Cooper's Works: The HeidenmauerJames G. Gregory (successor to W.A. Townsend), 1859 - American fiction |
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Page xviii
... present stand ; and the confused account of the tailor only excited a desire to see more . We had not come on this excursion without a fit supply of road - books and maps . One of the former was accidentally in my pocket , though so ...
... present stand ; and the confused account of the tailor only excited a desire to see more . We had not come on this excursion without a fit supply of road - books and maps . One of the former was accidentally in my pocket , though so ...
Page 37
... present site of this tavern , they turned aside from the high road , first taking care to observe that no curious eye watched their movements . Here commenced a long and somewhat painful ascent , by means of a rough path , that was only ...
... present site of this tavern , they turned aside from the high road , first taking care to observe that no curious eye watched their movements . Here commenced a long and somewhat painful ascent , by means of a rough path , that was only ...
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... present cities of Christendom to be suddenly abandoned . But these evidences are rude and suited to the objects which had brought them . into existence . The forester and the cow - herd stood long regard ing the solitary hut , which had ...
... present cities of Christendom to be suddenly abandoned . But these evidences are rude and suited to the objects which had brought them . into existence . The forester and the cow - herd stood long regard ing the solitary hut , which had ...
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... present and soothing rewards in this manner of life , that were not without strong attractions to morbid minds ; especially to those in which the seeds of ambition were dormant rather than extinct . It was rare , indeed , that a recluse ...
... present and soothing rewards in this manner of life , that were not without strong attractions to morbid minds ; especially to those in which the seeds of ambition were dormant rather than extinct . It was rare , indeed , that a recluse ...
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... present , reverend monk , to repair the wrong . " " Let the maiden come to the confessional of the Abbey Church , if distrust or apprehension weigh upon her mind ; doubt it not , she will find great comfort in the experiment . " " As I ...
... present , reverend monk , to repair the wrong . " " Let the maiden come to the confessional of the Abbey Church , if distrust or apprehension weigh upon her mind ; doubt it not , she will find great comfort in the experiment . " " As I ...
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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.