The Heidenmauer: Or, The Benedictines. A Legend of the Rhine, Volume 1Carey & Lea, 1832 - American literature |
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... opinions of the country , con- cerning the places we had seen and were about to see . It would appear by this legend , that when the pious monks were planning their monastery , a compact was made with the Devil to quarry the stones ...
... opinions of the country , con- cerning the places we had seen and were about to see . It would appear by this legend , that when the pious monks were planning their monastery , a compact was made with the Devil to quarry the stones ...
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... opinions of all who dwell in or about Deurckheim ; knight or monk -burgher or count , has equally a respect for our venerable traditions . Tausand Sechs und Zwan- ziges ! what would become of us , if we had not a gory tale , or some ...
... opinions of all who dwell in or about Deurckheim ; knight or monk -burgher or count , has equally a respect for our venerable traditions . Tausand Sechs und Zwan- ziges ! what would become of us , if we had not a gory tale , or some ...
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... opinions of the country , and was afraid of losing thy company in these visits , were I , without caution , to tell all the circumstances of our interview . But now thou hast become known to the anchorite , I do not fear thy desertion ...
... opinions of the country , and was afraid of losing thy company in these visits , were I , without caution , to tell all the circumstances of our interview . But now thou hast become known to the anchorite , I do not fear thy desertion ...
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... opinions had implanted in the human breast . The By this time our adventurers had approached a wood of low cedars , which , apparently encircled in a round wall that was composed of a confused but vast pile of fallen stones , grew upon ...
... opinions had implanted in the human breast . The By this time our adventurers had approached a wood of low cedars , which , apparently encircled in a round wall that was composed of a confused but vast pile of fallen stones , grew upon ...
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... Opinion , deepened by superstition , held its shield over the humble hut , and month after month glided away , after the arrival of the stranger , during which he received no other testimonials of the feelings ex- cited by his presence ...
... Opinion , deepened by superstition , held its shield over the humble hut , and month after month glided away , after the arrival of the stranger , during which he received no other testimonials of the feelings ex- cited by his presence ...
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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...