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... tion either for good or for ill , " breaks the heart of a noble young girl . But Weisslingen is faithless not because of any sinister delight in breaking hearts , but because he lacks the courage to be true , when he falls under the ...
... tion either for good or for ill , " breaks the heart of a noble young girl . But Weisslingen is faithless not because of any sinister delight in breaking hearts , but because he lacks the courage to be true , when he falls under the ...
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... become a matter of duty rather than of affec- tion . As regards Lavater , he was , with all his os- tentatious spirituality , a good deal of a charlatan , ļ even so much so as to justify Goethe's epigram in THE LIFE AND WORKS OF GOETHE 23.
... become a matter of duty rather than of affec- tion . As regards Lavater , he was , with all his os- tentatious spirituality , a good deal of a charlatan , ļ even so much so as to justify Goethe's epigram in THE LIFE AND WORKS OF GOETHE 23.
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... tion which no girl could contemplate with indiffer- ence . Moreover he was , apart from his celebrity , a man of majestic presence and a kind of serene Olympian beauty . Minna Herzlieb's parents , fear- ing that she might lose her heart ...
... tion which no girl could contemplate with indiffer- ence . Moreover he was , apart from his celebrity , a man of majestic presence and a kind of serene Olympian beauty . Minna Herzlieb's parents , fear- ing that she might lose her heart ...
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... tion of Oriental models , translated into German by Hammer Purgstall ( 1813 ) . The first half of the book is chiefly didactic , while the latter half contains love lyrics , which in freshness of fancy and sweet- ness of melody rival ...
... tion of Oriental models , translated into German by Hammer Purgstall ( 1813 ) . The first half of the book is chiefly didactic , while the latter half contains love lyrics , which in freshness of fancy and sweet- ness of melody rival ...
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... tion on " Werther " and " Wilhelm Meister , " to which allusion has been made , is full of passion and stormy eloquence , and is , independently of its subject , a magnificent piece of writing . A writer who is so overbrimming with ...
... tion on " Werther " and " Wilhelm Meister , " to which allusion has been made , is full of passion and stormy eloquence , and is , independently of its subject , a magnificent piece of writing . A writer who is so overbrimming with ...
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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.