deed) Tat, Akt, Werk, Urkunde, urkundlich übertragen
freemen - (freeman) Kerl
slaves, had hidden themselves beneath the sheltering soil or many
slaves - (slave) Sklave, Sklavin, Sexsklave
beneath - unter
sheltering - bedeckend; (shelter) Zuflucht, Obdach, Zufluchtsort, Schutzraum
soil - Boden, (Erd-) Boden;beflecken, beschmutzen, schmutzig machen
coloured lichen. Under the same roof as himself, existed a being, so
lichen - Flechte
beautiful and delicate, that she might have formed the model for a
delicate - empfindlich, heikel, schwierig, feingliedrig, filigran
painter wishing to pourtray on canvass the promised hope of the
pourtray - Gießkanne
canvass - Wahlstimmenprüfung;prüfen
faithful in Mahomet's paradise, save that her eyes spoke too much mind
faithful - treu
paradise - Paradies, Himmel
for any one to think she could belong to those who had no souls. As
she danced upon the plain, or tripped along the mountain's side, one
plain - unscheinbar, einfach, vollständige, ehrlich
would have thought the gazelle a poor type of her beauties; for who
gazelle - Gazelle
beauties - (beauty) Schönheit Schöner, Schöne , Prachtstück
would have exchanged her eye, apparently the eye of animated nature,
exchanged - (exchange) austauschen, umtauschen, tausche
animated - (animate) lebendig, beseelt, bewegt, lebhaft, belebt, belebe
for that sleepy luxurious look of the animal suited but to the taste
sleepy - schläfrig verschlafen
luxurious - luxuriös
of an epicure. The light step of Ianthe often accompanied Aubrey in
epicure - Genießer, Feinschmecker
accompanied - (accompany) begleiten, geleiten, beiliegen
his search after antiquities, and often would the unconscious girl,
search after - durchsuchen, suchen, forschen nach
antiquities - (antiquity) Antike, Altertum
unconscious - bewusstlos spontan, unbewusst, unterbewusst, Unbewusste
engaged in the pursuit of a Kashmere butterfly, show the whole beauty
pursuit - Verfolgung
butterfly - Schmetterling
beauty - Schönheit Schöner, Schöne , Prachtstück
of her form, floating as it were upon the wind, to the eager gaze of
floating - schwimmend, fließend, gleiten, gleit...; (float) treibe
wind - aufspulen, rollen, blasen, aufwickeln, abspulen
him, who forgot the letters he had just decyphered upon an almost
decyphered - dechiffriert
effaced tablet, in the contemplation of her sylph-like figure. Often
effaced - (efface) unkenntlich machen, unlesbar machen, verwische
contemplation - Betrachtung Meditation Erwarten
sylph - Sylphe, Luftgeist, Sylphide
would her tresses falling, as she flitted around, exhibit in the sun's
flitted - (flit) gaukeln
exhibit - zeigen, zur Schau stellen, ausstellen, vorzeigen
ray such delicately brilliant and swiftly fading hues, it might well
delicately - zart, vorsichtig, fein, lecker, empfindlich
swiftly - schnell, flink, behände
fading - (fade away) schwinden, verblassen, zerinne
hues - (hue) Farbe, Tönung, Geschrei, Farbton
excuse the forgetfulness of the antiquary, who let escape from his
forgetfulness - Vergesslichkeit Vergessen, Vergessenheit
antiquary - Antiquar, Antiquarin
escape - entgehen, ausweichen, davonkommen, Flucht
mind the very object he had before thought of vital importance to the
vital - Leben
importance - Wichtigkeit, Belang
proper interpretation of a passage in Pausanias. But why attempt to
proper - richtig, passend, angemessen, eigentlich, Eigenname
interpretation - Interpretation, Auslegung, Deutung, Dolmetschen
passage - Durchfahrt, Ãœbergang, Gang
attempt - versuchen Versuch, Bestreben, Bestrebung, Anschlag, Attentat
describe charms which all feel, but none can appreciate?--It was
charms - (charm) Talisman;Charme, Zauberformel, Lieblichkeit;bezaubern
appreciate - zu schätzen wissen, würdigen, verstehen, begreife
innocence, youth, and beauty, unaffected by crowded drawing-rooms and
unaffected - ungekünstelt, unberührt
stifling balls. Whilst he drew those remains of which he wished to
stifling - erstickend; (stifle) erstickend
remains - (remain) Überrest (2) checkÜberreste (3) t-checksterbliche Überreste (3) bleibe
preserve a memorial for his future hours, she would stand by, and
preserve - Konserve, Eingemachtes, Naturschutzgebiet, Naturreserva
watch the magic effects of his pencil, in tracing the scenes of her
magic - Zauberei, Zauber, Magie, Hexerei
native place; she would then describe to him the circling dance upon
native - gebürtig einheimisch nativ Ureinwohner, Ureinwohneri
the open plain, would paint, to him in all the glowing colours of
glowing - (glow) glühen abstrahlen leuchten Glühen
youthful memory, the marriage pomp she remembered viewing in her
pomp - Pomp
infancy; and then, turning to subjects that had evidently made a
infancy - Säuglingsphase, frühe Kindheit, Anfangsphase
evidently - offensichtlich
greater impression upon her mind, would tell him all the supernatural
tales of her nurse. Her earnestness and apparent belief of what she
tales - (tale) Geschichte, Erzählung, Fabel
earnestness - Ernst
narrated, excited the interest even of Aubrey; and often as she told
narrated - (narrate) erzählen berichten
him the tale of the living vampyre, who had passed years amidst his
friends, and dearest ties, forced every year, by feeding upon the life
forced - (force) zwingen, forcieren, erzwingen;Stärke, Macht, Einflus
of a lovely female to prolong his existence for the ensuing months,
prolong - ausdehnen verlängern hinauszögern
ensuing - (ensue) folgen, ansetzen, erfolgen, nachfolgen
his blood would run cold, whilst he attempted to laugh her out of such
idle and horrible fantasies; but Ianthe cited to him the names of old
cited - (cit) Zitat
men, who had at last detected one living among themselves, after
detected - (detect) finden, ermitteln, aufspüren, entdecken, erkennen
several of their near relatives and children had been found marked
relatives - (relative) vergleichsweise, relativ, Verwandter, Blutsverwandte
with the stamp of the fiend's appetite; and when she found him so
appetite - Appetit Begierde, Lust
incredulous, she begged of him to believe her, for it had been,
incredulous - ungläubig, skeptisch
begged - (beg) Männchen machen;etwas erbitten (von jemandem);bitten (um
remarked, that those who had dared to question their existence, always
remarked - (remark) bemerken;Anmerkung, Bemerkung
dared - (dare) sich getrauen, wagen, jemanden herausfordern
had some proof given, which obliged them, with grief and
grief - Kummer, Gram, Leid
heartbreaking, to confess it was true. She detailed to him the
heartbreaking - (heartbreak) Kummer, Herzeleid
confess - gestehen, bekennen, verraten, beichten
traditional appearance of these monsters, and his horror was
monsters - (monster) Monster, Ungeheuer
increased, by hearing a pretty accurate description of Lord Ruthven;
accurate - genau, präzise, exakt
he, however, still persisted in persuading her, that there could be no
persisted - (persist) beharren
persuading - (persuade) überreden, gewinnen, verführen, bestechen
truth in her fears, though at the same time he wondered at the many
wondered - (wonder) Wunder, Mirakel, wundern
coincidences which had all tended to excite a belief in the
coincidences - (coincidence) zufälliges Zusammentreffen, Koinzidenz, Zufall
tended - (tend) abzielen
excite - erregen anregen gloss erves
supernatural power of Lord Ruthven.
Aubrey began to attach himself more and more to Ianthe; her innocence,
attach - anbringen
so contrasted with all the affected virtues of the women among whom he
contrasted with - abgestochen
had sought for his vision of romance, won his heart; and while he
vision - Sicht, Sehvermögen, Sehkraft, Augenlicht, Trugbild
ridiculed the idea of a young man of English habits, marrying an
ridiculed - (ridicule) verhöhnen, verspotten;Spott
uneducated Greek girl, still he found himself more and more attached
uneducated - ungebildet
to the almost fairy form before him. He would tear himself at times
fairy - Fee, Elfe, Feenwesen , Naturgeister
from her, and, forming a plan for some antiquarian research, he would
antiquarian - Antiquar, Antiquarin
depart, determined not to return until his object was attained; but he
depart - verlassen, aufbrechen, abweichen
attained - (attain) erreichen, erlangen
always found it impossible to fix his attention upon the ruins around
him, whilst in his mind he retained an image that seemed alone the
retained - (retain) behalten festhalten
rightful possessor of his thoughts. Ianthe was unconscious of his
rightful - rechtmäßig
possessor - Besitzer, Inhaber
thoughts - (thought) Gedanke
love, and was ever the same frank infantile being he had first known.
