Schinderhannes, the Robber of the RhineSmith, Elder, and Company, 1833 - 318 pages |
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... replied Ida ; " but not yet to my mother . Good heaven , spare me that , or I am lost ! " " And is it this man whose words can have weight with you on such a subject ? " " With me ! " exclaimed Ida , bursting into tears ; " Oh , Carl ...
... replied Ida ; " but not yet to my mother . Good heaven , spare me that , or I am lost ! " " And is it this man whose words can have weight with you on such a subject ? " " With me ! " exclaimed Ida , bursting into tears ; " Oh , Carl ...
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... replied Ida , after a momentary struggle , " the thought was in my heart when I came here to - night , but till now I believed that I should never have had the courage to give it utterance . I will save you , however , even from ...
... replied Ida , after a momentary struggle , " the thought was in my heart when I came here to - night , but till now I believed that I should never have had the courage to give it utterance . I will save you , however , even from ...
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... replied the baron , " that you are due me a balance , for I have not twenty dollars left to carry me to the Black Forest . " " Be satisfied , sir , that I shall pay you what I owe . Meet me at the Ketschenbourg as soon as it is light ...
... replied the baron , " that you are due me a balance , for I have not twenty dollars left to carry me to the Black Forest . " " Be satisfied , sir , that I shall pay you what I owe . Meet me at the Ketschenbourg as soon as it is light ...
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... replied the market- girl , pouting , as she re - adjusted her cap . " I have seen the day when you broke me a basket of eggs without doing half the damage ! But come , that is a trifle : in what way do you propose to travel ? " " I have ...
... replied the market- girl , pouting , as she re - adjusted her cap . " I have seen the day when you broke me a basket of eggs without doing half the damage ! But come , that is a trifle : in what way do you propose to travel ? " " I have ...
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... replied Liese , with the same inco- herence , and blushing deeply- " I only wished that- that I were a man ! " 66 My dear Liese , " said he , with a grave tenderness , while he put his arm round her waist , as they walked side by side ...
... replied Liese , with the same inco- herence , and blushing deeply- " I only wished that- that I were a man ! " 66 My dear Liese , " said he , with a grave tenderness , while he put his arm round her waist , as they walked side by side ...
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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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