The Heidenmauer: Or, The Benedictines. A Legend of the Rhine, Volume 1Carey & Lea, 1832 - American literature |
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... than I could answer were Lord Emich himself to put the question , and say , in the manner he is wont to use to the Abbot of Lim- burg - what hath become of thy herd , Gottlob ? " " Nay , this is no trifling matter , if 28 THE HEIDENMAUER .
... than I could answer were Lord Emich himself to put the question , and say , in the manner he is wont to use to the Abbot of Lim- burg - what hath become of thy herd , Gottlob ? " " Nay , this is no trifling matter , if 28 THE HEIDENMAUER .
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... Lord Emich would lose the honestest cow - herd in Germany , and it would go near to break my 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 ...
... Lord Emich would lose the honestest cow - herd in Germany , and it would go near to break my 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 ...
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... Lord Emich's herd , honest Gottlob . " " So ! Dost thou fancy , Master Berchthold , that , at a moment when there is every necessity to pos- sess a calm and contemplative spirit , I should strive to put the pious monk in a passion , by ...
... Lord Emich's herd , honest Gottlob . " " So ! Dost thou fancy , Master Berchthold , that , at a moment when there is every necessity to pos- sess a calm and contemplative spirit , I should strive to put the pious monk in a passion , by ...
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... Lord Emich , though loving the friars so little , will be apt to order thee into a dungeon , on bread and water for a week , or to make thy back acquainted with the lash , should he come to hear that one of his hinds has taken this ...
... Lord Emich , though loving the friars so little , will be apt to order thee into a dungeon , on bread and water for a week , or to make thy back acquainted with the lash , should he come to hear that one of his hinds has taken this ...
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... lord of most of the adjoining mountains , as well as of sundry villages on the plain of the Palatinate . It would seem that the cow - herd expected his associate , or perhaps we might venture to call him friend , for such in truth did ...
... lord of most of the adjoining mountains , as well as of sundry villages on the plain of the Palatinate . It would seem that the cow - herd expected his associate , or perhaps we might venture to call him friend , for such in truth did ...
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Abbé Abbey Abbot of Limburg altar Anchorite answered art thou aught baron Benedict Benedictine better Bonifacius brother brotherhood burghers Burgomaster castle chapel character 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 Heidelberg Heidenmauer Heinrich Frey heresy hermit Herr Count Herr Emich holy Abbot honor Ilse Jaegerthal Knight Knight of Rhodes less listened look Lord Count Lord Emich Lottchen manner Master Berchthold means ment Meta mind monk 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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