Cooper's Works: The HeidenmauerJames G. Gregory (successor to W.A. Townsend), 1859 - American fiction |
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Page x
... turning our faces , once more , towards the French capital . The illness of one of the party compelled us to remain a few hours in the latter city , which presented little for reflection , unless it were that this , like one or two ...
... turning our faces , once more , towards the French capital . The illness of one of the party compelled us to remain a few hours in the latter city , which presented little for reflection , unless it were that this , like one or two ...
Page xvii
... Turning from the ruin , I cast a look at the surrounding val- ley . Nothing could have been softer or more lovely than the near view . That sort of necessity , which induces us to cherish any stinted gift , had led the inhabitants to ...
... Turning from the ruin , I cast a look at the surrounding val- ley . Nothing could have been softer or more lovely than the near view . That sort of necessity , which induces us to cherish any stinted gift , had led the inhabitants to ...
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... turned root betray the indifference of man to the decay of this important part of vegetation . Here and there , a species of broom , such as is seen occa- sionally on the mast - heads of ships , was erected above some tall member of the ...
... turned root betray the indifference of man to the decay of this important part of vegetation . Here and there , a species of broom , such as is seen occa- sionally on the mast - heads of ships , was erected above some tall member of the ...
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... turning short to the right by a pri- which led him across narrow meadows , and the little river that glided among them , towards the foot of the opposite mountain . Gottlob held on his course to a hamlet that was now visible , and which ...
... turning short to the right by a pri- which led him across narrow meadows , and the little river that glided among them , towards the foot of the opposite mountain . Gottlob held on his course to a hamlet that was now visible , and which ...
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... 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 lighted in spots by the rising ...
... 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 lighted in spots by the rising ...
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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.
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