The Heidenmauer: Or, The Benedictines. A Legend of the Rhine, Volume 1Carey & Lea, 1832 - American literature |
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Page ix
... effect , as seen in the dis- tant view , though security was in truth the cause , while the spacious , cleanly , and cheerful villages of America must com- monly be entered , to be appreciated . In the other hemisphere , the maze of ...
... effect , as seen in the dis- tant view , though security was in truth the cause , while the spacious , cleanly , and cheerful villages of America must com- monly be entered , to be appreciated . In the other hemisphere , the maze of ...
Page x
... effects in every region , and it is a mistake not to enjoy her gifts , as we move through life , on ac- count of some fancied superiority in this , or that , quarter of the world . We left the Rhine , therefore , with regret , for , in ...
... effects in every region , and it is a mistake not to enjoy her gifts , as we move through life , on ac- count of some fancied superiority in this , or that , quarter of the world . We left the Rhine , therefore , with regret , for , in ...
Page xii
... effect . Though too ex- perienced blindly to confide in national characteristics , we liked , too , his appearance of German faith , and more than all were we pleased with the German neatness and comfort , of which there were abundance ...
... effect . Though too ex- perienced blindly to confide in national characteristics , we liked , too , his appearance of German faith , and more than all were we pleased with the German neatness and comfort , of which there were abundance ...
Page xvi
... effects more or less at the mercy of the occupant . On quitting the town , my little companion and myself im- mediately entered the gorge . The pass itself was narrow , but a valley soon opened to the width of a mile , out of which ...
... effects more or less at the mercy of the occupant . On quitting the town , my little companion and myself im- mediately entered the gorge . The pass itself was narrow , but a valley soon opened to the width of a mile , out of which ...
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... effects of this collision of customs and opinions , unenthralled by habits and laws of selfish origin ; the religious and civil liberty that followed ; the novel but irrefutable principle on which its government was based ; the silent ...
... effects of this collision of customs and opinions , unenthralled by habits and laws of selfish origin ; the religious and civil liberty that followed ; the novel but irrefutable principle on which its government was based ; the silent ...
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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...