Cooper's Works: The HeidenmauerJames G. Gregory (successor to W.A. Townsend), 1859 - American fiction |
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Page 29
... honor of an humble servitor of the Count . " " Thou wilt yet lose this service , Gottlob , by thy carelessness ! " " It would be a thousand pities were thy words to be true , for in that case Lord Emich would lose the honestest cow ...
... honor of an humble servitor of the Count . " " Thou wilt yet lose this service , Gottlob , by thy carelessness ! " " It would be a thousand pities were thy words to be true , for in that case Lord Emich would lose the honestest cow ...
Page 36
... honor in the same time ; and as for other mortifications of this nature , I am not the man to desert my master for want of zeal . " ing , say " I believe thee , Gottlob , " said Berchthold laugh- " and even more than thou canst find ...
... honor in the same time ; and as for other mortifications of this nature , I am not the man to desert my master for want of zeal . " ing , say " I believe thee , Gottlob , " said Berchthold laugh- " and even more than thou canst find ...
Page 51
... honors of a hero who outlives the contest in consequence of means so questionable , than he who survives because he has given a mortal blow to his antagonist . The task assigned to man is to move among his fellows doing good , filling ...
... honors of a hero who outlives the contest in consequence of means so questionable , than he who survives because he has given a mortal blow to his antagonist . The task assigned to man is to move among his fellows doing good , filling ...
Page 52
... on the part of the honored and powerful might , to say the least , have rendered the life of the anchorite very uncomfortable , if not posi tively insecure , were it not for the neutralizing effect 52 THE HEIDENMAUER .
... on the part of the honored and powerful might , to say the least , have rendered the life of the anchorite very uncomfortable , if not posi tively insecure , were it not for the neutralizing effect 52 THE HEIDENMAUER .
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... honor ; in which case certain Fathers of Limburg should have especial favor , and that quickly too , after my own flesh and blood ! Who am I , father ? I wonder that a face so often seen at the confessional should be forgotten . What ...
... honor ; in which case certain Fathers of Limburg should have especial favor , and that quickly too , after my own flesh and blood ! Who am I , father ? I wonder that a face so often seen at the confessional should be forgotten . What ...
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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.