infantile - infantil, kindisch, albern
She always seemed to part from him with reluctance; but it was because
she had no longer any one with whom she could visit her favourite
haunts, whilst her guardian was occupied in sketching or uncovering
haunts - (haunt) spuken verfolgen Treffpunkt
guardian - Wächter, Wache, Vormund, Erziehungsberechtigte
sketching - (sketch) skizzieren entwerfen Skizze Sketch
uncovering - (uncover) aufdecken, enthüllen
some fragment which had yet escaped the destructive hand of time. She
fragment - Fragment, Bruchstück, Satzfragment, fragmentieren
escaped - (escape) entgehen, ausweichen, davonkommen, Flucht
destructive - destruktiv, schädlich, zerstörend
had appealed to her parents on the subject of Vampyres, and they both,
appealed - (appeal) Revision, Wirkung, Anziehungskraft;reizen, zusage
with several present, affirmed their existence, pale with horror at
pale - Pfahl, blass;bleich (vor), blass (vor)
the very name. Soon after, Aubrey determined to proceed upon one of
his excursions, which was to detain him for a few hours; when they
excursions - (excursion) Ausflug, Exkursion, Abschweifung, Exkurs, Digression
detain - verhaften
heard the name of the place, they all at once begged of him not to
return at night, as he must necessarily pass through a wood, where no
Greek would ever remain, after the day had closed, upon any
consideration. They described it as the resort of the vampyres in
consideration - Erwägung, Überlegung, Rücksicht, Vergütung, Gegenleistun
resort - umsortieren;Badeort (Seebad)
their nocturnal orgies, and denounced the most heavy evils as
nocturnal - nachtaktiv nächtlich
orgies - (orgy) Orgie
denounced - (denounce) verurteilen kündigen, aufkündigen
evils - (evil) Sünde, übel, üblen, Ãœbel
impending upon him who dared to cross their path. Aubrey made light of
impending - (impend) bevorstehen, drohen, sich ankündigen
path - Weg, Pfad
their representations, and tried to laugh them out of the idea; but
representations - (representation) Repräsentation, Abzeichen, Darstellung
when he saw them shudder at his daring thus to mock a superior,
shudder - Schauder (wohliger) Schauder schaudern zittern
mock - Nachahmung, Imitation, Parodie, Veralberung, Prototyp, nachahme
superior - überlegen, höher, höherstehend, übergeordnet, Vorgesetzter
infernal power, the very name of which apparently made their blood
freeze, he was silent.
freeze - frieren
silent - still,
Next morning Aubrey set off upon his excursion unattended; he was
excursion - Ausflug, Exkursion, Abschweifung, Exkurs, Digression
unattended - unbeaufsichtigt
surprised to observe the melancholy face of his host, and was
melancholy - Melancholie, Schwermut, Wehmut
host - Zeremonienmeister, Hausherr, Menge;Hostie;Gastgeber sei
concerned to find that his words, mocking the belief of those horrible
concerned - (concern) Sorge, Anliegen, Betroffenheit, Besorgnis, Konzer
mocking - spöttisch; (moc) spöttisch
fiends, had inspired them with such terror. When he was about to
fiends - (fiend) Dämon, Dämonin, böser Geist, Teufel, Monster
inspired - (inspire) inspirieren beatmen, einhauchen, einflöße
terror - Schrecken, Grauen, schreckliche Furcht, Terror
depart, Ianthe came to the side of his horse, and earnestly begged of
earnestly - ernsthaft
him to return, ere night allowed the power of these beings to be put
in action;--he promised. He was, however, so occupied in his
research, that he did not perceive that day-light would soon end, and
perceive - wahrnehmen
that in the horizon there was one of those specks which, in the warmer
horizon - Horizont
specks - (speck) Fleckchen
climates, so rapidly gather into a tremendous mass, and pour all their
rapidly - schnell
gather - sammeln, versammeln
tremendous - beträchtlich, außerordentlich
mass - Messe (kirchlich), Gottesdienst, Menge
pour - schütten, einschenken, gießen
rage upon the devoted country.--He at last, however, mounted his
mounted - (mount) Reittier, Berg, Lafette (Waffe);einbauen, aufsteige
horse, determined to make up by speed for his delay: but it was too
delay - Verspätung, Verzögerung, Verzug
late. Twilight, in these southern climates, is almost unknown;
Twilight - Dämmerung, Zwielicht, Halbdunkel
southern - südlich, Süd
unknown - unbekannt Unbekannte Unbekannter
immediately the sun sets, night begins: and ere he had advanced far,
sets - (Set) Seth
the power of the storm was above--its echoing thunders had scarcely
echoing - (echo) Echo, Widerhall, Tastaturecho, Bildschirmech
thunders - (thunder) Donner Donnern
scarcely - knapp, kaum, wohl nicht, gerade erst
an interval of rest--its thick heavy rain forced its way through the
interval - Abstand, Zwischenraum, Intervall
heavy rain - starker Regen
canopying foliage, whilst the blue forked lightning seemed to fall and
canopying - (canopy) Baldachin, Himmel, Vordach, Überdach, Überhan
foliage - Blätter, Laub, Laubwerk , Blätterwerk
lightning - Blitz Entladung
radiate at his very feet. Suddenly his horse took fright, and he was
radiate - strahlen, ausstrahlen
took fright - scheute
carried with dreadful rapidity through the entangled forest. The
dreadful - furchtbar, schrecklich
rapidity - Schnelligkeit
entangled - (entangle) verwickeln
animal at last, through fatigue, stopped, and he found, by the glare
fatigue - Müdigkeit, Ermüdung, Schlappheit, Überdruss
glare - Blendung entrüstetes Starren missbilligend anstarren
of lightning, that he was in the neighbourhood of a hovel that hardly
hovel - Unterstand Bruchbude, Baracke
lifted itself up from the masses of dead leaves and brushwood which
brushwood - Reisig Gestrüpp
surrounded it. Dismounting, he approached, hoping to find some one to
Dismounting - (dismount) abnehmen, absteigen
guide him to the town, or at least trusting to obtain shelter from the
trusting - (trust) Vertrauen, Hoffnung, Trust, anschreiben
obtain - erlangen, erhalten, bestehen
shelter - Zuflucht, Obdach, Zufluchtsort, Schutzraum
pelting of the storm. As he approached, the thunders, for a moment
pelting - niederprasselnd; (pelt) niederprasselnd
silent, allowed him to hear the dreadful shrieks of a woman mingling
shrieks - (shriek) Kreischen
mingling - mischend, vermischend; (mingle) vermischen, vermenge
with the stifled, exultant mockery of a laugh, continued in one almost
stifled - (stifle) ersticken
exultant - frohlockend
unbroken sound;--he was startled: but, roused by the thunder which
unbroken - lückenlos, ungebrochen
roused - (rouse) wachrufen, wecken
again rolled over his head, he, with a sudden effort, forced open the
rolled - (roll) Rolle, Roulade, Walze, Semmel;drehen, wälzen, wickel
sudden - plötzlich, jäh
effort - Anstrengung, Aufwand
forced open - eingerannt
door of the hut. He found himself in utter darkness: the sound,
hut - Hütte
utter - äußerst
however, guided him. He was apparently unperceived; for, though he
called, still the sounds continued, and no notice was taken of him. He
found himself in contact with some one, whom he immediately seized;
seized - (seize) ergreifen, fassen, packen, beschlagnahmen, erfassen
when a voice cried, "Again baffled!" to which a loud laugh succeeded;
and he felt himself grappled by one whose strength seemed superhuman:
grappled - (grapple) packen, erbeuten, anpacken;Handgemenge
superhuman - übermenschlich
determined to sell his life as dearly as he could, he struggled; but
dearly - teuer
struggled - (struggle) Kampf, Gefecht, sich durchbeißen, sich schwer tun
it was in vain: he was lifted from his feet and hurled with enormous
force against the ground:--his enemy threw himself upon him, and
force - zwingen, forcieren, erzwingen;Stärke, Macht, Einfluss, Gewalt
enemy - Feind, Feindin, Gegner, Gegnerin, feindlich
kneeling upon his breast, had placed his hands upon his throat--when
kneeling - kniend, hinkniend; (kneel) knien
throat - Kehle, Rachen, Hals, Flaschenhals
the glare of many torches penetrating through the hole that gave
torches - (torch) Fackel anzünden
penetrating - (penetrate) eindringen, penetrieren
light in the day, disturbed him;--he instantly rose, and, leaving his
disturbed - (disturb) stören
instantly - unmittelbar
prey, rushed through the door, and in a moment the crashing of the
prey - Beute lauern, auflauern
rushed through - durcheilte
crashing - (crash) Zusammenstoß, Krach, Zusammenbruch;zusammenbreche
branches, as he broke through the wood, was no longer heard. The storm
branches - (branch) Ast, Zweig, Abzweigung, (''rare'') tÄstelun
broke through - durchbrach
was now still; and Aubrey, incapable of moving, was soon heard by
incapable - unfähig
those without. They entered; the light of their torches fell upon the
mud walls, and the thatch loaded on every individual straw with heavy
mud - Schmutz, Schlamm;Rollenspiel im Internet
thatch - Dachstroh
loaded - (load) Last, Beschickung (Ladung), Belastung;beladen, ich lüd
straw - Halm, Strohhalm, Stroh, strohfarben, strohgelb, Stroh-,
flakes of soot. At the desire of Aubrey they searched for her who had
flakes - (flake) Spinner;sich abschälen, abblättern;Fetzen, Flock
soot - Ruß ''Swiss spelling:'' Russ
desire - begehren Begehren, Wunsch
attracted him by her cries; he was again left in darkness; but what
was his horror, when the light of the torches once more burst upon
burst - platzen, zerplatzen, bersten, sprengen, Bersten, Zerbrechen
him, to perceive the airy form of his fair conductress brought in a
airy - belüftet, gelüftet, zugig, umweht
conductress - Dirigentin
lifeless corse. He shut his eyes, hoping that it was but a vision
arising from his disturbed imagination; but he again saw the same
arising - aufkommend, erhebend, entspringen
form, when he unclosed them, stretched by his side. There was no
unclosed - (unclose) eröffnen, öffnen
stretched - (stretch) strecken, dehnen, langziehen, dehnen
colour upon her cheek, not even upon her lip; yet there was a
stillness about her face that seemed almost as attaching as the life
stillness - Stille
attaching - (attach) anbringen
that once dwelt there:--upon her neck and breast was blood, and upon
dwelt - (dwell) leben, verbleiben, wohnen, verweilen
her throat were the marks of teeth having opened the vein:--to this
vein - Vene, Ader, Geäder , Goldader
the men pointed, crying, simultaneously struck with horror, "A
simultaneously - gleichzeitig
struck - (strike) streichen schlagen prägen streiken scheinen die Fahne streichen Strike Streik Schlag
Vampyre! a Vampyre!" A litter was quickly formed, and Aubrey was laid
litter - Sänfte, Trage, Bahre, Wurf, Streu, Stroh, Abfall ; (lit) Sänft
by the side of her who had lately been to him the object of so many
lately - neulich, kürzlich, letztlich
bright and fairy visions, now fallen with the flower of life that had
visions - (vision) Sicht, Sehvermögen, Sehkraft, Augenlicht, Trugbild
died within her. He knew not what his thoughts were--his mind was
benumbed and seemed to shun reflection, and take refuge in
benumbed - (benumb) betäuben
shun - aus dem Weg gehen, ausweichen, meiden, scheuen
reflection - Reflexion, Abbild, Reflektion, Abwägung
refuge - Zuflucht Herberge
vacancy--he held almost unconsciously in his hand a naked dagger of a
vacancy - Vakanz, freie Stelle, freies Zimmer, freier Platz
unconsciously - unbewusst
naked - nackt, kahl, bloß
construction - Bau, Bauarbeit , Bauwerk, Bauwesen, Aufbau, Satzbau, Auslegun
soon met by different parties who had been engaged in the search of
her whom a mother had missed. Their lamentable cries, as they
lamentable - beklagenswert
approached the city, forewarned the parents of some dreadful
forewarned - (forewarn) vorwarnen
catastrophe. --To describe their grief would be impossible; but when
catastrophe - Katastrophe, Unglück
they ascertained the cause of their child's death, they looked at
ascertained - (ascertain) feststellen
Aubrey, and pointed to the corse. They were inconsolable; both died
inconsolable - untröstlich
broken-hearted.
