The Heidenmauer; Or, The Benedictines: A Legend of the Rhine, Volumes 1-2Lea & Blanchard, 1841 |
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Abbey Abbot altar Anchorite answered appeared arms Arnolph Benedictine Berchthold Betty Birch Bonifacius brother burghers Burgomaster Cæsar Captain Lawton Captain Wharton church Colonel Wellmere companion Count of Leiningen countenance cried danger Deurckheim door dost dragoons dread duty enemy exclaimed eyes face father feelings Frances gazing glance Gottlob hand Harper Hartenburg Harvey hath head heart Heinrich Frey Henry Henry Wharton Herr hill holy honor horse hour Ilse interrupted Katy Knight of Rhodes ladies Leiningen light Limburg listen look Lord Lottchen Major Dunwoodie manner master means ment Meta mind Miss Peyton monk mountain nature never night noble officer party passed pedler replied returned reverend Rhine Saint Gall Sarah silence Singleton sister Sitgreaves skinner smile soul speak spinster stood surgeon thee thing Thou art thou hast thought tion trooper troops truth turned Ulrike Venloo voice wish young youth
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