The Heidenmauer; Or, The Benedictines: A Legend of the Rhine, Volumes 1-2Lea & Blanchard, 1841 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 80
Page 27
... from his lips , the youth listened till the last of the distant echoes was done , as if expecting some reply . He was not disappointed . Presently an answering blast came down the gorge , ringing among the woods THE HEIDENMAUER . 27.
... from his lips , the youth listened till the last of the distant echoes was done , as if expecting some reply . He was not disappointed . Presently an answering blast came down the gorge , ringing among the woods THE HEIDENMAUER . 27.
Page 28
... youth appeared in the path , higher in the gorge , and ad- vancing slowly towards the forester . His dress was rustic , and altogether that of a peasant , while in his hand he held a long , straight , narrow tube of cherry wood , firmly ...
... youth appeared in the path , higher in the gorge , and ad- vancing slowly towards the forester . His dress was rustic , and altogether that of a peasant , while in his hand he held a long , straight , narrow tube of cherry wood , firmly ...
Page 33
... to its wild effect . Replacing the instrument , the youth spoke to his hounds and passed beneath the portcullis , which happened to be raised at the moment . CHAPTER II . " What sayest thou to a hare THE HEIDENMAUER 33.
... to its wild effect . Replacing the instrument , the youth spoke to his hounds and passed beneath the portcullis , which happened to be raised at the moment . CHAPTER II . " What sayest thou to a hare THE HEIDENMAUER 33.
Page 34
... our labors , will at once recognize that the two youths introduced to their acquaintance , were now in the mountain basin which contained the Abbey of Limburg . But three centuries 34 THE HEIDENMAUER . CHAPTER II. ...
... our labors , will at once recognize that the two youths introduced to their acquaintance , were now in the mountain basin which contained the Abbey of Limburg . But three centuries 34 THE HEIDENMAUER . CHAPTER II. ...
Page 45
... youths were fairly beneath the gloomy foliage , although not left in the ordinary darkness of a clouded night , they were perhaps in that very species of dull and misty illumination , which , by leaving objects uncertain while visible ...
... youths were fairly beneath the gloomy foliage , although not left in the ordinary darkness of a clouded night , they were perhaps in that very species of dull and misty illumination , which , by leaving objects uncertain while visible ...
Other editions - View all
The Heidenmauer, Or the Benedictines: A Legend of the Rhine ..., Volumes 1-2 James Fenimore Cooper No preview available - 2018 |
The Heidenmauer, Or the Benedictines: A Legend of the Rhine, Volumes 1-2 James Fenimore Cooper No preview available - 2015 |
Common terms and phrases
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
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.