The Life of Goethe: 1749-1788. From birth to the return from Italy

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G. P. Putnam's sons, 1905
 

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Página 422 - When I was a child, I spake as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child : now that I am become a man, I have put away childish things.
Página 96 - Enlarge the place of thy tent, And let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations : Spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes ; For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; And thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, And make the desolate cities to be inhabited.
Página 91 - Again shalt thou plant vineyards upon the mountains of Samaria: the planters shall plant, and shall enjoy the fruit thereof. For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the hills of Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the Lord our God.
Página 284 - And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest ; as with the servant, so with his master ; as with the maid, so with her mistress ; as with the buyer, so with the seller ; as with the lender, so with the borrower ; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.
Página 284 - The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
Página 284 - There is a crying for wine in the streets ; All joy is darkened, The mirth of the land is gone. In the city is left desolation, And the gate is smitten with destruction.
Página 18 - A sweet, uncomprehended yearning Drove forth my feet through woods and meadows free, And while a thousand tears were burning, I felt a world arise for me.
Página 425 - Mois d'Aout, j'ai compilé un Volume de mes oevres annuaires de 500 pages in quarto magiore. Pour ne pas desister toutafait de ce bon institut, le grand conseil poetique s'assembla, ou furent lues toutte les poesies qui sortirent de ma plume depuis que je rode autour de la douce Pleise. Conclu fut que le tout seroit condamné a l'obscurite eternelle de mon coffre, hormis douze pieces...
Página 346 - We recalled many a pastime of those happy days, and I found myself as vividly conscious of all, as if I had been away only six months. The old people were frank and hearty, and thought me looking younger. I stayed the night there, and departed at dawn, leaving behind me friendly faces; so that I can now think once more of this corner of the world with comfort, and know that they are at peace with me.
Página 229 - What a glorious poem it would be to see how the world mirrors itself in this soul ! She sees the world as it is, and yet withal sees it through the medium of love ; hence sweetness is the dominant expression.

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