Cooper's Works: The HeidenmauerJames G. Gregory (successor to W.A. Townsend), 1859 - American fiction |
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Page 29
... Berchthold , on the 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 ...
... Berchthold , on the 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 ...
Page 30
... Berchthold , and do not fear to make me vain - glorious . In the way of un- derstanding my own merits there is little danger of doing me harm . Thou shouldest never discourage modesty , by an over - scrupulous discretion . It would be a ...
... Berchthold , and do not fear to make me vain - glorious . In the way of un- derstanding my own merits there is little danger of doing me harm . Thou shouldest never discourage modesty , by an over - scrupulous discretion . It would be a ...
Page 31
... Berchthold , these friars of Limburg eat the fattest venison , drink the warm- est wine , and say the shortest prayers of any monks in Christendom ! Potz - Tausend ! There are some who accuse them , too , of shriving the prettiest girls ...
... Berchthold , these friars of Limburg eat the fattest venison , drink the warm- est wine , and say the shortest prayers of any monks in Christendom ! Potz - Tausend ! There are some who accuse them , too , of shriving the prettiest girls ...
Page 33
... Berchthold reached the little terrace that ay before the portal , he loosened his horn , and , standing on the verge of the precipice , blew a hunt- ing strain , apparently in glee . The music echoed among the hills as suited the spot ...
... Berchthold reached the little terrace that ay before the portal , he loosened his horn , and , standing on the verge of the precipice , blew a hunt- ing strain , apparently in glee . The music echoed among the hills as suited the spot ...
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... Berchthold descended from the castle , by a path different from that by which he had entered it an hour before , and crossing the rivulet by a bridge of stone , he ascended the opposite bank into the street , or rather the road . The ...
... Berchthold descended from the castle , by a path different from that by which he had entered it an hour before , and crossing the rivulet by a bridge of stone , he ascended the opposite bank into the street , or rather the road . The ...
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Abbé Abbey Abbot of Limburg altar Anchorite answered art thou aught baron Benedictine better Bonifacius brother brotherhood burghers Burgomaster castle chapel character child 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 Heaven Heidenmauer Heinrich Frey heresy hermit Herr Count Herr Emich holy Abbot honor Ilse Jaegerthal Knight of Rhodes less listened look Lord Count Lord Emich Lottchen manner Master Berchthold means ment Meta mind monk mother 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 303 - He who the sword of heaven will bear, Should be as holy as severe ; Pattern in himself to know, Grace to stand, and virtue go ; More nor less to others paying, Than by self-offences weighing.
Page 124 - I'll be wise hereafter, And seek for grace. What a thrice-double ass Was I, to take this drunkard for a god, And worship this dull fool ! Pro.