Schinderhannes, the Robber of the RhineSmith, Elder, and Company, 1833 - 318 pages |
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... our judgment from a booksel ler , we are able to give the imprimatur ourselves . Lest this mode of Napoleonizing , however , should give offence , or excite suspicion , we beg leave to quote the following sentence from the pre- face.
... our judgment from a booksel ler , we are able to give the imprimatur ourselves . Lest this mode of Napoleonizing , however , should give offence , or excite suspicion , we beg leave to quote the following sentence from the pre- face.
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Leitch Ritchie. leave to quote the following sentence from the pre- face to the first volume of the LIBRARY : - - " With regard to the editor's own contributions , which of course , are not meant to be alluded to in the preced- ing ...
Leitch Ritchie. leave to quote the following sentence from the pre- face to the first volume of the LIBRARY : - - " With regard to the editor's own contributions , which of course , are not meant to be alluded to in the preced- ing ...
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... face in my hands , and weep the more . " Carl Benzel was silent for some moments . He stood , tall and still , in the shadow of the house , with his hat drawn over his brows , and his eyes fixed upon the ground . " with " Ida , " said ...
... face in my hands , and weep the more . " Carl Benzel was silent for some moments . He stood , tall and still , in the shadow of the house , with his hat drawn over his brows , and his eyes fixed upon the ground . " with " Ida , " said ...
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... face . " Carl Benzel obeyed ; and she could perceive , in the imperfect light , that it was as pale as marble . " Say on . " ter . 99 " Ida , " said he , starting , " I fear you have accustom- ed yourself to think of me not as a brother ...
... face . " Carl Benzel obeyed ; and she could perceive , in the imperfect light , that it was as pale as marble . " Say on . " ter . 99 " Ida , " said he , starting , " I fear you have accustom- ed yourself to think of me not as a brother ...
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... in a kind of panic , he quick- ened his pace almost to a flight , and had speedily the satisfaction of placing a hill between him and the faces of his kind , which had now become objects either c 2 THE ROBBER OF THE RHINE . 25.
... in a kind of panic , he quick- ened his pace almost to a flight , and had speedily the satisfaction of placing a hill between him and the faces of his kind , which had now become objects either c 2 THE ROBBER OF THE RHINE . 25.
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Page 58 - BY THE rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
Page 34 - He hath stripped me of my glory, And taken the crown from my head. He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone : And mine hope hath he removed like a tree.
Page 61 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee : for whither thou goest, I will go ; and where thou lodgest I will lodge : thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: " Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried; the Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Page 61 - It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband; and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore. The Lord recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
Page 59 - O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
Page 175 - Tell me not, Sweet, I am unkind That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind, To war and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more.
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