Aubrey being put to bed was seized with a most violent fever, and was
seized with - befallen
most violent - gewaltsamste
fever - Fieber, Temperaturerhöhung
often delirious; in these intervals he would call upon Lord Ruthven
delirious - deliriös
intervals - (interval) Abstand, Zwischenraum, Intervall
and upon Ianthe--by some unaccountable combination he seemed to beg
unaccountable - unverantwortlich, unerklärlich
combination - Kombinieren Kombination, Kombinierte, Kombinat , Vereinigun
of his former companion to spare the being he loved. At other times he
former - erstgenannt, ehem. ehemalig, frühere, früher
spare - überflüssig, frei, sparsam, Ersatz;sparsam umgehen, übrig habe
would imprecate maledictions upon his head, and Curse him as her
imprecate - herabwünschen
maledictions - (malediction) Verwünschung, Fluch
Curse him - Hol ihn der Teufel!
destroyer. Lord Ruthven, chanced at this time to arrive at Athens,
destroyer - Zerstörer, Zerstörerin, Vernichter, Vernichterin
and, from whatever motive, upon hearing of the state of Aubrey,
whatever - Jacke wie Hose was immer, was auch immer, egal, naja, nebbich
motive - Motiv, Beweggrund
immediately placed himself in the same house, and became his constant
attendant. When the latter recovered from his delirium, he was
recovered - (recover) wiederfinden, sich erholen, beikommen
delirium - Delirium, Fieberphantasie, Taumel
horrified and startled at the sight of him whose image he had now
horrified - (horrify) entsetzen, erschrecken, schockieren
combined with that of a Vampyre; but Lord Ruthven, by his kind words,
combined - (combine) kombinieren, verbinden, vereinen
implying almost repentance for the fault that had caused their
implying - (imply) implizieren, zur Folge haben, bedeuten
repentance - Reue
fault - Fehler Schuld Fehler, Charakterschwäche, Verfehlun
separation, and still more by the attention, anxiety, and care which
anxiety - Besorgnis, Angst, Sorge
he showed, soon reconciled him to his presence. His lordship seemed
reconciled - (reconcile) versöhnen
quite changed; he no longer appeared that apathetic being who had so
apathetic - apathisch, ungerührt
astonished Aubrey; but as soon as his convalescence began to be rapid,
convalescence - Erholung, Genesung, Gesundung, Konvaleszenz
he again gradually retired into the same state of mind, and Aubrey
perceived no difference from the former man, except that at times he
was surprised to meet his gaze fixed intently upon him, with a smile
intently - angespannt, aufmerksam, konzentriert
of malicious exultation playing upon his lips: he knew not why, but
malicious - böse, boshaft, maliziös, böswillig
exultation - Jubel
this smile haunted him. During the last stage of the invalid's
haunted - (haunt) spuken verfolgen Treffpunkt
invalid - zum Invaliden machen;Invalide, Kranken..., Kranke, falsch
recovery, Lord Ruthven was apparently engaged in watching the tideless
recovery - Wiedererlangung, Wiedergewinnung, Zurückgewinnung, Genesun
tideless - gezeitenlos
waves raised by the cooling breeze, or in marking the progress of
breeze - Brise, Hauch
those orbs, circling, like our world, the moveless sun;--indeed, he
orbs - (orb) Himmelskörper, Kugel
moveless - bewegungslos
appeared to wish to avoid the eyes of all.
Aubrey's mind, by this shock, was much weakened, and that elasticity
shock - Schock, Betroffenheit, Empörung, Schlag, Stoß
weakened - (weaken) schwächen, abschwächen, schwächeln
elasticity - Elastizität
of spirit which had once so distinguished him now seemed to have fled
distinguished - (distinguish) unterscheiden erkennen auszeichnen
fled - (flee) fliehen, flüchten, entfliehen
for ever. He was now as much a lover of solitude and silence as Lord
lover - Geliebte, Liebhaber, Liebhaberin
silence - Stille, Schweigen , zum Schweigen bringen, Ruhe
Ruthven; but much as he wished for solitude, his mind could not find
it in the neighbourhood of Athens; if he sought it amidst the ruins he
had formerly frequented, Ianthe's form stood by his side--if he
sought it in the woods, her light step would appear wandering amidst
wandering - (wander) irren, wandern, umherschweifen; (wander) umherstreife
the underwood, in quest of the modest violet; then suddenly turning
underwood - Unterholz
quest - Frage, Suche
modest - bescheiden, maßvoll, klein, gering; (mod) bescheiden, maßvol
violet - Violett Veilchen
round, would show, to his wild imagination, her pale face and wounded
wounded - (wound) anschießen, verwunden
throat, with a meek smile upon her lips. He determined to fly scenes,
meek - sanftmütig, bescheiden, zaghaft, zurückhaltend
every feature of which created such bitter associations in his mind.
bitter - herb, rau, bitter
associations - (association) Assoziation, Verknüpfung, Zuordnung, Vereinigung
He proposed to Lord Ruthven, to whom he held himself bound by the
tender care he had taken of him during his illness, that they should
tender - empfindlich, Ausschreibung, Angebot, zart;andienen, anbieten
visit those parts of Greece neither had yet seen. They travelled in
every direction, and sought every spot to which a recollection could
spot - Fleck, Punkt, Pickel, Pustel, Bisschen, Stelle, Ort, Werbespo
be attached: but though they thus hastened from place to place, yet
hastened - (hasten) hasten, beeilen
they seemed not to heed what they gazed upon. They heard much of
heed - beherzigen, beachten
robbers, but they gradually began to slight these reports, which they
robbers - (robber) Räuber, Räuberin
imagined were only the invention of individuals, whose interest it was
to excite the generosity of those whom they defended from pretended
generosity - Großzügigkeit, Generosität, Großmut, Freizügigkeit, Edelmut
defended - (defend) verteidigen
pretended - (pretend) vorgeben, prätendieren, vortäuschen, so tun, als ob
dangers. In consequence of thus neglecting the advice of the
consequence - Konsequenz, Folge
neglecting - (neglect) vernachlässigen, verabsäumen, versäumen, missachten
inhabitants, on one occasion they travelled with only a few guards,
guards - (guard) Wächter Parierstange Schutz schützen, bewachen
more to serve as guides than as a defence. Upon entering, however, a
defence - Verteidigung, Abwehr
narrow defile, at the bottom of which was the bed of a torrent, with
defile - defilieren
torrent - Sturzbach, Sturzflut
large masses of rock brought down from the neighbouring precipices,
precipices - (precipice) Abgrund, Steilhang
they had reason to repent their negligence; for scarcely were the
repent - bereuen
negligence - Fahrlässigkeit
whole of the party engaged in the narrow pass, when they were startled
by the whistling of bullets close to their heads, and by the echoed
whistling - (whistle) pfeifen; (whistle) Pfeife, Trillerpfeife, Flöt
bullets - (bullet) Geschoss (Kugel), Kugel
echoed - (echo) Echo, Widerhall, Tastaturecho, Bildschirmech
report of several guns. In an instant their guards had left them, and,
instant - augenblicklich, tafelfertig, Moment
placing themselves behind rocks, had begun to fire in the direction
whence the report came. Lord Ruthven and Aubrey, imitating their
imitating - (imitate) imitieren
example, retired for a moment behind the sheltering turn of the
defile: but ashamed of being thus detained by a foe, who with
detained - (detain) verhaften
foe - Feind
insulting shouts bade them advance, and being exposed to unresisting
insulting - (insult) beleidigen Beleidigung, Kränkung, Verletzung
bade - geboten
advance - erhöhen, erheben, befördern, vorrücken, Fortschritt, Vorschus
unresisting - widerstandslos
slaughter, if any of the robbers should climb above and take them in
slaughter - Schlachtung, rituelles Schlachten, Schächten, Schächtung
the rear, they determined at once to rush forward in search of the
rear - Hinter..., hinterster, Heck, Rück.
rush forward - vorstürmen
enemy. Hardly had they lost the shelter of the rock, when Lord Ruthven
received a shot in the shoulder, which brought him to the ground.
shot - (to shoot up) aufschieße
Aubrey hastened to his assistance; and, no longer heeding the contest
hastened to - zugeeilt
assistance - Hilfe
heeding - (heed) beherzigen, beachten
contest - Auseinandersetzung, Debatte, Wettkampf, Wettbewerb, Wettstrei
or his own peril, was soon surprised by seeing the robbers'faces
peril - Gefahr, Risiko
around him--his guards having, upon Lord Ruthven's being wounded,
immediately thrown up their arms and surrendered.
