The Heidenmauer: Or, The Benedictines. A Legend of the Rhine, Volume 1Carey & Lea, 1832 - American literature |
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... honor of an humble servitor of the Count . " " Thou wilt yet lose this service , Gottlob , by thy carelessness ! " " It would be a thousand pities were thy words to be true , for in that case Lord Emich would lose the honestest cow ...
... honor of an humble servitor of the Count . " " Thou wilt yet lose this service , Gottlob , by thy carelessness ! " " It would be a thousand pities were thy words to be true , for in that case Lord Emich would lose the honestest cow ...
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... honor in the same time ; and as for other mortifications of this nature , I am not the man to desert my master for want of zeal . " " I believe thee , Gottlob , " said Berchthold laugh- ing , " and even more than thou canst find words ...
... honor in the same time ; and as for other mortifications of this nature , I am not the man to desert my master for want of zeal . " " I believe thee , Gottlob , " said Berchthold laugh- ing , " and even more than thou canst find words ...
Page 51
... honors of a hero who outlives the contest in consequence of means so questionable , than he who survives because he has given a mortal blow to his antagonist . The task assigned to man is to move among his fellows doing good , filling ...
... honors of a hero who outlives the contest in consequence of means so questionable , than he who survives because he has given a mortal blow to his antagonist . The task assigned to man is to move among his fellows doing good , filling ...
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... on the part of the honored and powerful might , to say the least , have rendered the life of the anchorite very uncomfortable , if not posi- tively insecure , were it not for the neutralizing effect 52 THE HEIDENMAUER .
... on the part of the honored and powerful might , to say the least , have rendered the life of the anchorite very uncomfortable , if not posi- tively insecure , were it not for the neutralizing effect 52 THE HEIDENMAUER .
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... honor ; in which case certain Fathers of Limburg should have especial favor , and that quickly too , after my own flesh and blood ! Who am I , father ? I wonder that a face so often seen at the confessional should be forgotten . What ...
... honor ; in which case certain Fathers of Limburg should have especial favor , and that quickly too , after my own flesh and blood ! Who am I , father ? I wonder that a face so often seen at the confessional should be forgotten . What ...
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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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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...