The Heidenmauer; Or, The Benedictines: A Legend of the Rhine, Volumes 1-2Lea & Blanchard, 1841 |
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... than I could answer were Lord Emich himself to put the question , and say , in the manner he is wont to use to the Abbot of Lim burg - what hath become of thy herd Gottlob ? " 1 " Nay , this is no trifling matter , if 28 THE HEIDENMAUER .
... than I could answer were Lord Emich himself to put the question , and say , in the manner he is wont to use to the Abbot of Lim burg - what hath become of thy herd Gottlob ? " 1 " Nay , this is no trifling matter , if 28 THE HEIDENMAUER .
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... Lord Emich would lose the honestest cow - herd in Germany , and it would go near to break my heart were the friars of Lim- burg to get him ! But the beasts cannot be far , and I will try the virtue of the horn once more , before I go ...
... Lord Emich would lose the honestest cow - herd in Germany , and it would go near to break my heart were the friars of Lim- burg to get him ! But the beasts cannot be far , and I will try the virtue of the horn once more , before I go ...
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... Lord Emich's herd , honest Gottlob . " " So ! Dost thou fancy , Master Berchthold , that , at a moment when there is every necessity to pos- sess a calm and contemplative spirit , I should strive to put the pious monk in a passion , by ...
... Lord Emich's herd , honest Gottlob . " " So ! Dost thou fancy , Master Berchthold , that , at a moment when there is every necessity to pos- sess a calm and contemplative spirit , I should strive to put the pious monk in a passion , by ...
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... Lord 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 ...
... Lord 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 ...
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... lord of most of the adjoining mountains , as well as of sundry villages on the plain of the Palatinate . It would seem that the cow - herd expected his associate , or perhaps we might venture to call him friend , for such in truth did ...
... lord of most of the adjoining mountains , as well as of sundry villages on the plain of the Palatinate . It would seem that the cow - herd expected his associate , or perhaps we might venture to call him friend , for such in truth did ...
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