A Short History of German LiteratureG.I. Jones, 1879 - 628 sider |
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Side iii
... land have equalled . If we go back one hundred years , the literature of France has taken the place in the estimation of the Eng- lish once held by the writers of Spain and Italy ; the brilliant men of the age of Louis XIV have laid the ...
... land have equalled . If we go back one hundred years , the literature of France has taken the place in the estimation of the Eng- lish once held by the writers of Spain and Italy ; the brilliant men of the age of Louis XIV have laid the ...
Side 7
... land was exterminated , and multitudes were exiled , did they submit . The Frankfurt suburb , Sachsenhausen , - houses of the Saxons , recalls the fact that there a colony of these tough strivers was established in en- forced exile ...
... land was exterminated , and multitudes were exiled , did they submit . The Frankfurt suburb , Sachsenhausen , - houses of the Saxons , recalls the fact that there a colony of these tough strivers was established in en- forced exile ...
Side 9
... land into Italy , seeking to renew the life of the Roman empire , which had died away . Thus he turned outward the strength of Germany , which was sorely needed at home , the source of great misfortune afterward , whose bad effects are ...
... land into Italy , seeking to renew the life of the Roman empire , which had died away . Thus he turned outward the strength of Germany , which was sorely needed at home , the source of great misfortune afterward , whose bad effects are ...
Side 10
James Kendall Hosmer. organ , the first in the land of the Franks . The rich music of the miracle aroused astonishment , as it imitated now the rolling of thunder , now the sweet tone of lyre and cymbal . The hospitality of Karl the ...
James Kendall Hosmer. organ , the first in the land of the Franks . The rich music of the miracle aroused astonishment , as it imitated now the rolling of thunder , now the sweet tone of lyre and cymbal . The hospitality of Karl the ...
Side 17
... land attained such grandeur as it has never since possessed . First of the line stands the mighty Barbarossa , Red - Beard . Unmatched was his power in Germany , Italy , the Holy Land . Great in council he was , great in strife . Before ...
... land attained such grandeur as it has never since possessed . First of the line stands the mighty Barbarossa , Red - Beard . Unmatched was his power in Germany , Italy , the Holy Land . Great in council he was , great in strife . Before ...
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appears arms artist battle beautiful became become castle century character Charlotte von Stein Christian court cries critic death drama emperor epic Etzel eyes faith famous father figure Friedrich Schlegel genius German literature give Göthe Gudrun Gunther Gustavus Hagen hand heart Heine Heinrich Heine Herder Hermann Grimm hero Hohenstauffen honor human ideas Iliad Ilsan king Klopstock knight Kriemhild Kurz land leader Leipsic length Lessing Lessing's lived Luther Lützen maid Mastersingers mediæval mighty mind Minnesingers moral nature never Nibelungen Lied noble Novalis once pass passion perhaps plain poem poet poetic poetry present princes prose race Rhine Romanticism Rüdiger says scarcely scene Schiller seemed side Siegfried sing sometimes songs soul spirit stand stood story Strassburg Swedes sword Taste Teutonic thee thing thou thought tion tower truth utter voice Wallenstein Weimar wife wild Worms writers youth
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Side 197 - And though this world, with devils filled, Should threaten to undo us; We will not fear, for God hath willed His truth to triumph through us: The Prince of Darkness grim, We tremble not for him; His rage we can endure, For lo! his doom is sure, One little word shall fell him.
Side 197 - A mighty fortress is our God, A bulwark never failing; Our helper he amid the flood Of mortal ills prevailing. For still our ancient foe Doth seek to work us woe; His craft and power are great, And, armed with cruel hate, On earth is not his equal.
Side 370 - WERTHER had a love for Charlotte Such as words could never utter ; Would you know how first he met her? She .was cutting bread and butter. Charlotte was a married lady, And a moral man was Werther, And, for all the wealth of Indies, Would do nothing for to hurt her. So he sighed and pined and ogled, And his passion boiled and bubbled, Till he blew his silly brains out, And no more was by it troubled. Charlotte, having seen his body Borne before her on a shutter, Like a well-conducted person, Went...
Side 362 - Ranch's statuette. His complexion was very bright, clear, and rosy. His eyes extraordinarily dark, piercing, and brilliant. I felt quite afraid before them, and recollect comparing them to the eyes of the hero of a certain romance called "Melmoth the Wanderer...
Side 577 - ... it. In fact, under the rude yet also artificial character of newspaper style, each separate monster period is a vast arch, which, not receiving its keystone, not being locked into self-supporting cohesion, until you nearly reach its close, imposes of necessity upon the unhappy reader all the onus of its ponderous weight through the main process of its construction.
Side 555 - They were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their deaths they were not divided.
Side 335 - The features were large and liberally cut, as in the fine sweeping lines of Greek Art. The brow lofty and massive, from beneath which shone large lustrous brown eyes of marvellous beauty, their pupils being of almost unexampled size; the slightly aquiline...
Side 274 - Laokoon,' which transported us from the region of miserable observation into the free fields of thought. The so long misunderstood ut pictura pocsis was at once set aside; the difference between art and poetry made clear; the peaks of both appeared separated, however near each other might be their bases. The former had to confine itself...
Side 518 - But towards evening when, according to the belief of the Jews, the gates of heaven are closed and no further prayer can enter, I heard a voice in which tears flowed as they were never wept from eyes.
Side 193 - It shall be so; go and write him so.' "Therefore, my dear little son Johnny, learn and pray away! and tell Lippus and Jost, too, that they must learn and pray. And then you shall come to the garden together. Herewith I commend thee to Almighty God. And greet Aunt Lehne, and give her a kiss for my sake. "Thy dear father, "Anno 1530.