surrendered - (surrender) kapitulieren, ergeben
By promises of great reward, Aubrey soon induced them to convey his
reward - Belohnung, Lohn
induced - (induce) dazu bringen, anstacheln, bewirken, verursache
convey - befördern, transportieren, verfrachten, übermitteln, ausrichte
wounded friend to a neighbouring cabin; and having agreed upon a
cabin - Hütte, Blockhütte, Kabine, Kajüte
ransom, he was no more disturbed by their presence--they being
ransom - Lösegeld (mit Lösegeld) freikaufen, auslösen, loskaufe
content merely to guard the entrance till their comrade should return
content - (to be content with) sich mit etwas begnügen
guard - Wächter Parierstange Schutz schützen, bewachen
entrance - Eingang, Einfahrt, Antritt
comrade - Kamerad Genosse, Genossin
with the promised sum, for which he had an order. Lord Ruthven's
sum - Betrag, Summe, Geldbetrag
strength rapidly decreased; in two days mortification ensued, and
decreased - (decrease) abnehmen verringern Verringerung
mortification - Kränkung, Demütigung
ensued - (ensue) folgen, ansetzen, erfolgen, nachfolgen
death seemed advancing with hasty steps. His conduct and appearance
advancing - (advance) erhöhen, erheben, befördern, vorrücken, Fortschrit
hasty - hastig, eilig
had not changed; he seemed as unconscious of pain as he had been of
the objects about him: but towards the close of the last evening, his
mind became apparently uneasy, and his eye often fixed upon Aubrey,
uneasy - besorgt, unangenehm, unsicher
who was induced to offer his assistance with more than usual
earnestness--"Assist me! you may save me--you may do more than
Assist - assistieren, helfen, beistehen, unterstützen, vorlegen, Vorlage
that--I mean not my life, I heed the death of my existence as little
as that of the passing day; but you may save my honour, your friend's
honour."--"How? tell me how? I would do any thing," replied Aubrey.--"I
need but little--my life ebbs apace--I cannot explain the
ebbs - (ebb) Ebbe ebben, abebben
apace - rasch
whole--but if you would conceal all you know of me, my honour were
conceal - verbergen, verheimlichen, verschleiern, verschweigen
free from stain in the world's mouth--and if my death were unknown
stain - Fleck Schandfleck beflecken beizen
for some time in England--I--I--but life."--"It shall not be
known."--"Swear!" cried the dying man, raising himself with exultant
Swear - schwören
dying - (to die) sterben, umkommen; (dye) (to die) sterben, umkommen
violence, "Swear by all your soul reveres, by all your nature fears,
violence - Gewalt, Gewalttaten, Gewalttätigkeiten
soul - Inbrunst, Seele, Gefühl, Herz
reveres - (revere) ehren
swear that, for a year and a day you will not impart your knowledge of
impart - weitergeben, gewähren, mitteilen, vermitteln
my crimes or death to any living being in any way, whatever may
happen, or whatever you may see. "--His eyes seemed bursting from
bursting - (burst) platzen, zerplatzen, bersten, sprengen, Berste
their sockets: "I swear!" said Aubrey; he sunk laughing upon his
sockets - (socket) Steckdose, Buchse, Fassung
pillow, and breathed no more.
pillow - Kopfkissen, Kissen; Ruhekissen
breathed - (breath) Atmen, Atmung, Atemzug, Atem, Atempause
Aubrey retired to rest, but did not sleep; the many circumstances
attending his acquaintance with this man rose upon his mind, and he
knew not why; when he remembered his oath a cold shivering came over
oath - Eid, Schwur, Fluch, erman:
shivering - schlotternde, schlotternd, schaudernd; (shiver) schlotternd
him, as if from the presentiment of something horrible awaiting him.
presentiment - Vorahnung
awaiting - (await) erwarten, harren, warten
Rising early in the morning, he was about to enter the hovel in which
he had left the corpse, when a robber met him, and informed him that
corpse - Leiche, Leichnam
robber - Räuber, Räuberin
it was no longer there, having been conveyed by himself and comrades,
conveyed - (convey) befördern, transportieren, verfrachten, übermittel
comrades - (Comrade) Kamerad Genosse, Genossin
upon his retiring, to the pinnacle of a neighbouring mount, according
mount - Reittier, Berg, Lafette (Waffe);einbauen, aufsteigen, anbringe
to a promise they had given his lordship, that it should be exposed to
the first cold ray of the moon that rose after his death. Aubrey
astonished, and taking several of the men, determined to go and bury
bury - vergraben, verbergen, begraben
it upon the spot where it lay. But, when he had mounted to the summit
summit - Gipfel
he found no trace of either the corpse or the clothes, though the
trace - Zeichen, Spur
robbers swore they pointed out the identical rock on which they had
swore - (swear) schwören
identical - identisch eineiig
laid the body. For a time his mind was bewildered in conjectures, but
bewildered - (bewilder) verwirren, durcheinanderbringen
conjectures - (conjecture) Vermutung, Verdacht, Mutmaßung, Hypothese
he at last returned, convinced that they had buried the corpse for the
convinced - (convince) überzeugen
sake of the clothes.
sake - (for your sake) deinetwegen, euretwegen, Ihretwegen, dir zuliebe
Weary of a country in which he had met with such terrible misfortunes,
Weary - müde
and in which all apparently conspired to heighten that superstitious
conspired - (conspire) verschören
heighten - erhöhen, vergrößern
melancholy that had seized upon his mind, he resolved to leave it, and
soon arrived at Smyrna. While waiting for a vessel to convey him to
Otranto, or to Naples, he occupied himself in arranging those effects
he had with him belonging to Lord Ruthven. Amongst other things there
was a case containing several weapons of offence, more or less adapted
weapons - (weapon) Waffe
offence - Vergehen;Angriff, Verstoß (gegen), Beleidigung
to ensure the death of the victim. There were several daggers and
ensure - sicherstellen, gewährleisten
daggers - (dagger) Dolch
ataghans. Whilst turning them over, and examining their curious forms,
examining - (examine) untersuchen, prüfen, befragen
what was his surprise at finding a sheath apparently ornamented in the
sheath - Futteral
ornamented - (ornament) Verzierung musikalische Verzierung
same style as the dagger discovered in the fatal hut--he
fatal - verhängnisvoll, fatal, tödlich
shuddered--hastening to gain further proof, he found the weapon, and
shuddered - (shudder) Schauder (wohliger) Schauder schaudern zittern
hastening - (hasten) hasten, beeilen
weapon - Waffe
his horror may be imagined when he discovered that it fitted, though
peculiarly shaped, the sheath he held in his hand. His eyes seemed to
peculiarly - eigenartige, eigen
need no further certainty--they seemed gazing to be bound to the
certainty - Gewissheit
gazing - (gaze) anstarren
dagger; yet still he wished to disbelieve; but the particular form,
disbelieve - ungläubig
the same varying tints upon the haft and sheath were alike in
varying - (vary) variieren verändern sich ändern, checkvariieren
tints - (tint) färben, tönen;Farbe, Farbton
alike - gleich gleichermaßen
splendour on both, and left no room for doubt; there were also drops
splendour - Pracht;Brillanz
doubt - bezweifeln, Zweifel
of blood on each.
He left Smyrna, and on his way home, at Rome, his first inquiries were
inquiries - (inquiry) Anfrage, Erkundigung, Abfrage, Untersuchun
concerning the lady he had attempted to snatch from Lord Ruthven's
snatch from - entreiße
seductive arts. Her parents were in distress, their fortune ruined,
seductive - verführerisch
distress - Kummer, Bedrängnis, Drangsal, Bekümmerung, Not
ruined - (ruin) Ruine Ruin ruinieren, auf die Knie zwingen, vernichte
and she had not been heard of since the departure of his lordship.
Aubrey's mind became almost broken under so many repeated horrors; he
horrors - (horror) Angst, Furcht, Horror, Grauen
was afraid that this lady had fallen a victim to the destroyer of
Ianthe. He became morose and silent; and his only occupation consisted
morose - verdrießlich, missmutig
occupation - Beschäftigung, Beruf, Besatzung; Besetzung; q
in urging the speed of the postilions, as if he were going to save the
urging - drängend; (urge) Drang drängen, mahnen, treiben, ansporne
postilions - (postilion) Postillion
life of some one he held dear. He arrived at Calais; a breeze, which
seemed obedient to his will, soon wafted him to the English shores;
obedient - gehorsam, folgsam
wafted - (waft) treiben, wehen, wallen, wabern
shores - (shore) Ufer, Stützbalken, Küste, Strebe
and he hastened to the mansion of his fathers, and there, for a
moment, appeared to lose, in the embraces and caresses of his sister,
embraces - (embrace) umarmen annehmen, Umarmung
caresses - (cares) (care for) sich akk um jemanden/etwas kümmern, mögen
all memory of the past. If she before, by her infantine caresses, had
infantine - kindlich
gained his affection, now that the woman began to appear, she was
still more attaching as a companion.
