The Heidenmauer; or, The Benedictines by the author of 'The pilot'. |
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... nature of the struggle that had expelled the Dutch . Forty - six shells were sticking in the side of a single building of no great size , while ninety - three grape shot were buried in one of its pilasters ! In our own rooms , too ...
... nature of the struggle that had expelled the Dutch . Forty - six shells were sticking in the side of a single building of no great size , while ninety - three grape shot were buried in one of its pilasters ! In our own rooms , too ...
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... is now a camp , these hack- neyed sights scarce drew a look aside . We were in quest of the interest which nature , in her happier humours B 2 THE HEIDENMAUER . 3 were still visible gave us reason to think that the ...
... is now a camp , these hack- neyed sights scarce drew a look aside . We were in quest of the interest which nature , in her happier humours B 2 THE HEIDENMAUER . 3 were still visible gave us reason to think that the ...
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... nature and that of art - between the hill side with its falling turret , and the moral feeling that lends them interest . Here was an island of no particular excel- lence , but the walls of a convent of the middle ages crum- bled on its ...
... nature and that of art - between the hill side with its falling turret , and the moral feeling that lends them interest . Here was an island of no particular excel- lence , but the walls of a convent of the middle ages crum- bled on its ...
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... Nature is fruitful of fine effects in every region , and it is a mistake not to enjoy ner gifts , as we move through life , on account of some fancied superiority in this or that quarter of the world . We left the Rhine , therefore ...
... Nature is fruitful of fine effects in every region , and it is a mistake not to enjoy ner gifts , as we move through life , on account of some fancied superiority in this or that quarter of the world . We left the Rhine , therefore ...
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... intercourse , exhibits the selfishness of our nature in its least attractive form . Policy may suggest a specious blandishment of air , to conceal the ordinary B 4 THE HEIDENMAUER . 7 left bank of the Rhine, on the way to ...
... intercourse , exhibits the selfishness of our nature in its least attractive form . Policy may suggest a specious blandishment of air , to conceal the ordinary B 4 THE HEIDENMAUER . 7 left bank of the Rhine, on the way to ...
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abbé abbey altar anchorite answered art thou aught baron Benedictine better Bonifacius brother brotherhood burghers burgomaster castle chapel character child choir church companion Count Emich Count of Hartenburg Count of Leiningen countenance cowherd discourse Dost thou doubt Duerckheim duty Einsiedlen elector faith Father Arnolph Father Johan Father Siegfried favour feeling forester Germany Gottlob hath heart Heaven Heidenmauer Heinrich Frey heresy hermit herr count herr Emich hill holy abbot honour Ilse Jaegerthal knight knight of Rhodes listened look lord count Lord Emich Lottchen manner master Berchthold means Meta mind monk mother mountain nature never noble nought opinions palatinate penitent pilgrims pious prayers prelate princely prior reverend abbot Rhine Ritterstein Saint Saint Gall scarce shrine soul thee thine Thou art thou hast Thou knowest thou wilt thou wouldst thought town truth Ulrike Venloo walls wish worship young Berchthold youth
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Page 255 - He who the sword of heaven will bear, Should be as holy as severe ; Pattern in himself to know, Grace to stand, and virtue go ; More nor less to others paying, Than by self-offences weighing.
Page 243 - I'll never Be such a gosling to obey instinct, but stand, As if a man were author of himself And knew no other kin.