Cooper's Works: The HeidenmauerJames G. Gregory (successor to W.A. Townsend), 1859 - American fiction |
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... knight or monk -burgher or count , has equally a 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 ...
... knight or monk -burgher or count , has equally a 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 ...
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... knight , nor the emperor a truer vassal ; we say , therefore , that he seems to be brave and loyal . " " Thou makest great account , son , of these appa rent qualities . " 66 Knowing the frailty of man , father , and 60 THE HEIDENMAUER .
... knight , nor the emperor a truer vassal ; we say , therefore , that he seems to be brave and loyal . " " Thou makest great account , son , of these appa rent qualities . " 66 Knowing the frailty of man , father , and 60 THE HEIDENMAUER .
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... knight , who from his aerie over- looked the adjoining village , and commanded the services of its handful of boors . This ruined castle was called Hapsbourg , and is celebrated as the cra- dle of that powerful family which has long sat ...
... knight , who from his aerie over- looked the adjoining village , and commanded the services of its handful of boors . This ruined castle was called Hapsbourg , and is celebrated as the cra- dle of that powerful family which has long sat ...
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... Knight of Saint John regarded his attire with complacency , strutting by the side of his host , as the latter resumed his walk , with the air of a bird of admired plumage . Nor was the remark of the Count of Hartenburg misapplied ...
... Knight of Saint John regarded his attire with complacency , strutting by the side of his host , as the latter resumed his walk , with the air of a bird of admired plumage . Nor was the remark of the Count of Hartenburg misapplied ...
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... knight in question , was perhaps much nearer to the truth than he would have been willing to own . After poising himself , first on the point of one shoe , and then on the other , smoothing his ruffles , shoving the rapier more aside ...
... knight in question , was perhaps much nearer to the truth than he would have been willing to own . After poising himself , first on the point of one shoe , and then on the other , smoothing his ruffles , shoving the rapier more aside ...
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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.