Cooper's Works: The HeidenmauerJames G. Gregory (successor to W.A. Townsend), 1859 - American fiction |
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Page vi
... hour , as life advances , am I made to see how capricious and vulgar is the immortality conferred by a newspaper ! It would be injustice to the ancient Bishopric of Liège to pass its beautiful scenery without a comment . The country ...
... hour , as life advances , am I made to see how capricious and vulgar is the immortality conferred by a newspaper ! It would be injustice to the ancient Bishopric of Liège to pass its beautiful scenery without a comment . The country ...
Page x
... hours in the latter city , which presented little for reflection , unless it were that this , like one or two other towns ... hour of rest . The main object haa been accomplished , and , as with all who have effected their purpose , the ...
... hours in the latter city , which presented little for reflection , unless it were that this , like one or two other towns ... hour of rest . The main object haa been accomplished , and , as with all who have effected their purpose , the ...
Page xi
... hour of reckoning . If he who travels much is a gainer in know- ledge of mankind , he is sure to be a loser in the charities that sweeten life . Constant intercourse with men who are in the habit of seeing strange faces , who only ...
... hour of reckoning . If he who travels much is a gainer in know- ledge of mankind , he is sure to be a loser in the charities that sweeten life . Constant intercourse with men who are in the habit of seeing strange faces , who only ...
Page xii
... hour or a week . In short , his manner was of an artless , kind , natural , and winning character , that strongly reminded us of home , and which at once established an agreeable confi . dence that is of an invaluable moral effect ...
... hour or a week . In short , his manner was of an artless , kind , natural , and winning character , that strongly reminded us of home , and which at once established an agreeable confi . dence that is of an invaluable moral effect ...
Page xviii
... hour , I demanded of the guide some account of the Pagan's Wall and of the Devil's Stone . Both were on the mountain that lay on the other side of the ambitious little lake , a long musket - shot from the Abbey . It was even possible to ...
... hour , I demanded of the guide some account of the Pagan's Wall and of the Devil's Stone . Both were on the mountain that lay on the other side of the ambitious little lake , a long musket - shot from the Abbey . It was even possible 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.