Cooper's Works: The HeidenmauerJames G. Gregory (successor to W.A. Townsend), 1859 - American fiction |
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Page vii
... duties of their calling . Lancers were galloping , in bodies , across the open fields ; videttes were post- ed , the cocked pistol in hand , at every hay - stack ; while couriers rode , under the spur , from point to point , as if the ...
... duties of their calling . Lancers were galloping , in bodies , across the open fields ; videttes were post- ed , the cocked pistol in hand , at every hay - stack ; while couriers rode , under the spur , from point to point , as if the ...
Page 30
... duty ! " The forester laughed , but he looked aside , like one who would not see that to which he wished to be blind . " At thy old tricks , friend Gottlob ! Thou hast let the beasts roam upon the range of the friars ! " 66 " I have ...
... duty ! " The forester laughed , but he looked aside , like one who would not see that to which he wished to be blind . " At thy old tricks , friend Gottlob ! Thou hast let the beasts roam upon the range of the friars ! " 66 " I have ...
Page 36
... duty , as well as any bishop in Ger- many ; and I do not see the cause of all the dislike of either lord or vassal . " 66 Ay , thou art in favor with some of the fraternity , and it is rare that the week passes in which thou art not ...
... duty , as well as any bishop in Ger- many ; and I do not see the cause of all the dislike of either lord or vassal . " 66 Ay , thou art in favor with some of the fraternity , and it is rare that the week passes in which thou art not ...
Page 41
... duties of my office in practice , had their weight with Lord Emich , " re- joined Berchthold , a little quickly . " I did not run , Gottlob , but I spoke to the being who had chosen a seat so remarkable , and at that late hour . " Spite ...
... duties of my office in practice , had their weight with Lord Emich , " re- joined Berchthold , a little quickly . " I did not run , Gottlob , but I spoke to the being who had chosen a seat so remarkable , and at that late hour . " Spite ...
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... duties which God has allotted to his being ; and greatly should he be grateful , that , while his service is arduous , he is not left without the powerful aid of that intelligence which controls the harmony of the universe . The ...
... duties which God has allotted to his being ; and greatly should he be grateful , that , while his service is arduous , he is not left without the powerful aid of that intelligence which controls the harmony of the universe . 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.