Cooper's Works: The HeidenmauerJames G. Gregory (successor to W.A. Townsend), 1859 - American fiction |
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Page ix
... character . In numbers , in variety of rig , in beauty of form , in swiftness and dexterity of handling , and in general grace and movement , this extra ordinary passage ranks amongst the first of the world . THE HEIDENMAUER . ix.
... character . In numbers , in variety of rig , in beauty of form , in swiftness and dexterity of handling , and in general grace and movement , this extra ordinary passage ranks amongst the first of the world . THE HEIDENMAUER . ix.
Page xi
... character of his hospitality removed all suspicion of the hour of reckoning . If he who travels much is a gainer in know- ledge of mankind , he is sure to be a loser in the charities that sweeten life . Constant intercourse with men who ...
... character of his hospitality removed all suspicion of the hour of reckoning . If he who travels much is a gainer in know- ledge of mankind , he is sure to be a loser in the charities that sweeten life . Constant intercourse with men who ...
Page xii
... character , that strongly reminded us of home , and which at once established an agreeable confi . dence that is of an invaluable moral effect . Though too ex- perienced blindly to confide in national characteristics , we liked , too ...
... character , that strongly reminded us of home , and which at once established an agreeable confi . dence that is of an invaluable moral effect . Though too ex- perienced blindly to confide in national characteristics , we liked , too ...
Page xvi
... character for any distance . The capacity of this valley , or basin , as it must have been when the Palatinate was a lake , is much curtailed by an insulated mountain , whose base , covering a fourth of the area , stands in its very ...
... character for any distance . The capacity of this valley , or basin , as it must have been when the Palatinate was a lake , is much curtailed by an insulated mountain , whose base , covering a fourth of the area , stands in its very ...
Page xvii
... character to the ruins . It was closed , to prevent idlers from incurring foolish risks by mounting the crazy steps ; but its having formerly been appropriated to the consecrated bells , was not at all doubtful . There is also a noble ...
... character to the ruins . It was closed , to prevent idlers from incurring foolish risks by mounting the crazy steps ; but its having formerly been appropriated to the consecrated bells , was not at all doubtful . There is also a noble ...
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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.
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