"Welcher" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the practice in Catholic countries, where heresy was equivalent to treason. Duke William of Bavaria ordered obstinate Anabaptists to be burnt; those who recanted to be beheaded. "Welcher revocir, den soll man koepfen; welcher nicht revocir, den soll man ...
— The History of Freedom • John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
... ("Bald prangt, den Morgen zu verkuenden"). It may be termed a finale of surprises, as it contains two numbers which are as far apart in character as the poles,—the first, an old choral melody ("Der, welcher wandelt diese Strasse"), the original being, "Christ, our Lord, to Jordan came," set to an accompaniment, strengthened by the trombones and other wind instruments; and the second, a nonsense duet ("Pa-pa-Papageno") for Papageno and Papagena, which would close the ...
— The Standard Operas (12th edition) • George P. Upton |
