The Works of Heinrich Heine, Volume 1W. Heinemann, 1891 - German literature Each volume has also an individual title page. |
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... arms , Maximilian stood a while before the sleeper and regarded the beauti- ful limbs , which the light garb rather revealed than hid , and every time when a strip of light fell on the pale face his heart throbbed : " In God's name ...
... arms , Maximilian stood a while before the sleeper and regarded the beauti- ful limbs , which the light garb rather revealed than hid , and every time when a strip of light fell on the pale face his heart throbbed : " In God's name ...
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... arms , had no door , and hastily wound my way through the shrubbery of the wasted garden . There was not a sound - all rested silently and solemnly in the calm moonshine . The shadows of the trees seemed to be nailed to the ground ...
... arms , had no door , and hastily wound my way through the shrubbery of the wasted garden . There was not a sound - all rested silently and solemnly in the calm moonshine . The shadows of the trees seemed to be nailed to the ground ...
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... arms of this Night ! 1 1 A strange book might be written on this subject of men who have literally loved statues , and Bonifacius has in his Historia Ludicra , or Strange Stories , collected a number of instances from antiquity of men ...
... arms of this Night ! 1 1 A strange book might be written on this subject of men who have literally loved statues , and Bonifacius has in his Historia Ludicra , or Strange Stories , collected a number of instances from antiquity of men ...
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... arm . " I re- member a single instant during which Bellini appeared to me in such a charming light that I regarded him with pleasure , and determined to learn to know him more intimately . But it was unfortunately the last time I was ...
... arm . " I re- member a single instant during which Bellini appeared to me in such a charming light that I regarded him with pleasure , and determined to learn to know him more intimately . But it was unfortunately the last time I was ...
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... arms seemed to grow yet longer , as he held the violin in one hand , the bow down in the other , and almost bowed to the ground as he bestowed on the public his unheard- of reverence . In the angular bending of his body there was a ...
... arms seemed to grow yet longer , as he held the violin in one hand , the bow down in the other , and almost bowed to the ground as he bestowed on the public his unheard- of reverence . In the angular bending of his body there was a ...
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Page 373 - She'd come again, and with a greedy ear Devour up my discourse; which I observing, Took once a pliant hour, and found good means To draw from her a prayer of earnest heart, That I would all my pilgrimage dilate...
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Page 381 - If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that.
Page 381 - If a Jew wrong a Christian, what is his humility ? revenge : If a Christian wrong a Jew, what should his sufferance be by Christian example ? why, revenge. The villainy, you teach me, I will execute; and it shall go hard, but I will better the instruction.
Page 341 - Heaven knows, my son, By what by-paths, and indirect crook'd ways, I met this crown; and I myself know well, How troublesome it sat upon my head: To thee it shall descend with better quiet, Better opinion, better confirmation; For all the soil* of the achievement goes With me into the earth.
Page 297 - I cannot tell what you and other men Think of this life, but, for my single self, I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself.
Page 298 - tis true, this god did shake : His coward lips did from their colour fly, And that same eye whose bend doth awe the world Did lose his lustre : I did hear him groan : Ay, and that tongue of his that bade the Romans Mark him and write his speeches in their books, Alas, it cried ' Give me some drink, Titinius,
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Page 322 - I am not yet of Percy's mind, the Hotspur of the north ; he that kills me some six or seven dozen of Scots at a breakfast, washes his hands, and says to his wife, — Fie upon this quiet life ! I want work.