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... existence itself , seemed apparently superadded to the natural infirmities of extreme age . " It is not worth my while , " thought the architect , " to try conclusions with such a sorry wretch as he . I'll e'en let him go as he came ...
... existence itself , seemed apparently superadded to the natural infirmities of extreme age . " It is not worth my while , " thought the architect , " to try conclusions with such a sorry wretch as he . I'll e'en let him go as he came ...
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... existence . Then , as now , the land was marshy , and covered with willow plants to the stream's edge ; and among the willow twigs grew the broad - leafed lotus , and other water flowers , in rich and rank luxuriance . " Sister dear ...
... existence . Then , as now , the land was marshy , and covered with willow plants to the stream's edge ; and among the willow twigs grew the broad - leafed lotus , and other water flowers , in rich and rank luxuriance . " Sister dear ...
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... existence . A thought struck her . " It is Sunday , " said she to herself ; " the mill never works on the Sabbath ; suppose I set it a - going now ? It can be seen afar off ; and haply my master , or some of his neighbours , wondering ...
... existence . A thought struck her . " It is Sunday , " said she to herself ; " the mill never works on the Sabbath ; suppose I set it a - going now ? It can be seen afar off ; and haply my master , or some of his neighbours , wondering ...
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... existence . To him the deposed prelate applied to re- instate him once more in his lost sovereignty ; and his appli- cation was at once entertained and acceded to . The history of the siege of Bonn , undertaken by this am- bitious ...
... existence . To him the deposed prelate applied to re- instate him once more in his lost sovereignty ; and his appli- cation was at once entertained and acceded to . The history of the siege of Bonn , undertaken by this am- bitious ...
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... existence of such a power , the circumstances under which it was exercised , and the invisibility of its agents and actors , were soon the source of terror to all evil - doers in the land ; but especially so to those who dwelt in the ...
... existence of such a power , the circumstances under which it was exercised , and the invisibility of its agents and actors , were soon the source of terror to all evil - doers in the land ; but especially so to those who dwelt in the ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
abbess abbot abode aged Albertus Magnus ancient Andernach archbishop Archbishop of Cologne Archbishop of Mainz arms baron beautiful bishop blessed Bonn brother burghers burgomaster castle chamber chapel Charlemagne child church Clodio Cologne companion count court cried dark daughter dead death deep earth ecclesiastical emperor empire entered exclaimed eyes Ezzo fair father fear fell felt friends Genofeva gentle German empire Germany Golo hand hapless happiness head heard heart heaven Henry holy honour hour knew Kobold ladye legend lived looked lord maiden monk morning mother mountain never night noble once Otho palace passed peace period Pfalz-graf prayed prelate priest prince proceeded Remagen replied Rheinbreitbach Rhine Ripuarian Franks river Roman scene seemed shores shouted Siegfried silence sire soon sorrow soul sovereign spake spirit spot steed stood thee thou took Ubii voice words young youth
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Página 99 - When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath threshed the corn That ten day-labourers could not end ; Then lies him down, the lubber fiend, no And, stretched out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength, And crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings.
Página 301 - She never told her love, But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, Feed on her damask cheek : she pined in thought, And with a green and yellow melancholy She sat like patience on a monument, Smiling at grief.
Página 298 - To the very moment that he bade me tell it; Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field, Of hair-breadth 'scapes i...
Página 367 - From the condition of a subject and an exile, he twice rose (AD 998) to the command of the city, oppressed, expelled, and created the popes, and formed a conspiracy for restoring the authority of the Greek emperors.
Página 267 - And many deaths do they escape by this : The death of friends, and that which slays even more — The death of friendship, love, youth, all that is, Except mere breath ; and since the silent shore Awaits at last even those...
Página 472 - My hounds are bred out of the Spartan kind, So flewed, so sanded, and their heads are hung With ears that sweep away the morning dew ; Crook-kneed, and dewlapped like Thessalian bulls ; Slow in pursuit, but matched in mouth like bells, Each under each. A cry more tuneable Was never holla'd to, nor cheered with horn, In Crete, in Sparta, nor in Thessaly.
Página 145 - ... machinery came into action ; the mill was in full operation. It was at this moment that the ruffian intruder had succeeded in squeezing himself through the aperture in the wall, and getting himself safely lodged in the interior of the great drum wheel. His dismay, however, was indescribable when he began to be whirled about with its rotation, and found that all his efforts to put a stop to the powerful machinery which set it in motion, or to extricate himself from this perilous situation, were...
Página 432 - ... fortress, with his feet bare, his head uncovered, and with no other raiment but a wretched piece of coarse woollen cloth thrown over his body to cover his nakedness. The fourth day he was admitted to the presence of the lordly...
Página 148 - I've seen around me fall, Like leaves in wintry weather; I feel like one, Who treads alone Some banquet-hall deserted, Whose lights are fled, Whose garlands dead, And all but he departed!
Página 212 - Et ab hoedis me sequestra. Statuens in parte dextra. Confutatis maledictis, Flammis acribus addictis, Voca me cum benedictis. Oro supplex et acclinis, Cor contritum quasi cinis : Gere curam mei finis. Lacrymosa dies ilia, Qua resurget ex favilla, Judicandus homo reus. Huic ergo parce Deus, Pie Jesu, Domine, Dona eis requiem.