The Heidenmauer: Or, The Benedictines. A Legend of the Rhine, Volume 1Carey & Lea, 1832 - American literature |
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... castles , by scores ; gray fortresses ; abbeys , some deserted and others yet tenanted ; villages and towns ; the seven mountains ; cliffs and vineyards . At every step we felt how intimate is the association between the poetry of ...
... castles , by scores ; gray fortresses ; abbeys , some deserted and others yet tenanted ; villages and towns ; the seven mountains ; cliffs and vineyards . At every step we felt how intimate is the association between the poetry of ...
Page ix
... castle rising to a pinnacle in the rear , give a town the appearance of some vast and antiquated pile devoted to a single object . Perhaps the boroughs of the Rhine have less of this picturesque , or landscape effect , than the villages ...
... castle rising to a pinnacle in the rear , give a town the appearance of some vast and antiquated pile devoted to a single object . Perhaps the boroughs of the Rhine have less of this picturesque , or landscape effect , than the villages ...
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... castle , and strolled in the alleys of the remarkable garden . Thence we proceeded to Manheim , turning our faces , once more , towards the French capital . The illness of one of the party compelled us to remain a few hours in the ...
... castle , and strolled in the alleys of the remarkable garden . Thence we proceeded to Manheim , turning our faces , once more , towards the French capital . The illness of one of the party compelled us to remain a few hours in the ...
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... castle ; for he had a natural curiosity to look at a place which his ances- tors had built . " " It was the ruins of the castle of Leiningen , then , that I saw on the mountain , as we entered the town ? " “ No , mein Herr . You saw the ...
... castle ; for he had a natural curiosity to look at a place which his ances- tors had built . " " It was the ruins of the castle of Leiningen , then , that I saw on the mountain , as we entered the town ? " “ No , mein Herr . You saw the ...
Page xvii
... interior or upland view , was the ruins of a castle , that occupied a natural terrace , or rather the projection of a rock , against the side of one of the nearest B 2 THE HEIDENMAUER . xvii tower, monument, and dome, or whatever else ...
... interior or upland view , was the ruins of a castle , that occupied a natural terrace , or rather the projection of a rock , against the side of one of the nearest B 2 THE HEIDENMAUER . xvii tower, monument, and dome, or whatever else ...
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Page 222 - By the apostle Paul, shadows to-night Have struck more terror to the soul of Richard, Than can the substance of ten thousand soldiers, Armed in proof, and led by shallow Richmond.
Page 66 - I'll never Be such a gosling to obey instinct, but stand, As if a man were author of himself And knew no other kin.
Page 141 - And the gray habit lying by to shroud Her beauty and grace. When on her knees she fell, Entering the solemn place of consecration, And from the latticed gallery came a chant Of psalms, most saint-like, most angelical, Verse after verse sung out how holily, The strain returning, and still, still returning, Methought it acted like a spell upon her, And she was casting off her earthly dross ; Yet was it sad as sweet, and, ere it closed, Came like a dirge. When her fair head was shorn, And the long tresses...