A Short History of German LiteratureG.I. Jones, 1879 - 628 sider |
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Side v
... perhaps with justice , of wanting the instinct of " selection ; " it has a passion for being exhaustive , and " writes a subject to its dregs , " dis- criminating too little between the important and the value- less . By contagion the ...
... perhaps with justice , of wanting the instinct of " selection ; " it has a passion for being exhaustive , and " writes a subject to its dregs , " dis- criminating too little between the important and the value- less . By contagion the ...
Side vii
... perhaps , no unusual track , but proceeded with the somewhat unusual purpose of visiting the spots famous through connection with great writers , much was seen possessing interest . In the idea that a grateful relief might be obtained ...
... perhaps , no unusual track , but proceeded with the somewhat unusual purpose of visiting the spots famous through connection with great writers , much was seen possessing interest . In the idea that a grateful relief might be obtained ...
Side 1
... culminates and decays . Then step upon the scene the Teutons , whose empire was to last far longer , perhaps to be far mightier 1 Ernst Haeckel : Schöpfungsgeschichte . and more brilliant , than its predecessors ; to what.
... culminates and decays . Then step upon the scene the Teutons , whose empire was to last far longer , perhaps to be far mightier 1 Ernst Haeckel : Schöpfungsgeschichte . and more brilliant , than its predecessors ; to what.
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... perhaps because they themselves were to a large extent of a different , often hostile , stock , Celts , from the island of Britain . — At Upsala , in Sweden , is preserved a venerable relic , the chief treasure of the library of the ...
... perhaps because they themselves were to a large extent of a different , often hostile , stock , Celts , from the island of Britain . — At Upsala , in Sweden , is preserved a venerable relic , the chief treasure of the library of the ...
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... perhaps , has a more extraordinary result gone forth from the striving of a mortal . He was brought up as a soldier , and never was soldier greater . In youth he descended into Italy to subdue the Lombards . In Spain , to the west , the ...
... perhaps , has a more extraordinary result gone forth from the striving of a mortal . He was brought up as a soldier , and never was soldier greater . In youth he descended into Italy to subdue the Lombards . In Spain , to the west , the ...
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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.