The Heidenmauer: Or, The Benedictines. A Legend of the Rhine, Volume 1Carey & Lea, 1832 - American literature |
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Page ix
... truth the cause , while the spacious , cleanly , and cheerful villages of America must com- monly be entered , to be appreciated . In the other hemisphere , the maze of roofs , the church - towers , the irregular faces of wall , and ...
... truth the cause , while the spacious , cleanly , and cheerful villages of America must com- monly be entered , to be appreciated . In the other hemisphere , the maze of roofs , the church - towers , the irregular faces of wall , and ...
Page xxi
... truth which pervades Nature . Then followed the Roman , with his gods of plausible attributes , his ingenious and specious philosophy , his accumulated and borrowed art , his concerted and overwhelming action , his love of magnificence ...
... truth which pervades Nature . Then followed the Roman , with his gods of plausible attributes , his ingenious and specious philosophy , his accumulated and borrowed art , his concerted and overwhelming action , his love of magnificence ...
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... truth so wild , deserved the name . There was not even a bird fluttering among the trees , nor a hawk soaring above the heights . Once , and for a minute only , did a roebuck venture from its cover , and descend to the rivulet to drink ...
... truth so wild , deserved the name . There was not even a bird fluttering among the trees , nor a hawk soaring above the heights . Once , and for a minute only , did a roebuck venture from its cover , and descend to the rivulet to drink ...
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... truth did he appear to be , by the easy terms on which they met . Gottlob was in waiting near the cottage of his mother , and when the two joined each other , they communicated by a sign , and proceeded with swift steps , leaving the ...
... truth did he appear to be , by the easy terms on which they met . Gottlob was in waiting near the cottage of his mother , and when the two joined each other , they communicated by a sign , and proceeded with swift steps , leaving the ...
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... truth , Master Berch- thold , the church is something like a two - year old wife ; pleasant enough when allowed her own way , but a devil of a vixen when folded against her will . ” The young forester was thoughtful and silent , and as ...
... truth , Master Berch- thold , the church is something like a two - year old wife ; pleasant enough when allowed her own way , but a devil of a vixen when folded against her will . ” The young forester was thoughtful and silent , and as ...
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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...