Cooper's Works: The HeidenmauerJames G. Gregory (successor to W.A. Townsend), 1859 - American fiction |
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Page vii
... is the association between the poetry of Nature and that of art ; between the hill - side with its falling turret , and the moral feeling that lends them interest . Here was an island , of no particular excellence , THE HEIDENMAUER .
... is the association between the poetry of Nature and that of art ; between the hill - side with its falling turret , and the moral feeling that lends them interest . Here was an island , of no particular excellence , THE HEIDENMAUER .
Page xi
... hills , the land became slightly undulating , and the vine abundant . As we approached , the village or borough promised little , but we had the word of the postilion that the post - house was an inn fit for a king ; and as to the wine ...
... hills , the land became slightly undulating , and the vine abundant . As we approached , the village or borough promised little , but we had the word of the postilion that the post - house was an inn fit for a king ; and as to the wine ...
Page xiv
... hills . ” " What ! a ruined abbey , and a ruined castle , too ! -Here is sufficient occupation for the rest of the day . An abbey and a castle ! " " And the Heidenmauer , and the Teufelstein . " 66 How ! a Pagan's wall , and a Devil's ...
... hills . ” " What ! a ruined abbey , and a ruined castle , too ! -Here is sufficient occupation for the rest of the day . An abbey and a castle ! " " And the Heidenmauer , and the Teufelstein . " 66 How ! a Pagan's wall , and a Devil's ...
Page xv
... hills were visible , as we approached Duerckheim , which may go to con- firm this supposition , for the prevalence of northerly winds might easily have cast more of these light particles on the south - western than on the opposite shore ...
... hills were visible , as we approached Duerckheim , which may go to con- firm this supposition , for the prevalence of northerly winds might easily have cast more of these light particles on the south - western than on the opposite shore ...
Page xvi
... hill is level , of an irregularly oval form , and contains some six or eight acres of land . Here stand the ruins of Limburg , the immediate object of our visit . The ascent was exceedingly rapid , and of several hundred feet ; reddish ...
... hill is level , of an irregularly oval form , and contains some six or eight acres of land . Here stand the ruins of Limburg , the immediate object of our visit . The ascent was exceedingly rapid , and of several hundred feet ; reddish ...
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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.