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... sense of beauty alone , together with a right appreciation of the state of death , enabled them to conceive the latter as the twin - brother of sleep . ' He showed , therefore , that Klotz , and Winckelmann also , were utterly wrong in ...
... sense of beauty alone , together with a right appreciation of the state of death , enabled them to conceive the latter as the twin - brother of sleep . ' He showed , therefore , that Klotz , and Winckelmann also , were utterly wrong in ...
Page xlviii
... sense of justice , that he even takes up the defence of men who had been calumniated and persecuted centuries before . As a critic he was unequalled ; when he once ' closed with an adversary , ' he did not leave off before he had ...
... sense of justice , that he even takes up the defence of men who had been calumniated and persecuted centuries before . As a critic he was unequalled ; when he once ' closed with an adversary , ' he did not leave off before he had ...
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... sense of justice . Thus several weeks elapsed before the authorities could overcome their scruples , summed up by them , characteristically enough , in the words : Man könne zwar über Gott raisonniren und dogmatisiren , aber nicht über ...
... sense of justice . Thus several weeks elapsed before the authorities could overcome their scruples , summed up by them , characteristically enough , in the words : Man könne zwar über Gott raisonniren und dogmatisiren , aber nicht über ...
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... sense of honour which forbids a man to conclude a union with the object of his love , as long as his reputation does not stand unclouded and above all suspicion , -that sense of honour , finally , which considers it a wrong in a man ...
... sense of honour which forbids a man to conclude a union with the object of his love , as long as his reputation does not stand unclouded and above all suspicion , -that sense of honour , finally , which considers it a wrong in a man ...
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... sense of honour , such as has been fostered in the Prussian army ever since the times of Frederick the Great , ' is based on an utter misconception of the character . Even as a soldier he is represented as not considering the military ...
... sense of honour , such as has been fostered in the Prussian army ever since the times of Frederick the Great , ' is based on an utter misconception of the character . Even as a soldier he is represented as not considering the military ...
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andere Auftritt Augen Balliol College Bediente bekommen Berlin besser bringen Clarendon Press Series cloth College critical Das Fräulein Der Wirth Dienste dramatic eben Edition Ehre einmal English erst expression fcap Feldjäger formerly Fellow Franziska Frau Frauenzimmerchen French Freund geben gehen Geht Geld German gern geschwind gewiß Glück glücklich gnädiges Fräulein Goethe gute guten habe hätte Herr Major Herr Wachtmeister Herr Wirth Herrn höre hören idiomatic Ihro Gnaden indem Jacob Grimm jezt Kamenz Komm kommen kommt können landlord lassen läßt Latin Lessing Lessing's Liebe lieber literary literature machen macht Mädchen Mann Minna von Barnhelm muß nehmen Oriel College Oxford Paul Werner play Professor recht rendered Riccaut Ring sagen Saxony scene schon schönes Kind schuldig sehen sein sense soll sollte sprechen Tellheim Thaler transl translated Unglück unglücklich verb vergessen viel wahr weiß weiter wenig wieder Wilhelm Tell wissen wohl Wolfenbüttel wollen wollte word würde Zimmer
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Page 162 - Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.
Page 190 - The books and documents referring to the Tell legend, are in themselves a library; but Dr. Buchheim, in an exhaustive essay prefixed to the tragedy, has condensed the contents of that library into two dozen most interesting pages. He gives a history of the Forest Cantons, traces the origin and growth and spreading of the legend of Tell with a zeal and consequent completeness with which it has never yet been treated.
Page xlvi - To vie with both his brothers in displaying The virtue of his ring ; assist its might With gentleness, benevolence, forbearance, With inward resignation to the godhead, And if the virtues of the ring continue To show themselves among your children's children, After a thousand thousand years, appear Before this judgment-seat — a greater one Than I shall sit upon it, and decide.
Page xlvi - For all that follows may be guessed of course. Scarce is the father dead, each with his ring Appears, and claims to be the lord o' th' house. Comes question, strife, complaint ; all to no end, For the true ring could no more be distinguished Than now can — the true faith.
Page xxxiii - ... délice; et il pourra arriver que notre langue polie et perfectionnée s'étende en faveur de nos bons écrivains d'un bout de l'Europe à l'autre.