The Heidenmauer; Or, The Benedictines: A Legend of the Rhine, Volumes 1-2Lea & Blanchard, 1841 |
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... hearts of the young to beat ; -Paris , the centre of so much that is ex- cellent , and of so much that cannot be named ! That night we laid our heads on rustic pillows , far from the French capital . The succeeding day we snuffed the ...
... hearts of the young to beat ; -Paris , the centre of so much that is ex- cellent , and of so much that cannot be named ! That night we laid our heads on rustic pillows , far from the French capital . The succeeding day we snuffed the ...
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... 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 home to a broken head and a discharge . Dost thou know , Master Berchthold , that the disgrace ...
... 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 home to a broken head and a discharge . Dost thou know , Master Berchthold , that the disgrace ...
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... heart , a greater dread of this very hill than thyself , Gottlob ! I have seen thee sweat cold drops from thy forehead , in crossing the heath after night - fall . " " Art quite sure ' twas not the dew ? We have heavy falls of that ...
... heart , a greater dread of this very hill than thyself , Gottlob ! I have seen thee sweat cold drops from thy forehead , in crossing the heath after night - fall . " " Art quite sure ' twas not the dew ? We have heavy falls of that ...
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... heart of even a heavier load . There is Father Ulrich , he is a paragon of virtue and self - denial ; and . Father Cuno is even more edifying and salutary than he ; while Father Siegfried is more balmy to a soul , than the most reverend ...
... heart of even a heavier load . There is Father Ulrich , he is a paragon of virtue and self - denial ; and . Father Cuno is even more edifying and salutary than he ; while Father Siegfried is more balmy to a soul , than the most reverend ...
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... heart , can render , shall not be withheld . " " How this would lighten the heart of my old mother to hear ! Gottlob , ' would she say 99 " What has become of thy companion , and of the maiden ? " hastily demanded the Benedictine . As ...
... heart , can render , shall not be withheld . " " How this would lighten the heart of my old mother to hear ! Gottlob , ' would she say 99 " What has become of thy companion , and of the maiden ? " hastily demanded the Benedictine . As ...
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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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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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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.