Sketches of and from Jean Paul RichterA.W. Bennett, 1859 - 84 páginas |
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... present the English reader with a picture of the great German author , Jean Paul . To effect this , the writer has interwoven a short biographical sketch , with such selections from his works , as seemed most characteristic of the mind ...
... present the English reader with a picture of the great German author , Jean Paul . To effect this , the writer has interwoven a short biographical sketch , with such selections from his works , as seemed most characteristic of the mind ...
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... present so sublime a picture of space to the reader , as the admirable composition referred to . With this exception , and that of the " Dream of the Dead Christ , " no piece translated in this little work has , as far as the writer can ...
... present so sublime a picture of space to the reader , as the admirable composition referred to . With this exception , and that of the " Dream of the Dead Christ , " no piece translated in this little work has , as far as the writer can ...
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... present day , that great men are scarce ; and although this may be but partially true , yet as a rule , it is undoubtedly correct . This paucity of genius in the present age , is the more striking when contrasted with the galaxy of ...
... present day , that great men are scarce ; and although this may be but partially true , yet as a rule , it is undoubtedly correct . This paucity of genius in the present age , is the more striking when contrasted with the galaxy of ...
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... present world , that is to say its sun . The whole spiritual universe is burst and shattered by the hand of atheism , into countless separate exist- ences , that run and wander together , into and out of one another , without unity or ...
... present world , that is to say its sun . The whole spiritual universe is burst and shattered by the hand of atheism , into countless separate exist- ences , that run and wander together , into and out of one another , without unity or ...
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... present a falling one . ' Here , Christ looked down and his eyes filled with tears , and he said , ' Ah , I too was once upon it , then I was happy , for I had still my infinite Father , and gazed joyfully from the hills to the ...
... present a falling one . ' Here , Christ looked down and his eyes filled with tears , and he said , ' Ah , I too was once upon it , then I was happy , for I had still my infinite Father , and gazed joyfully from the hills to the ...
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Página 77 - God called up from dreams a man into the vestibule of heaven, saying, ' Come thou hither, and see the glory of my house.' And to the servants that stood around his throne he said, 'Take him, and undress him from his robes of flesh : cleanse his vision, and put a new breath into his nostrils : arm him with sail-broad wings for flight. Only touch not with any change his human heart — the heart that weeps and trembles.
Página 20 - And oft he traced the uplands, to survey, When o'er the sky advanced the kindling dawn, The crimson cloud, blue main, and mountain gray, And lake, dim gleaming on the smoky lawn : Far to the west the long, long vale withdrawn...
Página 77 - And to the servants that stood around his throne he said, — "Take him, and undress him from his robes of flesh : cleanse his vision, and put a new breath into his nostrils : only touch not with any change his human heart — the heart that weeps and trembles." It was done ; and, with a mighty angel for his guide, the man stood ready for his infinite voyage ; and from the terraces of heaven, without sound or farewell, at once they wheeled away into endless space. Sometimes with the solemn flight...
Página 20 - And sees, on high, amidst th' encircling groves, From cliff to cliff the foaming torrents shine: While waters, woods, and winds, in concert join, And echo swells the chorus to the skies. Would Edwin this majestic scene resign For aught the huntsman's puny craft supplies ? Ah ! no : he better knows great Nature's charms to prize.
Página 20 - The crimson cloud, blue main, and mountain grey, •And lake, dim-gleaming on the smoky lawn : Far to the west the long long vale withdrawn, Where twilight loves to linger for a while ; And now he faintly kens the bounding fawn, And villager abroad at early toil. But lo ! the Sun appears ! and heaven, earth, ocean, smile.
Página 77 - Then, from a distance that is counted only in heaven, light dawned for a time through a sleepy film ; by unutterable pace the light swept to them, they by unutterable pace to the light. In a moment the rushing of planets was upon them : in a moment the blazing of suns was around them.
Página 30 - I traversed the worlds, I ascended into the suns, and flew with the milky ways through the wildernesses of the heavens ; but there is no God ! I descended as far as Being throws its shadow, and gazed down into the abyss, and cried aloud, — "Father, where art thou ?" but I heard nothing but the eternal storm which no one rules ; and...
Página 32 - ... setting, and ye fall amid blossoms, radiance, and tears, upon your knees, and lift up your blessed hands, and call out to the open heaven, amid a thousand tears of joy, ' Thou knowest me too, thou infinite One, and all my wounds, and thou wilt welcome me after death, and wilt close them all.
Página 30 - Jesus, have we no Father ?' And he answered, with streaming tears, • We are all orphans, I and you ; we are without...
Página 20 - And oft the craggy cliff he loved to climb, When all in mist the world below was lost. What dreadful pleasure ! there to stand sublime, Like shipwreck'd mariner on desert coast, And view th...