Schinderhannes, the Robber of the RhineSmith, Elder, and Company, 1833 - 318 pages |
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... ing ( laudatory ) remarks , all that can be said of them is , that if they are not fortunate enough to meet with the indulgence of the public , they shall be at once discon- tinued . " CONTENTS . BOOK I. CHAP . I. - A bad vi ADVERTISEMENT .
... ing ( laudatory ) remarks , all that can be said of them is , that if they are not fortunate enough to meet with the indulgence of the public , they shall be at once discon- tinued . " CONTENTS . BOOK I. CHAP . I. - A bad vi ADVERTISEMENT .
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... once gay and gallant Carl Benzel stole round to the gate of Cologne like an assassin . His caution proved to be necessary ; for before reaching his own street , he was met by one of the ser- vants , not yet steeled enough by his ...
... once gay and gallant Carl Benzel stole round to the gate of Cologne like an assassin . His caution proved to be necessary ; for before reaching his own street , he was met by one of the ser- vants , not yet steeled enough by his ...
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... once more , to kneel at her feet , to proclaim his own unworthiness , and to fly from her presence for ever . He struck the guitar with a trembling hand . There was no reply . He attempted to sing , more from habit than intention ; but ...
... once more , to kneel at her feet , to proclaim his own unworthiness , and to fly from her presence for ever . He struck the guitar with a trembling hand . There was no reply . He attempted to sing , more from habit than intention ; but ...
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... once find him- self on the brink of a thickly - peopled valley , with a great town in the midst ; yet it had been a favourite project of Carl Benzel , in the days of his glory , to cut a vista through the mount , opposite the windows of ...
... once find him- self on the brink of a thickly - peopled valley , with a great town in the midst ; yet it had been a favourite project of Carl Benzel , in the days of his glory , to cut a vista through the mount , opposite the windows of ...
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... raven's wing , hung over the forehead ; beneath which a pair of eyes gleamed with so strange a lustre as to give an unearthly character to the whole head . Liese saw at once that the unhappy stranger was in 34 SCHINDERHANNES ,
... raven's wing , hung over the forehead ; beneath which a pair of eyes gleamed with so strange a lustre as to give an unearthly character to the whole head . Liese saw at once that the unhappy stranger was in 34 SCHINDERHANNES ,
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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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