Miss Aubrey had not that winning grace which gains the gaze and
grace - Tischgebet Anmut, Grazie, Aufschub, Fristverlängerun
gains - (gain) Gewinn, Zunahme, Verstärkung;erwerben, gewinnen, erlangen
applause of the drawing-room assemblies. There was none of that light
applause - Applaus, Beifall
assemblies - (Assembly) Baugruppe Versammlung
brilliancy which only exists in the heated atmosphere of a crowded
brilliancy - Scharfsinn, Glanz, Genialität
atmosphere - Atmosphäre
apartment. Her blue eye was never lit up by the levity of the mind
levity - Lockerheit, Unbeschwertheit, Ungezwungenheit, Leichtfertigkeit
beneath. There was a melancholy charm about it which did not seem to
charm - Talisman;Charme, Zauberformel, Lieblichkeit;bezaubern
arise from misfortune, but from some feeling within, that appeared to
arise - sich erheben, aufstehen, entstehen, auftreten, erwachse
misfortune - Pech, Ungemach, Unglück, Unfall, Unheil
indicate a soul conscious of a brighter realm. Her step was not that
indicate - anzeigen, anweisen, andeuten, auf etwas deuten, blinken
conscious - bei Bewusstsein, wach, aufmerksam
realm - Reich, Königreich
light footing, which strays where'er a butterfly or a colour may
strays - (stray) verirrt;Streuverlust;abirren, vagabundieren, streune
attract--it was sedate and pensive. When alone, her face was never
sedate - sedieren ruhig stellen
pensive - nachdenklich, gedankenvoll, gedankenverlore
brightened by the smile of joy; but when her brother breathed to her
brightened - (brighten) aufhellen schönen aufhellen
joy - Wonne (Freude, Vergnügen);Freude (über)
his affection, and would in her presence forget those griefs she knew
griefs - (grief) Kummer, Gram, Leid
destroyed his rest, who would have exchanged her smile for that of the
voluptuary? It seemed as if those eyes,--that face were then playing
voluptuary - lüstern
in the light of their own native sphere. She was yet only eighteen,
sphere - Kugel Sphäre, Bereich
and had not been presented to the world, it having been thought by her
guardians more fit that her presentation should be delayed until her
presentation - Darstellung, Ausdruck, Präsentierung, Darreichung, Vortrag
brother's return from the continent, when he might be her protector.
protector - Beschützer
It was now, therefore, resolved that the next drawing-room, which was
fast approaching, should be the epoch of her entry into the "busy
epoch - Epoche, Ära
entry - Eintritt Zutritt Eingang Flur Eintrag Element
scene." Aubrey would rather have remained in the mansion of his
remained - (remain) Überrest (2) checkÜberreste (3) t-checksterbliche Überreste (3) bleibe
fathers, and fed upon the melancholy which overpowered him. He could
overpowered - (overpower) überwältigen, übermannen
not feel interest about the frivolities of fashionable strangers, when
frivolities - (frivolity) Frivolität, Leichtfertigkeit
strangers - (stranger) Fremde, Fremdling, Unbekannte
his mind had been so torn by the events he had witnessed; but he
witnessed - (witness) Zeugnis Zeuge, Zeugin , bezeugen, erman: Zeuge sein
determined to sacrifice his own comfort to the protection of his
sacrifice - opfern Opfer
comfort - Behaglichkeit, Bequemlichkeit, Komfort, Trost, Tröstung
protection - Schutz
sister. They soon arrived in town, and prepared for the next day,
which had been announced as a drawing-room.
The crowd was excessive--a drawing-room had not been held for a long
excessive - übermäßig, exzessiv
time, and all who were anxious to bask in the smile of royalty,
anxious - ängstlich, besorgt
bask - genießen
royalty - Nutzungsgebühr Tantieme
hastened thither. Aubrey was there with his sister. While he was
thither - dorthin, dahin
standing in a corner by himself, heedless of all around him, engaged
heedless - unachtsam, achtlos, nicht beachtend, unaufmerksam
in the remembrance that the first time he had seen Lord Ruthven was in
remembrance - Erinnerung
that very place--he felt himself suddenly seized by the arm, and a
voice he recognized too well, sounded in his ear--"Remember your
oath." He had hardly courage to turn, fearful of seeing a spectre
courage - Courage, Herz, Mut, Tapferkeit
fearful - furchtbar furchtsam, ängstlich, verängstigt
that would blast him, when he perceived, at a little distance, the
blast - schlagen, vernichten, sprengen;mit Wucht schießen;Bö, Explosio
same figure which had attracted his notice on this spot upon his first
entry into society. He gazed till his limbs almost refusing to bear
limbs - (limb) Schenkel (geol. Falte), Glied
refusing - (refuse) Müll;abweisen, verweigern, abschlagen, ablehnen
their weight, he was obliged to take the arm of a friend, and forcing
forcing - (force) zwingen, forcieren, erzwingen;Stärke, Macht, Einflus
a passage through the crowd, he threw himself into his carriage, and
was driven home. He paced the room with hurried steps, and fixed his
hurried - (hurry) Eile beeilen
hands upon his head, as if he were afraid his thoughts were bursting
from his brain. Lord Ruthven again before him--circumstances started
up in dreadful array--the dagger--his oath.--He roused himself, he
array - Bekleidung, Tracht, Arrangement; Feld; Übersicht, Anzahl, Fülle
could not believe it possible--the dead rise again!--He thought his
imagination had conjured up the image his mind was resting upon. It
conjured up - beschwörtest, beschwörte
resting upon - basierend
was impossible that it could be real--he determined, therefore, to
go again into society; for though he attempted to ask concerning Lord
Ruthven, the name hung upon his lips, and he could not succeed in
hung - (hang) hängen
gaining information. He went a few nights after with his sister to the
assembly of a near relation. Leaving her under the protection of a
assembly - Baugruppe Versammlung
relation - Beziehung Relation Verwandter, Verwandte, Verwandtschaft
matron, he retired into a recess, and there gave himself up to his own
matron - Hausmutter, Matrone
recess - Vertiefung, Winkel, Aushöhlung,
devouring thoughts. Perceiving, at last, that many were leaving, he
devouring - (devour) verschlingen, fressen, herunterschlingen, zerstören
roused himself, and entering another room, found his sister surrounded
by several, apparently in earnest conversation; he attempted to pass
and get near her, when one, whom he requested to move, turned round,
and revealed to him those features he most abhorred. He sprang
revealed - (reveal) enthüllen offenbaren
abhorred - (abhor) verabscheuen
forward, seized his sister's arm, and, with hurried step, forced her
towards the street: at the door he found himself impeded by the crowd
impeded - (imped) vereitelt
of servants who were waiting for their lords; and while he was engaged
servants - (servant) Diener, Dienerin, Lakai, Kammerdiener
lords - (Lord) Gebieter Herr herrschen
in passing them, he again heard that voice whisper close to
whisper - Geflüster, Flüstern, Wispern
him--"Remember your oath!"--He did not dare to turn, but, hurrying his
dare - sich getrauen, wagen, jemanden herausfordern
hurrying - beeilend, eilend; (hurry) Eile beeilen
sister, soon reached home.
Aubrey became almost distracted. If before his mind had been absorbed
distracted - (distract) ablenken
absorbed - (absorb) absorbieren, aufnehen
by one subject, how much more completely was it engrossed, now that
engrossed - (engross) beschlagnahmen, beanspruchen
the certainty of the monster's living again pressed upon his thoughts.
His sister's attentions were now unheeded, and it was in vain that she
unheeded - unbeachtet
intreated him to explain to her what had caused his abrupt conduct. He
intreated - (intreat) einlassen
abrupt - abrupt, jäh, schroff, steil
only uttered a few words, and those terrified her. The more he
uttered - (utter) äußerst
terrified - (terrify) erschrecken
thought, the more he was bewildered. His oath startled him;--was he
then to allow this monster to roam, bearing ruin upon his breath,
roam - wandern, umherziehen
amidst all he held dear, and not avert its progress? His very sister
avert - abwenden, verhindern
might have been touched by him. But even if he were to break his oath,
and disclose his suspicions, who would believe him? He thought of
disclose - enthüllen veröffentlichen, bekanntgeben, bekanntmachen
suspicions - (suspicion) Verdacht, Argwohn, Verdächtigung
employing his own hand to free the world from such a wretch; but
wretch - das Wesen
death, he remembered, had been already mocked. For days he remained in
this state; shut up in his room, he saw no one, and ate only when his
sister came, who, with eyes streaming with tears, besought him, for
streaming - strömend; (stream) Bach Strom Datenstrom strömen streamen
tears - (tear) zerreißen, ich/er/sie/es riss, riß
besought - (beseech) anflehen, ersuchen, bitten
her sake, to support nature. At last, no longer capable of bearing
stillness and solitude, he left his house, roamed from street to
roamed - (roam) wandern, umherziehen
street, anxious to fly that image which haunted him. His dress became
neglected, and he wandered, as often exposed to the noon-day sun as to
neglected - (neglect) vernachlässigen, verabsäumen, versäumen, missachten
wandered - (wander) umherstreifen, umherstreichen, herumziehen, stromern
noon - Mittag
the midnight damps. He was no longer to be recognized; at first he
damps - (damp) feucht Feuchtigkeit ersticken, dämpfen
returned with the evening to the house; but at last he laid him down
to rest wherever fatigue overtook him. His sister, anxious for his
wherever - wo auch immer, wo immer
overtook - (overtake) überholen aufholen
safety, employed people to follow him; but they were soon distanced by
safety - Sicherheit, Gefahrlosigkeit, Griffsicherung, Safety
him who fled from a pursuer swifter than any--from thought. His
pursuer - Verfolger, Verfolgerin
swifter - schneller; (swift) schnell Segler Garnwinde
conduct, however, suddenly changed. Struck with the idea that he left
by his absence the whole of his friends, with a fiend amongst them, of
absence - Abwesenheit, Absenz, Fehlen, Absence
whose presence they were unconscious, he determined to enter again
into society, and watch him closely, anxious to forewarn, in spite of
forewarn - vorwarnen
his oath, all whom Lord Ruthven approached with intimacy. But when he
intimacy - Intimität
entered into a room, his haggard and suspicious looks were so
suspicious - verdächtig misstrauisch, argwöhnisch
striking, his inward shudderings so visible, that his sister was at
striking - auffällig; (strike) streichen schlagen prägen streiken scheinen die Fahne streichen Strike Streik Schlag
shudderings - (shuddering) schaudernd
visible - sichtbar
last obliged to beg of him to abstain from seeking, for her sake, a
abstain - verzichten sich enthalten abhalten
seeking - (seek) suchen
society which affected him so strongly. When, however, remonstrance
strongly - stark
remonstrance - Protest, Einspruch, Beschwerde
proved unavailing, the guardians thought proper to interpose, and,
unavailing - vergeblich, nutzlos, unbrauchbar, umsonst
interpose - zwischenschalten, dazwischenstellen
fearing that his mind was becoming alienated, they thought it high
alienated - (alienate) befremden, entfremden
time to resume again that trust which had been before imposed upon
resume - weiter;Lebenslauf;fortsetzen, wiedererlangen, wiederaufnehmen
trust - Vertrauen, Hoffnung, Trust, anschreiben
imposed - (impose) auferlegen, aufzwingen
them by Aubrey's parents.
