Schinderhannes, the Robber of the RhineSmith, Elder, and Company, 1833 - 318 pages |
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... spirit ; and when he saw the impression made upon my mother , he endeavoured to excuse you , but in so equivocal a manner that her sus- picions were fully confirmed . " " Ida , " said Carl , in great agitation , " this Wolfen- stein ...
... spirit ; and when he saw the impression made upon my mother , he endeavoured to excuse you , but in so equivocal a manner that her sus- picions were fully confirmed . " " Ida , " said Carl , in great agitation , " this Wolfen- stein ...
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... spirits of darkness , to hide ourselves from daylight . Meet me at dinner , when we shall talk over the affair more coolly ; and in the mean time , count among the friends , who are willing to serve you with heart and steel , the baron ...
... spirits of darkness , to hide ourselves from daylight . Meet me at dinner , when we shall talk over the affair more coolly ; and in the mean time , count among the friends , who are willing to serve you with heart and steel , the baron ...
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... spirits . Christine had been rarely seen by the neighbours at any time , and now that she did not appear at all it is no wonder that she was speedily forgotten . Carl Benzel was thus left to his fever and his frenzy ; amusing himself ...
... spirits . Christine had been rarely seen by the neighbours at any time , and now that she did not appear at all it is no wonder that she was speedily forgotten . Carl Benzel was thus left to his fever and his frenzy ; amusing himself ...
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... spirit was supposed , by a natural process of ratiocination , to haunt the spot which in life she had loved so well as seldom to be tempted to leave it - unless when her rheumatic lame- ness allowed . There was one inhabitant of the ...
... spirit was supposed , by a natural process of ratiocination , to haunt the spot which in life she had loved so well as seldom to be tempted to leave it - unless when her rheumatic lame- ness allowed . There was one inhabitant of the ...
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... spirit , and closed his wakeful eyes in sound and invigo- rating sleep . One morning he awoke from a tranquil slumber , which had continued from the forenoon of the preceding day . The birds without were singing in full chorus ; the sun ...
... spirit , and closed his wakeful eyes in sound and invigo- rating sleep . One morning he awoke from a tranquil slumber , which had continued from the forenoon of the preceding day . The birds without were singing in full chorus ; the sun ...
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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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