Cooper's Works: The HeidenmauerJames G. Gregory (successor to W.A. Townsend), 1859 - American fiction |
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Page xi
... Duerckheim peered above the vineyards ; for , on getting nearer to the base of the hills , the land became slightly undulating , and the vine abundant . As we approached , the village or borough promised little , but we had the word of ...
... Duerckheim peered above the vineyards ; for , on getting nearer to the base of the hills , the land became slightly undulating , and the vine abundant . As we approached , the village or borough promised little , but we had the word of ...
Page xii
... Duerckheim a city , mein Herr , " rejoined our host of the Ox ; " though none of the largest , the time has been when it was a capital ! " Here the worthy burgher munched his pipe and chuckled , for he was a man that had heard of such ...
... Duerckheim a city , mein Herr , " rejoined our host of the Ox ; " though none of the largest , the time has been when it was a capital ! " Here the worthy burgher munched his pipe and chuckled , for he was a man that had heard of such ...
Page xiii
... Duerckheim , before the French revolution , was a residence ( for so the political capitals are call- ed in Germany ) , and it belonged to the princes of Leiningen , who had a palace on the other side of the city ( the place may be ...
... Duerckheim , before the French revolution , was a residence ( for so the political capitals are call- ed in Germany ) , and it belonged to the princes of Leiningen , who had a palace on the other side of the city ( the place may be ...
Page xv
... Duerckheim lies in that part of Bavaria , which is commonly called the circle of the Rhine . The king , of the country named , may have less than half a million of subjects in this detached part of his territories , which extends in one ...
... Duerckheim lies in that part of Bavaria , which is commonly called the circle of the Rhine . The king , of the country named , may have less than half a million of subjects in this detached part of his territories , which extends in one ...
Page xvi
... Duerckheim . By following the windings of the valleys , the post - road penetrates , by an easy ascent , to the highest ridge , and following the water - courses that run into the Moselle , descends nearly as gradually into the Duchy of ...
... Duerckheim . By following the windings of the valleys , the post - road penetrates , by an easy ascent , to the highest ridge , and following the water - courses that run into the Moselle , descends nearly as gradually into the Duchy of ...
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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.