Desirous of saving him from the injuries and sufferings he had daily
sufferings - (suffering) leidend Leiden
encountered in his wanderings, and of preventing him from exposing to
wanderings - (wandering) (wander) irren, wandern, umherschweifen
the general eye those marks of what they considered folly, they
folly - Torheit, Narrheit, Dummheit, Tollheit
engaged a physician to reside in the house, and take constant care of
reside - wohnen
him. He hardly appeared to notice it, so completely was his mind
absorbed by one terrible subject. His incoherence became at last so
incoherence - Zusammenhanglosigkeit
great, that he was confined to his chamber. There he would often lie
confined - (confine) beschränken Begrenzung
for days, incapable of being roused. He had become emaciated, his eyes
had attained a glassy lustre;--the only sign of affection and
lustre - Kronleuchter, Glanz, Glanzton
recollection remaining displayed itself upon the entry of his sister;
remaining - (remain) Überrest (2) checkÜberreste (3) t-checksterbliche Überreste (3) bleibe
displayed - (display) Vorführung, Vorstellung, Display, Monitor, Bildschirm
then he would sometimes start, and, seizing her hands, with looks that
seizing - (to seize) erfassen, ergreifen, anpacken; (seize) ergreife
severely afflicted her, he would desire her not to touch him. "Oh, do
severely - streng
afflicted - (afflict) bekümmern
not touch him--if your love for me is aught, do not go near him!"
aught - etwas
When, however, she inquired to whom he referred, his only answer was,
inquired - (inquire) erkundigen
"True! true!" and again he sank into a state, whence not even she could
sank - (sink) sinken senken, versenken, Spüle, Spülbecken, Spülstein;
rouse him. This lasted many months: gradually, however, as the year
rouse - wachrufen, wecken
was passing, his incoherences became less frequent, and his mind threw
incoherences - (incoherence) Zusammenhanglosigkeit
frequent - häufig;aufsuchen
off a portion of its gloom, whilst his guardians observed, that
gloom - Düsternis, Dunkelheit, Trübnis, Schwermut, Melancholi
observed - (observe) beobachten beachten, halten, bemerken
several times in the day he would count upon his fingers a definite
definite - eindeutig bestimmt; determiniert definitiv (2)
number, and then smile.
The time had nearly elapsed, when, upon the last day of the year, one
elapsed - (elapse) vergehen, verrinnen
of his guardians entering his room, began to converse with his
converse - Umkehrung, umgekehrt, Gegenteil
physician upon the melancholy circumstance of Aubrey's being in so
awful a situation, when his sister was going next day to be married.
Instantly Aubrey's attention was attracted; he asked anxiously to
anxiously - besorgt, bang, unruhig
whom. Glad of this mark of returning intellect, of which they feared
Glad - freudig, froh
intellect - Intellekt
he had been deprived, they mentioned the name of the Earl of Marsden.
Earl - Graf
Thinking this was a young Earl whom he had met with in society, Aubrey
seemed pleased, and astonished them still more by his expressing his
intention to be present at the nuptials, and desiring to see his
intention - Absicht
nuptials - (nuptial) hochzeitlich
sister. They answered not, but in a few minutes his sister was with
him. He was apparently again capable of being affected by the
influence of her lovely smile; for he pressed her to his breast, and
kissed her cheek, wet with tears, flowing at the thought of her
kissed - (kiss) küssen
flowing - (flow) Wasserführung;ich flösse, ich/er/sie floss (floß
brother's being once more alive to the feelings of affection. He began
to speak with all his wonted warmth, and to congratulate her upon her
wonted - (wont) nicht
warmth - Wärme
congratulate - gratulieren, beglückwünschen
marriage with a person so distinguished for rank and every
accomplishment; when he suddenly perceived a locket upon her breast;
accomplishment - Ausführung Fertigkeit, Errungenschaft, Fähigkeit, Leistung
locket - Medaillon
opening it, what was his surprise at beholding the features of the
beholding - (behold) betrachten, sehen, schauen, anschauen
monster who had so long influenced his life. He seized the portrait in
influenced - (influence) Einfluss Beeinflussung, Beeinflusser, beeinflussen
portrait - Portrait, Porträt, Hochformat
a paroxysm of rage, and trampled it under foot. Upon her asking him
paroxysm - Paroxysmus
trampled - (trample) trampeln, zertrampeln, herumtrampel
why he thus destroyed the resemblance of her future husband, he looked
resemblance - Ähnlichkeit
as if he did not understand her--then seizing her hands, and gazing
on her with a frantic expression of countenance, he bade her swear
countenance - Antlitz, Gesichtsausdruck, Miene, Unterstützung, Fassun
that she would never wed this monster, for he---- But he could not
wed - trauen, verheiraten, vermählen, zur Frau nehmen
advance--it seemed as if that voice again bade him remember his
oath--he turned suddenly round, thinking Lord Ruthven was near him
but saw no one. In the meantime the guardians and physician, who had
meantime - unterdessen
heard the whole, and thought this was but a return of his disorder,
disorder - Unordnung Unruhen Störung
entered, and forcing him from Miss Aubrey, desired her to leave him.
desired - (desire) begehren Begehren, Wunsch
He fell upon his knees to them, he implored, he begged of them to
implored - (implore) anflehen
delay but for one day. They, attributing this to the insanity they
attributing - (attribute) Eigenschaft, Merkmal, Attribut, Beifügun
insanity - Wahnsinn
imagined had taken possession of his mind, endeavoured to pacify him,
endeavoured - (endeavour) sich nach Kräften bemühen;Bestrebun
pacify - befrieden friedlich stimmen
and retired.
Lord Ruthven had called the morning after the drawing-room, and had
been refused with every one else. When he heard of Aubrey's ill
refused - (refuse) Müll;abweisen, verweigern, abschlagen, ablehnen
health, he readily understood himself to be the cause of it; but when
readily - bereitwillig
he learned that he was deemed insane, his exultation and pleasure
deemed - (deem) halten, erachten, ansehen
insane - wahnsinnig, verrückt, geisteskrank
could hardly be concealed from those among whom he had gained this
concealed - (conceal) verbergen, verheimlichen, verschleiern, verschweigen
information. He hastened to the house of his former companion, and, by
constant attendance, and the pretence of great affection for the
pretence - Vorwand
brother and interest in his fate, he gradually won the ear of Miss
Aubrey. Who could resist his power? His tongue had dangers and toils
resist - widerstehen, erwehren;gegen etw. bestehen
toils - (toil) Mühe schuften, sich plagen, sich quälen, roboten
to recount--could speak of himself as of an individual having no
recount - nachzählen, erzählen
sympathy with any being on the crowded earth, save with her to whom he
sympathy - Mitleid, Mitgefühl, Empathie, Einfühlungsvermögen, Sympathie
addressed himself;--could tell how, since he knew her, his existence,
had begun to seem worthy of preservation, if it were merely that he
worthy - würdig
preservation - Erhaltung
might listen to her soothing accents;--in fine, he knew so well how to
soothing - erleichternd, lindernd, beruhigend; (sooth) Wahrheit
accents - (accent) Dialekt, Akzent, Betonung;betonen, akzentuieren
use the serpent's art, or such was the will of fate, that he gained
serpent - Schlange, Serpent
her affections. The title of the elder branch falling at length to
affections - (affection) Zuneigung Rührung
branch - Ast, Zweig, Abzweigung, (''rare'') tÄstelun
length - Länge, Längenmaß, Pferdelänge
him, he obtained an important embassy, which served as an excuse for
embassy - Botschaft
hastening the marriage, (in spite of her brother's deranged state,)
deranged - (derange) stören, verwirren
which was to take place the very day before his departure for the
continent.
Aubrey, when he was left by the physician and his guardians, attempted
to bribe the servants, but in vain. He asked for pen and paper; it was
bribe - Bestechungsgeld, Schmiergeld, bestechen, schmieren, kaufen
given him; he wrote a letter to his sister, conjuring her, as she
conjuring - zaubernd, beschwörend; (conjure) zaubern herbeirufen hervorrufe
valued her own happiness, her own honour, and the honour of those now
valued - (value) Wert, Wichtigkeit, Notenwert, Tonwert, Werte, schätzen
happiness - Glück, Glücklichkeit, Fröhlichkeit, checkGlück
in the grave, who once held her in their arms as their hope and the
hope of their house, to delay but for a few hours that marriage, on
which he denounced the most heavy curses. The servants promised they
curses - (curs) (cur) Hundesohn, Köter
would deliver it; but giving it to the physician, he thought it better
deliver - erlösen, befreien, gebären, liefern, abliefern
not to harass any more the mind of Miss Aubrey by, what he considered,
harass - belästigen quälen, verfolgen
the ravings of a maniac. Night passed on without rest to the busy
ravings - (raving) (rave) wüten, toben, rasen
maniac - Irrer, Irre
inmates of the house; and Aubrey heard, with a horror that may more
inmates - (inmate) Insasse Bewohner
easily be conceived than described, the notes of busy preparation.
