The Life of Goethe: 1749-1788. From birth to the return from ItalyG. P. Putnam's sons, 1905 |
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acquaintance Adelheid Alcest Alsatia beautiful became become Behrisch betrothed brought called character Charlotte von Stein charms cheerful circle Clavigo Councillor Court criticism Darmstadt daughter dear delight drama Duke everything eyes father Faust feeling felt Frankfort Frau von Stein Fräulein French Friederike gave genius German Goethe Goethe's Götz hand happy heart Heinrich Leopold Wagner Hence Herder Homer honour influence journey Karl August Kätchen Kestner Klettenberg Klopstock later Lavater Leipsic Lessing's letter Lili literary living Lotte Lotte's lover Merck mind mother nature never night noble Ossian pain passion play poems poet poet's poetic poetry prince Privy Councillor received Salzmann Satyros Schönkopf seemed Shakespeare songs soon Sophie soul spirit Stella Storm-and-Stress Strasburg table d'hôte thee things thou thought tion Weimar Weislingen Werther Wetzlar Wieland wife Wolfgang writes wrote young youth
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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 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 420 - 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 194 - The flower hangs its heavy head, waving, at times, to the gale. " Why dost thou awake me, O gale !" it seems to say, " I am covered with the drops of heaven? The time of my fading is near, the blast, that shall scatter my leaves. To-morrow shall the traveller come ; he that saw me in my beauty shall come. His eyes will search the field, but they will not find me.
Página 229 - Swiss liberty,54 which in the minds of German youths, his own friends not excepted, ordinarily formed the most beautiful part of the sentiment connected with a Swiss journey. He had sought in vain for this liberty. The return home was via Basel, Strasburg, and Darmstadt. In Strasburg he makes his third pilgrimage to the great cathedral, which moves him to a prayer of confession, praise, and worship. The solemn psalm contains some wonderful strains of sublime pictures of the Alps and love of Lili....
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 126 - Enough, we are here, and you see that you were wrong! You .would not believe that the noise of the city would grate on my ears after your sweet country joys. Certainly, Mam'sell, Strasburg never seemed to me so empty as now. I hope it may be better when time shall have worn away a little of the memory of our delightful, unrestrained enjoyment, when I shall no longer feel so vividly how good, how amiable, my friend is. But can it be that I could or would forget it? No, I will rather keep the little...
Página 421 - Es hat der Autor, wenn er schreibt, So etwas Gewisses, das ihn treibt," etc., forms a fine, roguish, marginal note, whereas, considered as an addition to a quotation from some one else, it surely is, as Herrmann says, "somewhat meaningless.
Página 165 - ... the oppressed fulness of his heart, lines of farewell to Kestner and Lotte, still preserved ; in the morning adding to Lotte's note a last word, enclosing some pictures for the children, forgotten until then. " Always a merry heart, dear Lotte, you are happier than a hundred — but not insensible ! and I, dear Lotte, am happy that I read in your eyes your belief that I will never change. Adieu, a thousand times. adieu !"2 Lotte and Kestner could only approve the step.