TELL, WILLIAM

legendary Swiss patriot. According to legend, Tell was a native of Uri, one of the Swiss forest cantons. Gessler, the canton's Austrian bailiff, decreed that Swiss citizens must remove their hats before his hat, which he had posted on a stake in the canton's largest town. Tell refused and as punishment was ordered to shoot an apple off his small son's head. Although he succeeded, he was held prisoner by Gessler when he revealed that had he failed, he planned to kill Gessler with an arrow he had hidden on his person. Tell escaped and eventually shot Gessler from ambush at Küssnacht, thus setting off the revolt that ousted the bailiff on Jan. 1, 1308. While there is no valid proof of Tell's existence, the legend represents a distorted account of events that resulted (1291) in the formation of the Everlasting League between the cantons of Schwyz, Uri, and Unterwalden. Schiller's popular drama Wilhelm Tell is based on the legend; Rossini's opera William Tell is based on Schiller's drama.

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The Bride of Messina: Or, the Enemy Brothers, a Tragedy with Choruses. William Tell. Demetrius; Or, the Blood Wedding in Moscow, a Fragment
Book by Friedrich Von Schiller, Charles E. Passage; Frederick Ungar Pub. Co., 1962
Subjects: Drama
...witzig, so hiess ich nit der Tell. Some pun seems to underlie...text: "My name would not be Tell if I were cautious," War ich besonnen, hiess ich nicht der Tell . Proponents of the dalen...antecedent forms of the legend was "William the Witless." An alternate...
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The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth - Vol. 1
Book by William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth, Ernest De Selincourt; Clarendon Press, 2000
Subjects: Authors, English--20th Century--Correspondence, Brothers And Sisters--England, Poets, English--19th Century--Correspondence, Wordsworth, Dorothy--1771-1855--Correspondence, Wordsworth, William--1770-1850--Correspondence
...Christopher and Priscilla--and tell us how they and the little one are...Priscilla, and their little Boy. Tell me if he is at all like Dorothy or...indeed I seem to have nothing to tell you. William walked to Ambleside on Monday Evening...
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The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth: The Later Years Part I: 1821-1828 - Vol. 1
Book by Alan G. Hill, William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth; Clarendon Press, 1967
Subjects: Poets, English--19th Century--Correspondence, Women Authors, English--19th Century--Correspondence, Wordsworth, Dorothy--1771-1855--Correspondence, Wordsworth, William--1770-1850--Correspondence
...Jan. 1821 My dear Friend, Soon after I parted with William yesterday morning I consented to stay a week longer at...which I need not explain till I have your answer. Did William tell you what money he had when he left Cambridge? and if...
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The Life of William H. Seward with Selections from His Works
Book by George E. Baker, William H. Seward; J.S. Redfield, 1855
Subjects: Seward, William Henry--1801-1872
...away. Republicanism has now no abiding place there, except on the rock of San Marino and in the mountain-home of William Tell. France and Austria are said to be conspiring to expel it even there. In my inmost heart, I could almost bid them...
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The Musick of the Mocking Birds, the Roar of the Cannon: The Civil War Diary and Letters of William Winters
Book by William Winters, Steven E. Woodworth; University of Nebraska Press, 1998
Subjects: Bartholomew County (Ind.)--Biography, Indiana--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal Narratives, Soldiers--Indiana--Batholomew County--Correspondence, United States--Army--Indiana Infantry Regiment, 67th (1862-1864), United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal Narratives, Winters, William--1830---Correspondence
...of mid-nineteenth-century life, particularly the normally invisible world of children and the family. William urged Hattie to tell their two daughters "that Pa says for them to be good girls," not an unusual paternal wish, but he added...
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"Tell It to 'Em Straight and Let 'Em Have Their Say
Journal article by William W. Streeter; ABA Banking Journal, Vol. 84, 1992
Subjects: American Bankers Association--Officials and employees, Bankers--Biography, Brandon, William H., Jr.--Biography
"Tell it to em straight and let em have their say by William W. Streeter Its mid-morning...wouldnt have done my job." William H. Brandon, Jr., likes people...respectively, while son William R. lives in Fayetteville, Ark...
