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... her . Her cheerful view of life , her absolute refusal to entertain gloomy subjects , her easy - going desire to please and be pleased made her a universal favor- ite . Previous to her death ( 1808 ) she 6 GERMAN LITERATURE.
... her . Her cheerful view of life , her absolute refusal to entertain gloomy subjects , her easy - going desire to please and be pleased made her a universal favor- ite . Previous to her death ( 1808 ) she 6 GERMAN LITERATURE.
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... desire to see the Eternal City , and to study with his own eyes the masterpieces of ancient art . In his trunk he car- ried several unfinished manuscripts , and in his head a number of literary plans which he here hoped to mature , in ...
... desire to see the Eternal City , and to study with his own eyes the masterpieces of ancient art . In his trunk he car- ried several unfinished manuscripts , and in his head a number of literary plans which he here hoped to mature , in ...
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... desire to make the acquaintance of Goethe , whom he revered ; though he was probably aware of the dislike which Goethe entertained for the violent and declamatory school which he represented . At a meeting which took place in September ...
... desire to make the acquaintance of Goethe , whom he revered ; though he was probably aware of the dislike which Goethe entertained for the violent and declamatory school which he represented . At a meeting which took place in September ...
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... desire seized me to look upon his earthly remains . His faithful servant Frederick opened for me the chamber where he was lying . Stretched upon his back , he reposed as if asleep ; profound peace and firmness reigned in the features of ...
... desire seized me to look upon his earthly remains . His faithful servant Frederick opened for me the chamber where he was lying . Stretched upon his back , he reposed as if asleep ; profound peace and firmness reigned in the features of ...
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... desire to show its best side , and he makes the most of such poor attractions as the place affords . How different Craigenputtock appears in the letters of his wife to Miss Stodart , of Edinburgh . There it is described ( in the ...
... desire to show its best side , and he makes the most of such poor attractions as the place affords . How different Craigenputtock appears in the letters of his wife to Miss Stodart , of Edinburgh . There it is described ( in the ...
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Page 137 - But delay was best, For their end was a crime." — Oh, a crime will do As well, I reply, to serve for a .test, As a virtue golden through and through, Sufficient to vindicate itself And prove its worth at a moment's view!
Page 78 - Undoubtedly we have,' replied the Eldest. ' Of this we make no secret ; but we draw a veil over those sufferings, even because we reverence them so highly. We hold it a damnable audacity to bring forth that torturing Cross, and the Holy One who suffers on it, or to expose them to the light of the Sun, which hid its face when a reckless world forced such a sight on it ; to take these mysterious secrets, in which the divine depth of Sorrow lies hid, and play with them, fondle them, trick them out,...
Page 51 - How could I take up arms without hatred, and how could I hate without youth? If such an emergency had befallen me when twenty years old, I should certainly not have been the last; but it found me as one who had already passed the first sixties.
Page 53 - I soon shall ready be To pierce the ether's high, unknown dominions, To reach new spheres of pure activity ! This godlike rapture, this supreme existence, Do I, but now a worm, deserve to track ? Yes, resolute to reach some brighter distance, On Earth's fair sun I turn my...
Page 78 - Permit me one question," said Wilhelm : " as you have set up the life of this divine Man for a pattern and example, have you likewise selected his sufferings, his death, as a model of exalted patience ?" " Undoubtedly we have,
Page 118 - PEACE breathes along the shade Of every hill, The tree-tops of the glade Are hushed and still ; All woodland murmurs cease, The birds to rest within the brake are gone.