The Heidenmauer; Or, The Benedictines: A Legend of the Rhine, Volumes 1-2Lea & Blanchard, 1841 |
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... largest , the time has been when it was a capital ! " Here the worthy burgher munched his pipe and chuckled , for he was a man that had heard of such places as London , and Paris , and Pekin , and Naples , and St. xii INTRODUCTION TO.
... largest , the time has been when it was a capital ! " Here the worthy burgher munched his pipe and chuckled , for he was a man that had heard of such places as London , and Paris , and Pekin , and Naples , and St. xii INTRODUCTION TO.
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... heard them , than he slung the horn in its usual turn of the cord , resumed the fusee , and stood in an attitude of expectation . It might have been a minute before another youth appeared in the path , higher in the gorge , and ad ...
... heard them , than he slung the horn in its usual turn of the cord , resumed the fusee , and stood in an attitude of expectation . It might have been a minute before another youth appeared in the path , higher in the gorge , and ad ...
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... heard of his arrival with satisfaction . The haughty and warlike baron had imbibed a standing prejudice against all devotees , from an in- herited enmity to the adjoining convent , which had contested the sovereignty of the valley with ...
... heard of his arrival with satisfaction . The haughty and warlike baron had imbibed a standing prejudice against all devotees , from an in- herited enmity to the adjoining convent , which had contested the sovereignty of the valley with ...
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... heard , and a female had time to arise from her knees , and to ar- range her mantle in such a manner as effectually to conceal her countenance . The hurried action was scarcely completed , when the Benedictine darkened the door with his ...
... heard , and a female had time to arise from her knees , and to ar- range her mantle in such a manner as effectually to conceal her countenance . The hurried action was scarcely completed , when the Benedictine darkened the door with his ...
Page 69
... heard them oftener ! " The damsel dropped her head in a movement of natural regret and sudden repentance , and when her blue eye , softened by a ray of the moon , met the gaze of the forester , he saw that better feelings were uppermost ...
... heard them oftener ! " The damsel dropped her head in a movement of natural regret and sudden repentance , and when her blue eye , softened by a ray of the moon , met the gaze of the forester , he saw that better feelings were uppermost ...
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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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