The Heidenmauer: Or, The Benedictines. A Legend of the Rhine, Volume 1Carey & Lea, 1832 - American literature |
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... reason to think that the invaders did not merit all the opprobrium they had received . Each hour , as life advances , am I made to see how capricious and vulgar is the immortality conferred by a newspaper ! It would be injustice to the ...
... reason to think that the invaders did not merit all the opprobrium they had received . Each hour , as life advances , am I made to see how capricious and vulgar is the immortality conferred by a newspaper ! It would be injustice to the ...
Page xix
... reason , and leaving the undefended soul more exposed to the usual assaults of temptation . It would seem , by the legends of the Rhine , that the monks often suc- ceeded in outwitting the arch foe in this sort of compact , though ...
... reason , and leaving the undefended soul more exposed to the usual assaults of temptation . It would seem , by the legends of the Rhine , that the monks often suc- ceeded in outwitting the arch foe in this sort of compact , though ...
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... reason , Gottlob , as thou wilt readily believe , when I tell thee it was no other than the voice of the Anchorite of the Cedars . Our acquaintance then and there commenced , since which time D 2 THE HEIDENMAUER . 41 glance upward ...
... reason , Gottlob , as thou wilt readily believe , when I tell thee it was no other than the voice of the Anchorite of the Cedars . Our acquaintance then and there commenced , since which time D 2 THE HEIDENMAUER . 41 glance upward ...
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... reason to believe that the recluse was usurping so intimate and so extensive an influence over the minds of the young , as the presence of the unknown female would give reason to believe . " I knew that thou wert of holy life and ...
... reason to believe that the recluse was usurping so intimate and so extensive an influence over the minds of the young , as the presence of the unknown female would give reason to believe . " I knew that thou wert of holy life and ...
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... reasons of his own , had seen fit to await the termination of the conference . " Thou here , son ! " exclaimed the Benedictine . " I had thought thee at peace , in thy bed , favored with the benediction of a hermit so holy ! " " Good ...
... reasons of his own , had seen fit to await the termination of the conference . " Thou here , son ! " exclaimed the Benedictine . " I had thought thee at peace , in thy bed , favored with the benediction of a hermit so holy ! " " Good ...
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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...