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  • Sometimes it was only a bird [Frontispiece]
  • Gessler's methods of persuasion [Plate I]
  • They would march about, beating tin cans and shouting [Plate II]
  • An egg flew across the meadow, and burst over Leuthold's shoulder [Plate III]
  • "Here! Hi!" shouted the soldiers, "Stop!" [Plate IV]
  • They saw Friesshardt raise his pike, and bring it down with all his force on Tell's head [Plate V]
  • "Look here!" he began. "Look there!" said Friesshardt [Plate VI]
  • Friesshardt rushed to stop him [Plate VII]
  • The crowd danced and shouted [Plate VIII]
  • "Come, come, come!" said Gessler, "tell me all about it" [Plate IX]
  • "I have here an apple" [Plate X]
  • There was a stir of excitement in the crowd [Plate XI]
  • A moment's suspense, and then a terrific cheer arose from the spectators [Plate XII]
  • "Seize that man!" he shouted [Plate XIII]
  • He was led away to the shore of the lake [Plate XIV]
  • Tell's second arrow had found its mark [Plate XV]

The Swiss, against their Austrian foes,
Had ne'er a soul to lead 'em,
Till Tell, as you've heard tell, arose
And guided them to freedom.
Tell's tale we tell again--an act
For which pray no one scold us--
This tale of Tell we tell, in fact,
As this Tell tale was told us.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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