The Heidenmauer: Or, The Benedictines. A Legend of the Rhine, Volume 1Carey & Lea, 1832 - American literature |
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... follower of Luther and of Calvin . Chance had even deepened the resemblance ; for , a wanderer from infancy , he now blended languages in merry comments on his recent discovery . The train of thought that his appearance suggested was ...
... follower of Luther and of Calvin . Chance had even deepened the resemblance ; for , a wanderer from infancy , he now blended languages in merry comments on his recent discovery . The train of thought that his appearance suggested was ...
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... followers of Attila , who , it will be remembered , had passed a winter in this camp ; and it was now rendered weather - proof by the usual devices of the poor and laborious . There was a single window , a door , and a rude chimney ...
... followers of Attila , who , it will be remembered , had passed a winter in this camp ; and it was now rendered weather - proof by the usual devices of the poor and laborious . There was a single window , a door , and a rude chimney ...
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... barons and de- voted followers of St. John , but we have an humble trust in our patron . " 66 " By St. Benedict , it shall pass for a miracle , if thou prevailest ! " shouted Emich , yielding the deed THE HEIDENMAUER . 117.
... barons and de- voted followers of St. John , but we have an humble trust in our patron . " 66 " By St. Benedict , it shall pass for a miracle , if thou prevailest ! " shouted Emich , yielding the deed THE HEIDENMAUER . 117.
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... followers of forget- fulness of their vows . " " By the quality of my order ! reverend Benedic- tine , thou pushest words to unseemliness ! Is it not enough , that the chosen and the gentlest of Europe should devote soul and body to ...
... followers of forget- fulness of their vows . " " By the quality of my order ! reverend Benedic- tine , thou pushest words to unseemliness ! Is it not enough , that the chosen and the gentlest of Europe should devote soul and body to ...
Page 128
... - struction to all it held : " Ay , and as becomes thy master's follower ! Hast enough , Father Bonifacius , or wilt dip deeper into the youth's catechism ? " " The young man has been tutored to respect his 128 THE HEIDENMAUER .
... - struction to all it held : " Ay , and as becomes thy master's follower ! Hast enough , Father Bonifacius , or wilt dip deeper into the youth's catechism ? " " The young man has been tutored to respect his 128 THE HEIDENMAUER .
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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.
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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...