Cooper's Works: The HeidenmauerJames G. Gregory (successor to W.A. Townsend), 1859 - American fiction |
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Page vi
... reason to think that the invaders did not merit all the opprobrium they had received . Each 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 ...
... reason to think that the invaders did not merit all the opprobrium they had received . Each 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 ...
Page xix
... reason , and leaving the undefended soul more exposed to the usual assaults of temptation . It would seem , by the legends of the Rhine , that the monks often suc- ceeded in outwitting the arch foe in this sort of compact , though ...
... reason , and leaving the undefended soul more exposed to the usual assaults of temptation . It would seem , by the legends of the Rhine , that the monks often suc- ceeded in outwitting the arch foe in this sort of compact , though ...
Page 41
... reason , Gottlob , as thou wilt readily believe , when I tell thee it was no other than the voice of the Anchorite of the Cedars . Our acquaintance then and there commenced , since which time D 2 THE HEIDENMAUER . 4 glance upward ...
... reason , Gottlob , as thou wilt readily believe , when I tell thee it was no other than the voice of the Anchorite of the Cedars . Our acquaintance then and there commenced , since which time D 2 THE HEIDENMAUER . 4 glance upward ...
Page 54
... reason ' to believe that the recluse was usurping so intimate and so extensive an influence over the minds of the young , as the presence of the unknown female would give reason to believe . " I knew that thou wert of holy life and ...
... reason ' to believe that the recluse was usurping so intimate and so extensive an influence over the minds of the young , as the presence of the unknown female would give reason to believe . " I knew that thou wert of holy life and ...
Page 59
... reasons of his own , had seen fit to await the termination of the conference . " Thou here , son ! " exclaimed the Benedictine . " I had thought thee at peace , in thy bed , favored with the benediction of a hermit so holy ! " " Good ...
... reasons of his own , had seen fit to await the termination of the conference . " Thou here , son ! " exclaimed the Benedictine . " I had thought thee at peace , in thy bed , favored with the benediction of a hermit so holy ! " " Good ...
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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.