conceived - (conceive) konzipieren, erdenken, ersinnen, empfangen, verstehen
Morning came, and the sound of carriages broke upon his ear. Aubrey
carriages - (carriage) Kutsche Gang, Haltung, Wagen, Frachtgeld, Frach
grew almost frantic. The curiosity of the servants at last overcame
their vigilance, they gradually stole away, leaving him in the custody
vigilance - Wachsamkeit
stole away - (steal away) davonschleichen
custody - Sorgerecht, Obhut, Verwahrung, Aufbewahrung, Haf
of an helpless old woman. He seized the opportunity, with one bound
helpless - hilflos
was out of the room, and in a moment found himself in the apartment
where all were nearly assembled. Lord Ruthven was the first to
assembled - (assemble) zusammensetzen, versammeln, versammeln
perceive him: he immediately approached, and, taking his arm by
force, hurried him from the room, speechless with rage. When on the
speechless - sprachlos, fassungslos, stumm
staircase, Lord Ruthven whispered in his ear--"Remember your oath,
staircase - Treppe
whispered - (whisper) Geflüster, Flüstern, Wispern
and know, if not my bride to day, your sister is dishonoured. Women
bride - Braut
dishonoured - (dishonour) Schande schänden
are frail!" So saying, he pushed him towards his attendants, who,
frail - zerbrechlich, schwächliche, gebrechlich
attendants - (attendant) Begleiter, Wächter, Aufpasser, Aufseher
roused by the old woman, had come in search of him. Aubrey could no
longer support himself; his rage not finding vent, had broken a
vent - entlüften
blood-vessel, and he was conveyed to bed. This was not mentioned to
his sister, who was not present when he entered, as the physician was
afraid of agitating her. The marriage was solemnized, and the bride
agitating - (agitate) aufwühlen, aufrühren, schütteln
solemnized - (solemnize) feiern, feierlich begehen
and bridegroom left London.
bridegroom - Bräutigam
Aubrey's weakness increased; the effusion of blood produced symptoms
weakness - Schwäche, Faible
effusion of blood - Bluterguss
symptoms - (symptom) Symptom
of the near approach of death. He desired his sister's guardians might
approach - sich nähern, nahekommen, ähnlich sei
be called, and when the midnight hour had struck, he related
composedly what the reader has perused--he died immediately after.
composedly - Gelassenheit
The guardians hastened to protect Miss Aubrey; but when they arrived,
it was too late. Lord Ruthven had disappeared, and Aubrey's sister had
glutted the thirst of a VAMPYRE!
glutted - (glut) Schwemme, Überfluss, Überschuss, auffüllen, sättigen
thirst - Durst dürsten
Chapter 4. EXTRACT OF A LETTER, CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF LORD BYRON'S RESIDENCE IN THE ISLAND OF MITYLENE.
"The world was all before him, where to choose his place of rest, and Providence his guide."
IN sailing through the Grecian Archipelago, on board one of his
sailing through - durchsegelnd
Archipelago - Archipel, Inselgruppe, Inselhaufen, Inselansammlung
Majesty's vessels, in the year 1812, we put into the harbour of
Majesty - Majestät
vessels - (vessel) Schiff, Boot, Wasserfahrzeug, Gefäß, Behälter
harbour - Hafen, Zufluchtsort
Mitylene, in the island of that name. The beauty of this place, and
the certain supply of cattle and vegetables always to be had there,
supply - Stellvertretung, Versorgung, Vorrat;liefer
cattle - Kühe, Rinder, Rindvieh
induce many British vessels to visit it--both men of war and
induce - dazu bringen, anstacheln, bewirken, verursachen, hervorrufen
merchantmen; and though it lies rather out of the track for ships
merchantmen - (merchantman) Handelsschiff
bound to Smyrna, its bounties amply repay for the deviation of a
bounties - (bounty) Geschenk Belohnung, Kopfgeld, Prämie, Heuer
amply - reichlich
repay - zurückbezahlen
deviation - Abweichung, Abweichen, Übertretung, Verfehlung, Sünde
voyage. We landed; as usual, at the bottom of the bay, and whilst the
voyage - Reise
bay - Erker, Bucht, Gestell, Bellen
men were employed in watering, and the purser bargaining for cattle
purser - Purser, Purserin, Zahlmeister, Proviantmeister
bargaining - (bargain) Angebot Vereinbarung, Abmachung, Schnäppche
with the natives, the clergyman and myself took a ramble to the cave
natives - (native) gebürtig einheimisch nativ Ureinwohner, Ureinwohneri
clergyman - Pfarrer, Pastor, Kleriker, Geistlicher
ramble - Abschweifen umherziehen spazieren, bummeln, schlendern
cave - nachgeben, aufgeben;Höhle
called Homer's School, and other places, where we had been before. On
the brow of Mount Ida (a small monticule so named) we met with and
brow - Braue, Augenbraue
engaged a young Greek as our guide, who told us he had come from Scio
with an English lord, who left the island four days previous to our
previous - vorhergehend
arrival in his felucca. "He engaged me as a pilot," said the Greek,
arrival - Ankunft
"and would have taken me with him; but I did not choose to quit
quit - verlassen;aufgeben, verlassen
Mitylene, where I am likely to get married. He was an odd, but a very
odd - einzeln seltsam, merkwürdig, komisch, ungerade
good man. The cottage over the hill, facing the river, belongs to him,
and he has left an old man in charge of it: he gave Dominick, the
wine-trader, six hundred zechines for it, (about L250 English
trader - Händler, Händlerin, Kaufmann, Kauffrau ; (trade) Handel, Kommer
zechines - Zechinen
currency,) and has resided there about fourteen months, though not
currency - Währung
constantly; for he sails in his felucca very often to the different
constantly - ständig regelmäßig konstant
islands."
This account excited our curiosity very much, and we lost no time in
hastening to the house where our countryman had resided. We were
hastening to - zueilend
countryman - Landsmann, Landsmännin, Landsfrau
kindly received by an old man, who conducted us over the mansion. It
conducted - (conduct) Leitung, Führung, leiten, führen, sich verhalte
consisted of four apartments on the ground-floor--an entrance hall, a
entrance hall - Empfangshalle , Eingangshalle
drawing-room, a sitting parlour, and a bed-room, with a spacious
parlour - Wohnzimmer, Stube;Sprechzimmer
spacious - geräumig weiträumig
closet annexed. They were all simply decorated: plain green-stained
closet - Schrank, Wandschrank, Kammer, Abstellkammer, Ankleide
annexed - (annex) annektieren, anfügen;Anhang
simply - einfach
decorated - (decorate) ausschmücken, dekorieren, renovieren, o paper
stained - (stain) Fleck Schandfleck beflecken beizen
walls, marble tables on either side, a large myrtle in the centre, and
marble - Marmor Murmel marmorieren
a small fountain beneath, which could be made to play through the
fountain - Springbrunnen Fontäne
branches by moving a spring fixed in the side of a small bronze Venus
bronze - Bronze bronzen
in a leaning posture; a large couch or sofa completed the furniture.
posture - Haltung
couch - Liege
sofa - Sofa, Couch
In the hall stood half a dozen English cane chairs, and an empty
dozen - Dutzend Dutzende (''of'': von)
cane - Rohr Rohrstock Blindenstock, weisser Langstock
bedchamber had merely a large mattress spread on the floor, with two
bedchamber - Schlafgemach
mattress - Matratze
stuffed cotton quilts and a pillow--the common bed throughout Greece.
stuffed - (stuff) Sachen, Kram, Zeug, Ding, Stoff, Material
cotton - Baumwolle
quilts - (quilt) Steppdecke only for decorative examples: Quilt
In the sitting-room we observed a marble recess, formerly, the old man
sitting room - (sitting-room) Wohnstube
told us, filled with books and papers, which were then in a large
seaman's chest in the closet: it was open, but we did not think
seaman - Matrose
chest - Kiste, Brustkasten, Brust, Koffer
ourselves justified in examining the contents. On the tablet of the
justified - (justify) rechtfertigen ausrichten, justieren
contents - (content) (to be content with) sich mit etwas begnügen
recess lay Voltaire's, Shakspeare's, Boileau's, and Rousseau's works
complete; Volney's Ruins of Empires; Zimmerman, in the German
Empires - (Empire) Reich, Imperium, Kaiserreich, Kaisertum, Weltreich
language; Klopstock's Messiah; Kotzebue's novels; Schiller's play of
the Robbers; Milton's Paradise Lost, an Italian edition, printed at
edition - Ausgabe Auflage
Parma in 1810; several small pamphlets from the Greek press at
pamphlets - (pamphlet) Flugschrift
press - Presse (Maschine), Presse (Zeitung);drängen, drücke
Constantinople, much torn, but no English book of any description.
Constantinople - Konstantinopel
Most of these books were filled with marginal notes, written with a
marginal - Randwert, am Rand befindlich
pencil, in Italian and Latin. The Messiah was literally scribbled all
literally - wörtlich, buchstäblich
scribbled - (scribble) kritzeln;Kritzelei
over, and marked with slips of paper, on which also were remarks.
slips - (slip) Versprecher;Rutschen (geradeaus);Lapsus, Setzling, Pann
remarks - (remark) bemerken;Anmerkung, Bemerkung
The old man said: "The lord had been reading these books the evening
before he sailed, and forgot to place them with the others; but,"
said he, "there they must lie until his return; for he is so
frown upon me for a week together; he is otherways very good. I once
frown - die Stirn runzeln
otherways - auf andere Weise
did him a service; and I have the produce of this farm for the trouble
of taking care of it, except twenty zechines which I pay to an aged
Armenian who resides in a small cottage in the wood, and whom the lord
Armenian - armenisch Armenier, Armenierin
resides - (resid) Rückstand
brought here from Adrianople; I don't know for what reason."
