Franz Schubert: The Man and His CircleFrederick A. Stokes, 1928 - 369 pages |
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Page 141 - Picture to yourself a man whose health can never be re-established, who from sheer despair makes matters worse instead of better ; picture to yourself, I say, a man whose most brilliant hopes have come to nothing...
Page 37 - Suppose you advance me a few kreuzers monthly. You would never miss it, whilst I should shut myself up in my cell and be quite happy. As I said, I rely on the words of the Apostle Matthew, who says, ' Let him that hath two coats give one to the poor.
Page 34 - To me personally, none ; but you are the oppressor of my country, the oppressor of the world, and to have put you to death would have been the most glorious act a man of honour could do.
Page 145 - Above all things, I must not get angry. For God's sake I must not get angry. For if I do get angry, I knock all the teeth out of the mouth of the poor wretch who has angered me.
Page 325 - Sammlung von Aussichten der Residenzstadt Wien von ihren Vorstädten und einigen umliegenden Oertern. Gezeichnet und gestochen von Karl Schütz, Mitglied der KK 162 Akademie der bildenden Künste und von Johann Ziegler.
Page 269 - Rinna is attending me. Whenever I eat anything, I promptly bring it up again. Do be kind and help me in this desperate condition by sending me some books. I have read Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans, The Spy, The Pilot and The Settler. In case you have any other books by this author, I beg you to leave them for me at the cafe"-house with Bogner's wife.
Page 315 - The Life of Franz Schubert. Translated from the German by Arthur Duke Coleridge. With an Appendix by George Grove.
Page xi - Whatever be the ultimate etymology of this road-name it should be made clear at the outset that this is not...
Page 324 - ... Kommentierte Gedichtsausgabe (in Auswahl) von Ludwig Uhland. Stuttgart 1877. Scherk, L., Erinnerungen an L. Uhland. Weserzeitung. Bremen, 18. Novbr. 1862. Schleusner, W., Zur Uhlandlektöre. Leipzig 1878. Schmidt, J,, L. Uhland. Biographie und Charakteristik. Illustr. Zeitung 1861, Nr. 29. Scholl, F., Reden zur Erinnerung an zwei Heroen im deutschen Liede, Franz Schubert und Ludw. Uhland. Stuttgart 1864. Scholl, A., Erinnerungen an Ludwig Uhland. Orion, Monatshefte für Litteratur und Kunst....
Page 158 - As regards the price of the music, I do not think I can put it at less than 100 florins without depreciating the music itself. In case that price should be too high, I beg your honor to fix the price yourself, but at not much below the above-named figure, and to forward it to the subjoined address, as I am absent from Vienna.