Barthel Winkler, and other tales of the German fatherland, Band 184 |
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Anna Martha asked Augusta beautiful began Bertha Bettina Bible Black Forest blessing bread called Caroline carriage child church clergyman Consistory Court of Peace cried Darmstadt daugh daughter dear door Duke Emma everything exclaimed eyes farmer father feel fell felt forest Frankfort gave geese gentleman George Müller German girl give godfather hand happy head heard heart Heinrich honour Hownow husband kind King Kirmes knew lady Landgrave laughing lived looked Lord Martinmas master mistress monarch morning mother neighbours never night old woman once passed peasant pleasure poor pray prayer replied returned Rhine Rothberg round scarcely Schmaltz schoolmaster seemed servant soon Spandau Sprösser stood tears tell thing thought Thuringia told took town turned typhus village whole wife Winkler wish words young Ziethen
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Seite 227 - It respects temporal good, to show that " godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come,
Seite 78 - The boy, who had never before seen the king, cast a most incredulous look on the corpulent gentleman who made him so astounding a proffer, and then turned away, saying, with an air of comical resentment, " I am not so stupid as you take me for.
Seite 80 - I'll be answerable for the geese," cried the king, " and pay all damages, if such there be." This decided the question ; and so, after exacting a promise that his substitute would pay special attention to the doings of the stately gander, whom he designated as the ""Court Gardener...
Seite 263 - ... been surprised as well as delighted in travelling to discover frequently individuals walking in the truth in situations the most unlikely and unpromising? Abraham said of Gerar, " Surely the fear of God is not in this place ?" but he found it there. Elias said, "I am left alone;" but there were "seven thousand who had not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.
Seite 80 - So saying, he snatched the whip from the king's hand and began, with more zeal than success, to instruct him in the science of whip-cracking. The king, though scarcely able to contain himself, tried in right earnest, and at length succeeded in extracting a tolerably sharp report from the leathern instrument of authority ; and the boy, after once more trying to impress the duties of his responsible office on his temporary substitute, ran off at full speed in the direction the king had indicated. The...
Seite 254 - Jesus, my eternal trust, And my Saviour, ever liveth : This I know; and deep and just Is the peace this knowledge giveth, Though death's lingering night may start Many a question in my heart.
Seite 254 - Hope's strong chain around me bound, Still shall twine my Saviour grasping ; And my hand of faith be found As death left it, Jesus clasping : No assault the foe can make, E'er that deathless clasp shall break ! 4.
Seite 82 - ... congregated on their allotted territory. But now the boy gave free vent to his indignation, rated the king soundly for neglect, and wound up all by declaring, " Never shall any one get my whip from me again, or tempt me, with two zwanzigers, to give up my geese. No ; not to the king himself !" "You are quite right there, my fine fellow," said the goodnatured Maximilian, bursting into a laugh ; " he understands goose-herding quite as little as I do.
Seite 79 - I dare not," said the poor fellow ; " for if the villagers hear I have left the plaguy geese they will turn me off, and how shall I earn my bread then ? " "Simpleton!" exclaimed the king. "I will herd the geese till your return.
Seite 77 - Tegernsee,* and after a time drew a volume from his pocket and seated himself on a bench to read. The sultriness of the air and the perfect stillness of the place made his eyes heavy ; and, laying down his book on the bench beside him, the monarch fell into a doze.