Adrianople - Adrianopel
The appearance of the house externally was pleasing. The portico in
externally - äußerlich
portico - Portikus
front was fifty paces long and fourteen broad, and the fluted marble
paces - (pace) Tempo, Stufe, Schritt
broad - breit, deutliche, großräumig
fluted - (flute) Flöte, Kannelierung
pillars with black plinths and fret-work cornices, (as it is now
pillars - (pillar) Pfeiler, Säule
plinths - (plinth) Sockel
fret - sich grämen, sich sorgen;Ärger;abnutzen (durch Reibung)
cornices - (cornice) Gesims, Sims, Kranzgesims, Kranz
customary in Grecian architecture,) were considerably higher than the
customary - üblich
considerably - wesentlich, beträchtlich, beachtlich
roof. The roof, surrounded by a light stone balustrade, was covered by
balustrade - Balustrade
a fine Turkey carpet, beneath an awning of strong coarse linen. Most
Turkey - Pute, Puter, Truthahn, Truthenne
awning - Markise Sonnenschutz ; (awn) Granne
coarse - grob, grobkörnig, derb, primitiv
linen - Leinen Heimtextilien
of the house-tops are thus furnished, as upon them the Greeks pass
furnished - (furnish) möblieren, einrichten, ausrüsten
their evenings in smoking, drinking light wines, such as "lachryma
christi," eating fruit, and enjoying the evening breeze.
On the left hand as we entered the house, a small streamlet glided
streamlet - Bächlein
glided - (glide) gleiten gleiten lassen
away, grapes, oranges and limes were clustering together on its
grapes - (grape) Traube, Weintraube, Weinbeere
limes - (lime) Limette, Kalk, Linde, Lindenholz
clustering - (cluster) Anhäufung, Büschel, Gruppe, Haufen
borders, and under the shade of two large myrtle bushes, a marble seat
borders - (border) Grenze Rand Beet, Streifen, begrenzen, angrenze
shade - Schatten Vorhang Farbton schattieren
bushes - (Bush) Buchse, Strauch, Busch
with an ornamental wooden back was placed, on which we were told, the
ornamental - Zier-, dekorativ, Zierpflanze
lord passed many of his evenings and nights till twelve o'clock,
reading, writing, and talking to himself. "I suppose," said the old
man, "praying" for he was very devout, "and always attended our church
praying - flehend, betend; (pray) flehend, betend
devout - tiefgläubig, andächtig, strenggläubig
twice a week, besides Sundays."
The view from this seat was what may be termed "a bird's-eye view."
bird's-eye view - Vogelperspektive
A line of rich vineyards led the eye to Mount Calcla, covered with
vineyards - (vineyard) Weinberg, Weingarten
olive and myrtle trees in bloom, and on the summit of which an ancient
olive - Olive, olivfarben, olivfarbig
Greek temple appeared in majestic decay. A small stream issuing from
temple - Tempel, Schläfe, Bethaus, Synagoge
majestic - majestätisch
decay - Verfall, Verwesung, Fäulnis, verfallen, verderben, faulen
issuing - (issue) ausgehen
the ruins descended in broken cascades, until it was lost in the woods
descended - (descend) absteigen, niedergehen, herunterkommen, herabsteigen
cascades - Wasserfälle, Kaskaden; (cascade) Wasserfall, Kaskad
near the mountain's base. The sea smooth as glass, and an horizon
base - Grundzahl, Unterlage, Basis, Grund;Bettrost
smooth - glatt reibungslos, problemlos, glätten
unshadowed by a single cloud, terminates the view in front; and a
unshadowed - (unshadow) unschatten
terminates - (terminate) abbrechen, terminieren, entlassen
little on the left, through a vista of lofty chesnut and palm-trees,
vista - Aussicht
lofty - hoch,
palm - Palme, Schaufel (am Geweih)
several small islands were distinctly observed, studding the light
distinctly - deutlich
studding - besetzend; (stud) besetzend
blue wave with spots of emerald green. I seldom enjoyed a view more
spots - (spot) Fleck, Punkt, Pickel, Pustel, Bisschen, Stelle, Or
emerald green - smaragdgrün
than I did this; but our enquiries were fruitless as to the name of
fruitless - fruchtlos, unfruchtbar, ergebnislos, resultatlos
the person who had resided in this romantic solitude: none knew his
name but Dominick, his banker, who had gone to Candia. "The Armenian,"
banker - Bankhalter, Bankier, Bankkaufmann
said our conductor, "could tell, but I am sure he will not,"--"And
conductor - Dirigent, Dirigentin, Schaffner, Leiter
cannot you tell, old friend?" said I--"If I can," said he, "I dare
not." We had not time to visit the Armenian, but on our return to the
town we learnt several particulars of the isolated lord. He had
isolated - (isolate) isolieren, absondern, abdichten
portioned eight young girls when he was last upon the island, and even
portioned - (portion) Teil
danced with them at the nuptial feast. He gave a cow to one man,
nuptial - hochzeitlich
feast - Fest, Festgelage;feiern
horses to others, and cotton and silk to the girls who live by weaving
silk - Seide
weaving - Webstück ; (weave) Webstück
these articles. He also bought a new boat for a fisherman who had lost
fisherman - Fischer, Fischerin, Angler, Anglerin, Fischereiboot
his own in a gale, and he often gave Greek Testaments to the poor
gale - Sturm
Testaments - (Testament) Testament, Letzter Wille
children. In short, he appeared to us, from all we collected, to have
been a very eccentric and benevolent character. One circumstance we
eccentric - exzentrisch, elliptisch, eiernd, außermittig, schrulli
benevolent - wohlwollend altruistisch
learnt, which our old friend at the cottage thought proper not to
disclose. He had a most beautiful daughter, with whom the lord was
often seen walking on the sea-shore, and he had bought her a
sea shore - (sea-shore) Seeküste
piano-forte, and taught her himself the use of it.
forte - Stärke
Such was the information with which we departed from the peaceful isle
peaceful - einträchtig, geruhsam, friedlich
isle - Eiland
of Mitylene; our imaginations all on the rack, guessing who this
imaginations - (imagination) Vorstellungskraft, Imagination, Einbildungskraf
rack - Folterbank, Zahnstange, Gestell
rambler in Greece could be. He had money it was evident: he had
rambler - Wanderer, Wanderfreund
evident - offenkundig
philanthropy of disposition, and all those eccentricities which mark
philanthropy - Philantropie, Menschenliebe, Nächstenliebe
disposition - Neigung, Gesinnung, Hang, Veranlagung, Einteilung
eccentricities - (eccentricity) exzentrisches Verhalten Exzentrizität
peculiar genius. Arrived at Palermo, all our doubts were dispelled.
doubts - (doubt) bezweifeln, Zweifel
dispelled - (dispel) zerstreuen
Falling in company with Mr. FOSTER, the architect, a pupil of WYATT'S,
FOSTER - aufziehen, pflegen
pupil - Schulkind, Pupille, Schüler
who had been travelling in Egypt and Greece, "The individual," said
he, "about whom you are so anxious, is Lord Byron; I met him in my
travels on the island of Tenedos, and I also visited him at Mitylene."
travels on - befährt
We had never then heard of his lordship's fame, as we had been some
fame - Ruhm, Berühmtheit, Bekanntheit
years from home; but "Childe Harolde" being put into our hands we
recognized the recluse of Calcla in every page. Deeply did we regret
recluse - Einsiedler
Deeply - tief zutiefst
regret - bedauern, bereuen, leidtun, Reue, Bedauern
not having been more curious in our researches at the cottage, but we
more curious - neugierigere
consoled ourselves with the idea of returning to Mitylene on some
consoled - (consol) Konsole
future day; but to me that day will never return. I make this
statement, believing it not quite uninteresting, and in justice to his
uninteresting - (uninterest) Desinteresse
justice - Gerechtigkeit, Genugtuung, Justiz
lordship's good name, which has been grossly slandered. He has been
grossly - gröblich, dick
slandered - (slander) (mündliche) Verleumdung, Lästerun
described as of an unfeeling disposition, averse to associating with
unfeeling - gefühllos, herzlos
averse - abgeneigt
associating with - (associate with) verkehren mit
human nature, or contributing in any way to sooth its sorrows, or add
contributing - (contribute) beisteuern, beitragen
sooth - Wahrheit
sorrows - (sorrow) Kummer, Traurigkeit, Trauer, Sorge
to its pleasures. The fact is directly the reverse, as may be plainly
pleasures - (pleasure) Vergnügen Freude, Spaß, Wollus
plainly - klar
gathered from these little anecdotes. All the finer feelings of the
heart, so elegantly depicted in his lordship's poems, seem to have
elegantly - elegant
their seat in his bosom. Tenderness, sympathy, and charity appear to
Tenderness - Zärtlichkeit
guide all his actions: and his courting the repose of solitude is an
courting - huldigend, freiend; (court) Hof, Hofstaat, Gericht, Gerichtsho
additional reason for marking him as a being on whose heart Religion
additional - zusätzlich
Religion - Religion
hath set her seal, and over whose head Benevolence hath thrown her
seal - versiegeln;Siegel , Stempel , Seehund , Robbe ;sich etw. sichern;Plombe
Benevolence - Gutmütigkeit
mantle. No man can read the preceding pleasing "traits" without
preceding - (precede) vorangehen, vorausgehen
feeling proud of him as a countryman. With respect to his loves or
proud - stolz, t-checkprahlerisch
pleasures, I do not assume a right to give an opinion. Reports are
ever to be received with caution, particularly when directed against
particularly - besonders
man's moral integrity; and he who dares justify himself before that
moral - moralisch, sittlich, Moral
integrity - Integrität
dares - (dare) sich getrauen, wagen, jemanden herausfordern
justify - rechtfertigen ausrichten, justieren
awful tribunal where all must appear, alone may censure the errors of
tribunal - Tribunal, Gerichtshof, Gericht
censure - Tadel, Zurechtweisung, Kritik, Ermahnung
a fellow-mortal. Lord Byron's character is worthy of his genius. To do
fellow - Stipendiat, Typ, Kerl, Bursche;Gefährte, Kerl
mortal - sterblich tödlich Sterblicher, Sterbliche
good in secret, and shun the world's applause, is the surest testimony
testimony - Zeugnis, Zeugenaussage, Testimonium
of a virtuous heart and self-approving conscience.
self - Selbst
approving - (approve) billigen, genehmigen, zusagen
conscience - Gewissen
THE END