Cooper's Works: The HeidenmauerJames G. Gregory (successor to W.A. Townsend), 1859 - American fiction |
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Page xi
... give no higher eulogium than a flourish of the whip , an eloquent expression of pleasure for a German of his class . We debated the question of proceeding , or of stopping , in a good deal of doubt , to the moment when the carriage drew ...
... give no higher eulogium than a flourish of the whip , an eloquent expression of pleasure for a German of his class . We debated the question of proceeding , or of stopping , in a good deal of doubt , to the moment when the carriage drew ...
Page xvii
... give a 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 ...
... give a 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 ...
Page 28
... give us better welcome for keeping him from prayer . What has become of thy herd ? " " That may the holy man of the Heidenmauer declare , for it is more than I could answer were Lord Emich himself to put the question , and say , in the ...
... give us better welcome for keeping him from prayer . What has become of thy herd ? " " That may the holy man of the Heidenmauer declare , for it is more than I could answer were Lord Emich himself to put the question , and say , in the ...
Page 29
... give the strains those intonations , wnich , by a mute convention , had from time im- memorial been understood as the signal for collect- ing a lost herd . His skill and faith were soon re- warded , for cow after cow came leaping out of ...
... give the strains those intonations , wnich , by a mute convention , had from time im- memorial been understood as the signal for collect- ing a lost herd . His skill and faith were soon re- warded , for cow after cow came leaping out of ...
Page 54
... give reason to believe . " I knew that thou wert of holy life and constant prayer , venerable hermit , " he said , in a tone that questioned in more than one meaning of the term , " but until this moment , I had not thought thee vested ...
... give reason to believe . " I knew that thou wert of holy life and constant prayer , venerable hermit , " he said , in a tone that questioned in more than one meaning of the term , " but until this moment , I had not thought thee vested ...
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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.