The Rural and Domestic Life of Germany: With Characteristic Sketches of Its Cities and Scenery. Collected in a General Tour, and During a Residence in the Country in the Years 1840, 41 and 42 |
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... Eliza ( the lady ) . Give me my spinning - wheel . Lizette . You know nothing about spinning . Eliza . That signifies nothing , if it only looks like it . Lisette . Sing at the same same time , — “ Hurre , hurre , hurre , schnurre , my ...
... Eliza ( the lady ) . Give me my spinning - wheel . Lizette . You know nothing about spinning . Eliza . That signifies nothing , if it only looks like it . Lisette . Sing at the same same time , — “ Hurre , hurre , hurre , schnurre , my ...
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... Eliza . Maiden , hear I most gladly . I am a sister of the Frau Von Sternthal . Oberf . Whom my son is for marrying ? Eliza ( rises ) . Ah ! are you the Herr Oberforstmeister ? shakes him heartily by the hand ) , I have heard much good ...
... Eliza . Maiden , hear I most gladly . I am a sister of the Frau Von Sternthal . Oberf . Whom my son is for marrying ? Eliza ( rises ) . Ah ! are you the Herr Oberforstmeister ? shakes him heartily by the hand ) , I have heard much good ...
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... Eliza . Now people speak of him without hesitation , -just as they do of the weather . Oberf . And of lyings - in , as of a walk . Eliza . Girls are come to that pitch , they stare their lovers in the very eyes ! Oberf . And the lovers ...
... Eliza . Now people speak of him without hesitation , -just as they do of the weather . Oberf . And of lyings - in , as of a walk . Eliza . Girls are come to that pitch , they stare their lovers in the very eyes ! Oberf . And the lovers ...
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... Eliza . Gretchen . Mother . So ! The future sister - in - law of my son . Eliza . If God will . Mother . Quite right , my Fräulein . The will of God has not yet , however , very clearly declared itself . Eliza . It is all one to me , so ...
... Eliza . Gretchen . Mother . So ! The future sister - in - law of my son . Eliza . If God will . Mother . Quite right , my Fräulein . The will of God has not yet , however , very clearly declared itself . Eliza . It is all one to me , so ...
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... Eliza . Twenty years ! Mother . This is no jurisprudence , my child , or philosophy , that a man can make himself master of in three years or so . Eliza . Yet what science can boast itself of working so immediately on the happiness of ...
... Eliza . Twenty years ! Mother . This is no jurisprudence , my child , or philosophy , that a man can make himself master of in three years or so . Eliza . Yet what science can boast itself of working so immediately on the happiness of ...
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