Cooper's Works: The HeidenmauerJames G. Gregory (successor to W.A. Townsend), 1859 - American fiction |
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Page v
... walls of a large town ; but , the moment of liberation arrived , the bird does not quit its cage with greater pleasure , than that with which post - horses were commanded We were four in a light travelling calêche , which strong Nor man ...
... walls of a large town ; but , the moment of liberation arrived , the bird does not quit its cage with greater pleasure , than that with which post - horses were commanded We were four in a light travelling calêche , which strong Nor man ...
Page vi
... walls broken by langrage , the wood - work of the beds was pierced by shot , and the furniture was marked by rude encounters . The trees of the park were mutilated in a thousand places , and one of the little Cupids , that we had left ...
... walls broken by langrage , the wood - work of the beds was pierced by shot , and the furniture was marked by rude encounters . The trees of the park were mutilated in a thousand places , and one of the little Cupids , that we had left ...
Page viii
... walls of a convent of the middle ages crumbled on its surface . There was a naked rock , destitute of grar deur , and wanting in those tints which milder climates bestow , but a baronial hold tottered on its apex . Here Cæsar led his ...
... walls of a convent of the middle ages crumbled on its surface . There was a naked rock , destitute of grar deur , and wanting in those tints which milder climates bestow , but a baronial hold tottered on its apex . Here Cæsar led his ...
Page ix
... wall , and frequently the castle rising to a pinnacle in the rear , give a town the appearance of some vast and antiquated pile devoted to a single object . Perhaps the boroughs of the Rhine have less of this picturesque , or landscape ...
... wall , and frequently the castle rising to a pinnacle in the rear , give a town the appearance of some vast and antiquated pile devoted to a single object . Perhaps the boroughs of the Rhine have less of this picturesque , or landscape ...
Page xiv
... wall , and a Devil's stone ! -You are rich in curiosities ! " The host continued to smoke on philosophically . " Have you a guide who can take me , by the shortest way to these places ? " 66 Any child can do that . " " But one who can ...
... wall , and a Devil's stone ! -You are rich in curiosities ! " The host continued to smoke on philosophically . " Have you a guide who can take me , by the shortest way to these places ? " 66 Any child can do that . " " But one who can ...
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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.