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William Johnson's Diary: the Text and the Man behind It
Journal article by William L. Andrews; Southern Quarterly, Vol. 43, 2006
Subjects: Activists, Antebellum period, Black history, Diaries, Johnson, William, Personal profiles, Slavery
...color in the antebellum South, William Johnsons diary is an extraordinary...people we still hardly know. William Johnson began his diary on...50.00."2 What can we tell about a man whose diary begins...start we can say that this William Johnson was a man of means...
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Faulkner in a Haystack: the Search for William Faulkner's Television Adaptations of "the Brooch" and "shall Not Perish"
Journal article by William Furry; The Faulkner Journal, Vol. 16, 2000
Subjects: Faulkner, William (1897-1962), Screenplays, Writers
...Faulkner in a Haystack: the Search for William Faulkners Television Adaptations of "the Brooch" and "shall Not Perish" by William Furry IN THE FALL OF 1993 I was enrolled in a graduate seminar on William Faulkner with Dr. Judith Everson at Sangamon...
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The Narrative Discourse of Thomas Wolfe's "I Have a Thing to Tell You."
Journal article by John L. Idol Jr.; Studies in Short Fiction, Vol. 30, 1993
Subjects: I Have a Thing to Tell You (Short story)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., National characteristics, German--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Wolfe, Thomas--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...Thomas Wolfes "I Have a Thing to Tell You." by John L. Idol Jr. Writing...publication of "I Have a Thing to Tell You," Thomas Wolfe said: It cost...Wolfe, Thomas. "I Have a Thing to Tell You." William Wisdom Collection, Houghton Library...
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Remembering Jim Crow: African Americans Tell about Life in the Segregated South
Journal article by Monica Maria Tetzlaff; Journal of Southern History, Vol. 69, 2003
Subjects: Remembering Jim Crow: African Americans Tell About Life in the Segregated South (Book)
Remembering Jim Crow: African Americans Tell about Life in the Segregated South. by Monica Maria Tetzlaff Edited by William H. Chafe, Raymond Gavins, Robert Korstad, and others. (New York: The New Press, in association with Lyndhurst Books...
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Gioacchino Rossini: Overture to "william Tell"
Magazine article; The American Organist, Vol. 44, April 2010
Gioacchino Rossini: Overture to "william Tell" GIOACCHINO ROSSINI: Overture to "William Tell." Michaels Music Service, $15 + $4 shipping/handling. Available from michaelsmusicservice...
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The Greeding of America: William Greider's Diagnosis of America's Ills Is on the Mark. but Even He Can't Find the Cure
Magazine article by Todd Gitlin; Washington Monthly, Vol. 24, July 1992
Subjects: Democracy--Political aspects, Greider, William--Authorship, Who Will Tell the People: The Betrayal of American Democracy (Book)--Authorship
...the believers," writes William Greider toward the end of...imagined One Big Movement. As William Morris utopian narrator...Albert Einstein. * Who Will Tell the People: The Betrayal of American Democracy. William Greider. Simon Schuster...
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Mystery Identities: William D. Rubinstein, Co-author of a Radical New Book on Shakespeare's True Identity, Reflects on Some Riddles of History in the Light of His Own Discoveries
Magazine article by William D. Rubinstein; History Today, Vol. 55, November 2005
Subjects: Dramatists--History, Neville, Henry--Behavior, Playwrights--History, Shakespeare, William--Behavior
Mystery Identities: William D. Rubinstein, Co...Own Discoveries. by William D. Rubinstein HISTORY DOES NOT ALWAYS TELL US what we want to know...sometimes it does not even tell us the names of those...author of the works of William Shakespeare. Needless...
