Schinderhannes, the Robber of the RhineSmith, Elder, and Company, 1833 - 318 pages |
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... followed you in your evening visits , as far as the garden wall . 1 looked at her significantly as she passed , trying to say with my eyes , my poor young lady , can I do anything for you ? ' and she observed me ; for a gleam of hope ...
... followed you in your evening visits , as far as the garden wall . 1 looked at her significantly as she passed , trying to say with my eyes , my poor young lady , can I do anything for you ? ' and she observed me ; for a gleam of hope ...
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... followed , as might be supposed , by bitter repentance ; for the young lady , who had stayed only for entreaty on the part of her lover , no sooner heard of his irremediable step , than she came a watching and praying about the convent ...
... followed , as might be supposed , by bitter repentance ; for the young lady , who had stayed only for entreaty on the part of her lover , no sooner heard of his irremediable step , than she came a watching and praying about the convent ...
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... and strode away . Carl followed mechanically ; for the Jew spoke as one having authority . As he walked after his conductor , however , it was not without some difficulty that his wearied limbs kept pace with 54 SCHINDERHANNES ,
... and strode away . Carl followed mechanically ; for the Jew spoke as one having authority . As he walked after his conductor , however , it was not without some difficulty that his wearied limbs kept pace with 54 SCHINDERHANNES ,
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... followed you at your de- sire , what would you with him ? ” 66 ' Nothing . Has my lord any commands for the ser- vant whom he condescends to hate and despise ? " " Yes " said Carl sternly ; " I command you to tell me for what purpose ...
... followed you at your de- sire , what would you with him ? ” 66 ' Nothing . Has my lord any commands for the ser- vant whom he condescends to hate and despise ? " " Yes " said Carl sternly ; " I command you to tell me for what purpose ...
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... followed the steps of the former trio like fate . At this moment a light gleamed suddenly in the dis- tance , and as suddenly disappeared . Most of the Jews hailed the signal with delight , likening it to the pillar of fire that led ...
... followed the steps of the former trio like fate . At this moment a light gleamed suddenly in the dis- tance , and as suddenly disappeared . Most of the Jews hailed the signal with delight , likening it to the pillar of fire that led ...
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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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