The Heidenmauer; Or, The Benedictines: A Legend of the Rhine, Volumes 1-2

Front Cover
Lea & Blanchard, 1841

From inside the book

Selected pages

Other editions - View all

Common terms and phrases

Popular passages

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.

Bibliographic information