Cooper's Works: The HeidenmauerJames G. Gregory (successor to W.A. Townsend), 1859 - American fiction |
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Page xii
... faith , and more than all were we pleased with the German neatness and comfort , of which there were abundance , unalloyed by the swaggering pretension that neutralizes the same qualities among people more artificial . The house was not ...
... faith , and more than all were we pleased with the German neatness and comfort , of which there were abundance , unalloyed by the swaggering pretension that neutralizes the same qualities among people more artificial . The house was not ...
Page xxii
... faith he professed , and that trembling at the con sequences of the blow which his own sword had given ; the fruits of too much knowledge in one , and of too little in the other , while both were the prey of those incessant and ...
... faith he professed , and that trembling at the con sequences of the blow which his own sword had given ; the fruits of too much knowledge in one , and of too little in the other , while both were the prey of those incessant and ...
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... faith were soon re- warded , for cow after cow came leaping out of the forest , as he blew his air , and ere long the necessary number of animals were in the path , the younger beasts frisking along the way , with elevated tails and ...
... faith were soon re- warded , for cow after cow came leaping out of the forest , as he blew his air , and ere long the necessary number of animals were in the path , the younger beasts frisking along the way , with elevated tails and ...
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... faith in man ! Count Emich is a huge lover of a venison pasty of a morning , and I feel a yearning for it the day long - Count Emich will dispatch you a bottle of Deurckheim in an hour , whereas two would scarce show my zeal for his ...
... faith in man ! Count Emich is a huge lover of a venison pasty of a morning , and I feel a yearning for it the day long - Count Emich will dispatch you a bottle of Deurckheim in an hour , whereas two would scarce show my zeal for his ...
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... faith , in discharg- ing this solemn trust . " The countenance of the monk did not become more amicable at this reply , nor did he fail to cast a scrutinizing glance at the muffled form of the stranger , in a fruitless endeavor to ...
... faith , in discharg- ing this solemn trust . " The countenance of the monk did not become more amicable at this reply , nor did he fail to cast a scrutinizing glance at the muffled form of the stranger , in a fruitless endeavor to ...
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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.