Cooper's Works: The HeidenmauerJames G. Gregory (successor to W.A. Townsend), 1859 - American fiction |
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Page vii
... scarce drew a look aside . We were in quest of the interest which nature , in her happier humors , bestows . There were ruined castles , by scores ; gray fortresses ; abbeys , some deserted and others yet tenanted ; villages and towns ...
... scarce drew a look aside . We were in quest of the interest which nature , in her happier humors , bestows . There were ruined castles , by scores ; gray fortresses ; abbeys , some deserted and others yet tenanted ; villages and towns ...
Page x
... scarce be found . At Mayence we crossed to the right bank of the river , and passing by the Duchies of Nassau and Darmstadt , entered that of Buden , at Heidelberg . Here we sat upon the Tun , examin- ed the castle , and strolled in the ...
... scarce be found . At Mayence we crossed to the right bank of the river , and passing by the Duchies of Nassau and Darmstadt , entered that of Buden , at Heidelberg . Here we sat upon the Tun , examin- ed the castle , and strolled in the ...
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... scarce show my zeal for his 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 ...
... scarce show my zeal for his 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 ...
Page 57
... scarce know whether to begin with prayers or stripes , and they say he is a potent priest at need , with both ! I sometimes trem- ble for my own conduct , though no one can have a better opinion of himself than I , poor and lowly as I ...
... scarce know whether to begin with prayers or stripes , and they say he is a potent priest at need , with both ! I sometimes trem- ble for my own conduct , though no one can have a better opinion of himself than I , poor and lowly as I ...
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... scarce bounded with more agility than the fugitive fled , on first quitting the abode of the recluse ; nor did her speed sensibly lessen , until she had crossed most of the melancholy camp , and reached a spot where the opening of the ...
... scarce bounded with more agility than the fugitive fled , on first quitting the abode of the recluse ; nor did her speed sensibly lessen , until she had crossed most of the melancholy camp , and reached a spot where the opening of the ...
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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.