Schinderhannes, the Robber of the RhineSmith, Elder, and Company, 1833 - 318 pages |
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... turning down his eyes accidentally from the rose - co- loured clouds that swam like islands of the blest above his head , he saw that the valley was completely covered with the shades of evening . The now invisible sun . which still ...
... turning down his eyes accidentally from the rose - co- loured clouds that swam like islands of the blest above his head , he saw that the valley was completely covered with the shades of evening . The now invisible sun . which still ...
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... turned away , and plunging into an ornamental wood , reached circuitously the garden wall , which he climbed as stealthily , and al- most as dexterously , as a cat . After looking carefully round to see that the coast was clear , he ...
... turned away , and plunging into an ornamental wood , reached circuitously the garden wall , which he climbed as stealthily , and al- most as dexterously , as a cat . After looking carefully round to see that the coast was clear , he ...
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... Turning away his head 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 ...
... Turning away his head 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 ...
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... turned to mourning , and my voice into the voice of them that weep . 666 My skin is black upon me , and my bones are burnt with heat . " I am a brother to dragons , and a companion to owls . ' " This singular lament , which poor Liese ...
... turned to mourning , and my voice into the voice of them that weep . 666 My skin is black upon me , and my bones are burnt with heat . " I am a brother to dragons , and a companion to owls . ' " This singular lament , which poor Liese ...
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... turning away with a firm step , he pro- ceeded to arrange his dress , and prepare for a sortie into the world . Liese , although a skilful doctress , was but little acquainted with the mysteries of the action and reac- tion that take ...
... turning away with a firm step , he pro- ceeded to arrange his dress , and prepare for a sortie into the world . Liese , although a skilful doctress , was but little acquainted with the mysteries of the action and reac- tion that take ...
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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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