The Heidenmauer; Or, The Benedictines: A Legend of the Rhine, Volumes 1-2Lea & Blanchard, 1841 |
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Page xix
... monks were planning their monastery , a compact was made with the Devil to quarry the stones necessary for so extensive a work , and to transport them up the steep acclivity . The induce- ment held forth to the evil spirit , for ...
... monks were planning their monastery , a compact was made with the Devil to quarry the stones necessary for so extensive a work , and to transport them up the steep acclivity . The induce- ment held forth to the evil spirit , for ...
Page xxii
... Monk and baron came in collision ; this secretly dis- trusting the faith he professed , and that trembling at the con sequences of the blow which his own sword had given ; the fruits of too much knowledge in one , and of too little in ...
... Monk and baron came in collision ; this secretly dis- trusting the faith he professed , and that trembling at the con sequences of the blow which his own sword had given ; the fruits of too much knowledge in one , and of too little in ...
Page xxiii
... monk called prematurely from purgatory , he is invited to wreak his just indignation on Christian Kinzel , whose body and soul may St. Benedict of Limburg protect , for evermore , against all critics . • THE HEIDENMAUER . CHAPTER I ...
... monk called prematurely from purgatory , he is invited to wreak his just indignation on Christian Kinzel , whose body and soul may St. Benedict of Limburg protect , for evermore , against all critics . • THE HEIDENMAUER . CHAPTER I ...
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... monk in a passion , by relating all the antics of some ill - bred cow , or of a heifer , who is as little to be trusted without a keeper , as your Jung - frau before she reaches the years of caution is to be trusted at a fair without ...
... monk in a passion , by relating all the antics of some ill - bred cow , or of a heifer , who is as little to be trusted without a keeper , as your Jung - frau before she reaches the years of caution is to be trusted at a fair without ...
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... monk as well as for a cow - herd , it would seem , " observed Gottlob , speak- ing however in a voice subdued nearly to a whis- per . " There comes the light upon the high tower of the Abbey , and presently it will be glistening on the ...
... monk as well as for a cow - herd , it would seem , " observed Gottlob , speak- ing however in a voice subdued nearly to a whis- per . " There comes the light upon the high tower of the Abbey , and presently it will be glistening on the ...
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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.