The Heidenmauer; Or, The Benedictines: A Legend of the Rhine, Volumes 1-2Lea & Blanchard, 1841 |
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Page 65
... armed men in the castle , ready and anxious to assail our walls , under a vain belief that they contain riches and stores to repay the sac- rilege ; but we want precise knowledge of their numbers and intentions . Were we to send one of ...
... armed men in the castle , ready and anxious to assail our walls , under a vain belief that they contain riches and stores to repay the sac- rilege ; but we want precise knowledge of their numbers and intentions . Were we to send one of ...
Page 88
... armed men ; the saloons of the me- dium size which suited a baronial state , and all the appliances of that mingled taste in which comfort and luxury , as now understood , were unknown , but which was not without a portion of the effect ...
... armed men ; the saloons of the me- dium size which suited a baronial state , and all the appliances of that mingled taste in which comfort and luxury , as now understood , were unknown , but which was not without a portion of the effect ...
Page 89
... armed at all points , though this carelessly wore his morion , that had buckled on a breast - plate , and another leaned listlessly on his ar- quebuse or handled his pike . Here a group exer- cised , in levity , with their several ...
... armed at all points , though this carelessly wore his morion , that had buckled on a breast - plate , and another leaned listlessly on his ar- quebuse or handled his pike . Here a group exer- cised , in levity , with their several ...
Page 90
... armed heel ; while care , or at least se- vere thought , contracted the muscles around a hard and iron brow , which bore evident marks of familiar acquaintance with the casque . Perhaps this is the only country of Christendom , even now ...
... armed heel ; while care , or at least se- vere thought , contracted the muscles around a hard and iron brow , which bore evident marks of familiar acquaintance with the casque . Perhaps this is the only country of Christendom , even now ...
Page 134
... armed and irreligious men ? -are not thy ears hourly wounded by rude oaths , and thy eyes affronted by sights that should be thought unseemly in a sanctuary - Nay , that thou mayest not suppose I am ignorant of thy hidden intentions ...
... armed and irreligious men ? -are not thy ears hourly wounded by rude oaths , and thy eyes affronted by sights that should be thought unseemly in a sanctuary - Nay , that thou mayest not suppose I am ignorant of thy hidden intentions ...
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The Heidenmauer, Or the Benedictines: A Legend of the Rhine ..., Volumes 1-2 James Fenimore Cooper No preview available - 2018 |
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Page 80 - 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 211 - Ah me! for aught that ever I could read. Could ever hear by tale or history, The course of true love never did run smooth: But, either it was different in blood; Her.
Page 138 - In a strange land Such things, however trivial, reach the heart. And through the heart the head, clearing away The narrow notions that grew up at home, And in their place grafting good will to all— ROGERS.