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Tell Me A Story: Fifty Years and 60 Minutes in Television
Magazine article by Raymond L. Fischer; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 130, November 2001
Subjects: Book reviews, Books--Book reviews, Tell Me a Story: Fifty Years and 60 Minutes in Television (Book)
Tell Me A Story: Fifty Years and...Television. by Raymond L. Fischer TELL ME A STORY Fifty Years and 60...formula for "60 Minutes" was to tell a story with flair that would...with colleagues, including William S. Paley, who was part P...
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Please, Mr Blair, Tell Us a Nice Story
Magazine article by Steve Richards; New Statesman, Vol. 129, May 22, 2000
Subjects: Blair, Tony--Political activity, Government spending policy--United Kingdom, Hague, William--Political activity, Thatcher, Margaret--Political activity, United Kingdom--Politics and government
Please, Mr Blair, tell us a nice story by STEVE RICHARDS...political leaders have a story to tell. Before the 1997 election...still has a good story to tell shortly, but first the question needs to be asked of William Hague. He and his increasingly...
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Don't Tell William but Kate's the Most Wanted Date in Town; in Demand: Kate Middleton, Right, Leads the "Most Invited" List in the Latest Issue of Tatler Magazine, Inset, out Tomorrow
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), July 11, 2007
Subjects: Periodical publishing
Dont Tell William but Kates the Most Wanted Date in Town...the see-sawing drama of dating Prince William has done no harm to KateMiddletons social...said today: "Even if shes back with William now, her positionis assured. You cant...
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Don't Tell William but Kate's the Most Wanted Date in Town
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), July 11, 2007
Subjects: Blair, Cherie, Brown, Gordon (British politician), Middleton, Kate, Moss, Kate
Dont Tell William but Kates the Most Wanted Date in Town...the see-sawing drama of dating Prince William has done no harm to KateMiddletons social...said today: "Even if shes back with William now, her positionis assured. You cant...
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I Started Crying. I Didn't Know What Was Going on; ECHO Readers Tell William Leece Their Memories of the 1981 Toxteth Riots
Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), July 9, 2011
Subjects: Riots--Personal narratives
I Started Crying. I Didnt Know What Was Going on; ECHO Readers Tell William Leece Their Memories of the 1981 Toxteth Riots. IWAS five years old when the riots happened. I recall Mum calling us to come...
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Get Engaged or Cool It with Kate, Aides Tell Officer William
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), December 31, 2006
...Engaged or Cool It with Kate, Aides Tell Officer William. Byline: SHARON CHURCHER;LAURA COLLINS PRINCE WILLIAM has been urged to get engaged to girlfriend...The Mail on Sunday has learned that William has been warned by his closest advisers...
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William Tell He Ain't (but He Was Firing Blindfolded)
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), February 23, 2010
William Tell He Aint (but He Was Firing Blindfolded...embarrassing, he was bang on target. Prince William tried his hand yesterday at the sport...As he chatted with the royal visitor, William let slip that we might be waiting a little...
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Tell, William
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TELL, WILLIAM legendary Swiss patriot. According to legend, Tell was a native of Uri, one of the Swiss...is based on the legend; Rossinis opera William Tell is based on Schillers drama...
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Shakespeare, William
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the absorbing stories they tell, in their wealth of complex...are possibly the initials of William Herbert, 3d earl of Pembroke...19th-century English critic William Hazlitt , who continued the...whether or not the historical William Shakespeare was indeed the...
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Opera
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...hero as Masaniello, Gioacchino Rossini s Guillaume Tell ( William Tell, 1829), Giacomo Meyerbeer s Robert le Diable (1831...McTeague (1992) and A View from the Bridge (1999) by William Bolcom . Owing to widespread indifference to new works...
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Altdorf
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Altdorf was the scene of the legendary exploits of William Tell , commemorated by a monument (1895) and by the William Tell theater (1925...
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Uri , Canton, Switzerland
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Emperor Frederick II it was granted (1231) the status of a dependency of the emperor. The scene of the events of the William Tell legend, Uri in 1291 formed with Schwyz and Unterwalden the league that became the nucleus of Switzerland. It rejected...
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