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... truth is , that , rich as we are in Biography , a well - written Life is almost as rare as a well - spent one ; and there are certainly many more men whose history deserves to be recorded , than persons willing and able to record it ...
... truth is , that , rich as we are in Biography , a well - written Life is almost as rare as a well - spent one ; and there are certainly many more men whose history deserves to be recorded , than persons willing and able to record it ...
الصفحة 13
... truth or their want of truth . Tried by many an accepted standard , Richter would be speedily enough disposed of ; pronounced a mystic , a German dreamer , a rash and presumptuous innovator ; and so consigned , with equanimity , perhaps ...
... truth or their want of truth . Tried by many an accepted standard , Richter would be speedily enough disposed of ; pronounced a mystic , a German dreamer , a rash and presumptuous innovator ; and so consigned , with equanimity , perhaps ...
الصفحة 28
... Truth , and will not accept a lie . A frank , fearless , honest , yet truly spiritual faith is of all things the rarest in our time . Of writings which , though with many reservations , we have praised so much , our hesitating readers ...
... Truth , and will not accept a lie . A frank , fearless , honest , yet truly spiritual faith is of all things the rarest in our time . Of writings which , though with many reservations , we have praised so much , our hesitating readers ...
الصفحة 44
... truth ; which it is only in- vestigation and discussion that can help us to find . The study of German literature has already taken such firm root among us , and is spreading so visibly , that by and by , as we believe , the true ...
... truth ; which it is only in- vestigation and discussion that can help us to find . The study of German literature has already taken such firm root among us , and is spreading so visibly , that by and by , as we believe , the true ...
الصفحة 47
... truth . If any man will insist on taking Heinse's Ardinghello , and Miller's Siegwart , and the works of Veit Weber the Younger , and , above all , the everlasting Kotzebue , as his specimens of German literature , he may establish many ...
... truth . If any man will insist on taking Heinse's Ardinghello , and Miller's Siegwart , and the works of Veit Weber the Younger , and , above all , the everlasting Kotzebue , as his specimens of German literature , he may establish many ...
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الصفحة 372 - There was a strong expression of sense and shrewdness in all his lineaments ; the eye alone, I think, indicated the poetical character and temperament. It was large, and of a dark cast, which glowed (I say literally glowed) when he spoke with feeling or interest. I never saw such another eye in a human head, though I have seen the most distinguished men of my time.
الصفحة 410 - In Being's floods, in Action's storm, I walk and work, above, beneath, Work and weave in endless motion! Birth and Death, An infinite ocean; A seizing and giving The fire of Living: 'Tis thus at the roaring Loom of Time I ply, And weave for God the Garment thou seest Him by.
الصفحة 371 - I saw him one day at the late venerable Professor Ferguson's, where there were several gentlemen of literary reputation, among whom I remember the celebrated Mr Dugald Stewart. Of course we youngsters sat silent, looked and listened. The only thing I remember which was remarkable in Burns...
الصفحة 394 - The ancient prince of hell Hath risen with purpose fell ; Strong mail of craft and power He weareth in this hour, On earth is not his fellow.
الصفحة 276 - To griefs congenial prone, More wounds than nature gave he knew, While misery's form his fancy drew In dark ideal hues, and horrors not its own.
الصفحة 294 - ... bring much into the world along with them : Nature has given to each whatever he requires for time and duration ; to unfold this is our duty ; often it unfolds itself better of its own accord. One thing there is, however, which no child brings into the world with him ; and yet it is on this one thing that all depends for making man in every point a man. If you can discover it yourself, speak it out.
الصفحة 99 - Khan, with his shaggy demons of the wilderness, "passed away like a whirlwind," to be forgotten forever ; and that German artisan has wrought a benefit, which is yet immeasurably expanding itself, and will continue to expand itself through all countries and through all times. What are the conquests and expeditions of the whole corporation of captains, from Walter the Penniless to Napoleon Bonaparte, compared with these
الصفحة 334 - Si vis me fen, is applicable in a wider sense than the literal one. To every poet, to every writer, we might say : Be true, if you would be believed. Let a man but speak forth with genuine earnestness the thought, the emotion, the actual condition, of his own heart; and other men, so strangely are we all knit together by the tie of sympathy, must and will give heed to him.
الصفحة 334 - ... amidst that he describes : those scenes, rude and humble as they are, have kindled beautiful emotions in his soul, noble thoughts, and definite resolves ; and he speaks forth what is in him, not from any outward call of vanity or interest, but because his heart is too full to be silent. He speaks it, too, with such melody and modulation as he can ; ' in homely rustic jingle ;' but it is his own, and genuine.
الصفحة 394 - And were this world all devils o'er, And watching to devour us, We lay it not to heart so sore; Not they can overpower us. And let the prince of ill Look grim as e'er he will, He harms us not a whit; For why his doom is writ; A word shall quickly slay him.