The Heidenmauer: Or, The Benedictines. A Legend of the Rhine, Volume 1Carey & Lea, 1832 - American literature |
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Page 40
... respect for our venerable traditions . Tausand Sechs und Zwan- ziges ! what would become of us , if we had not a gory tale , or some alarming and reverend spectacle of this sort , to set up against the penances , and prayers , and ...
... respect for our venerable traditions . Tausand Sechs und Zwan- ziges ! what would become of us , if we had not a gory tale , or some alarming and reverend spectacle of this sort , to set up against the penances , and prayers , and ...
Page 44
... respects human foes ; for on the subject of resist- ing all such attacks , his manhood was above re- proach , as had been proved in more than one of those bloody frays , which in that age were of fre- quent occurrence between the ...
... respects human foes ; for on the subject of resist- ing all such attacks , his manhood was above re- proach , as had been proved in more than one of those bloody frays , which in that age were of fre- quent occurrence between the ...
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... respect for my presence change your purpose . We will go into the cell of the holy hermit , in company ; and if there should be advantage from his blessing , or discourse , believe me I will not be so unjust as to envy either of share ...
... respect for my presence change your purpose . We will go into the cell of the holy hermit , in company ; and if there should be advantage from his blessing , or discourse , believe me I will not be so unjust as to envy either of share ...
Page 55
... as arrant a knave as any in Deurckheim ; and Gottlob Popp might have more respect for his baptismal vow ; and as to Lord Gottlob of Manheim- " We will overlook the transgressions of the re- mainder THE HEIDENMAUER . 55.
... as arrant a knave as any in Deurckheim ; and Gottlob Popp might have more respect for his baptismal vow ; and as to Lord Gottlob of Manheim- " We will overlook the transgressions of the re- mainder THE HEIDENMAUER . 55.
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... respect for a poor man ; for , to deal fairly with thee , father , we have not overmuch favor in settling those of the world . " " Thou hast credit for all thy good deeds with thy fellows , Gottlob . " " I wish it were true ! To me it ...
... respect for a poor man ; for , to deal fairly with thee , father , we have not overmuch favor in settling those of the world . " " Thou hast credit for all thy good deeds with thy fellows , Gottlob . " " I wish it were true ! To me it ...
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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...