The Heidenmauer; Or, The Benedictines: A Legend of the Rhine, Volumes 1-2Lea & Blanchard, 1841 |
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... Emich , though loving the friars so little , will be apt to order thee into a dungeon , on bread and water for a week , or to make thy back acquainted with the lash , should he come to hear that one of his hinds has taken this liberty ...
... Emich , though loving the friars so little , will be apt to order thee into a dungeon , on bread and water for a week , or to make thy back acquainted with the lash , should he come to hear that one of his hinds has taken this liberty ...
Page 36
... Emich has a sincere ha- tred for man or horse , dog or cat , town or village , monk or count , I know not why it is ... Emich is a huge lover of a venison pasty of a morning , and I feel a yearning for it the day long - Count Emich will ...
... Emich has a sincere ha- tred for man or horse , dog or cat , town or village , monk or count , I know not why it is ... Emich is a huge lover of a venison pasty of a morning , and I feel a yearning for it the day long - Count Emich will ...
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... Emich , " re- joined Berchthold , a little quickly . " I did not run , Gottlob , but I spoke to the being who had chosen a seat so remarkable , and at that late hour . " Spite of his spirits and affected humor , the cow- herd ...
... Emich , " re- joined Berchthold , a little quickly . " I did not run , Gottlob , but I spoke to the being who had chosen a seat so remarkable , and at that late hour . " Spite of his spirits and affected humor , the cow- herd ...
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... Emich , that thou abandoned me on this hill . " " Nay , " returned Gottlob , making a merit of ne- cessity , " if I do that , or say that , may they make a Benedictine of me , and the Abbot of Limburg to ' boot ! " As the cow - herd ...
... Emich , that thou abandoned me on this hill . " " Nay , " returned Gottlob , making a merit of ne- cessity , " if I do that , or say that , may they make a Benedictine of me , and the Abbot of Limburg to ' boot ! " As the cow - herd ...
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... Emich ? " * " As to Count Emich , father , we hold it wise to remember he is a great noble . The Elector has not a bolder knight , nor the emperor a truer vassal ; we say , therefore , that he seems to be brave and loyal . " " Thou ...
... Emich ? " * " As to Count Emich , father , we hold it wise to remember he is a great noble . The Elector has not a bolder knight , nor the emperor a truer vassal ; we say , therefore , that he seems to be brave and loyal . " " Thou ...
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Abbé Abbey Abbot of Limburg 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 cow-herd Deurckheim discourse Dost thou doubt duty Einsiedlen faith Father Arnolph Father Johan Father Siegfried favor feeling forester Gottlob hamlet hath heart Heaven Heidelberg Heidenmauer Heinrich Frey heresy hermit Herr Count Herr Emich holy Abbot honor Ilse Jaegerthal Knight of Rhodes less listened look Lord Count Lord Emich Lottchen manner Master Berchthold means ment Meta mind monk mother mountain nature never noble opinions Palatinate penitent pilgrims pious prayers prelate princely Prior reverence Rhine Ritterstein Saint Saint Gall scarce shrine soul speak thee thine Thou art thou hast Thou knowest thou wilt thought tion town truth Ulrike Venloo walls wish worship wouldst young Berchthold youth
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