Sketches of and from Jean Paul RichterA.W. Bennett, 1859 - 84 páginas |
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... writings . He died while engaged , under recent and almost total blindness , in enlarging and remodelling this Campaner Thal . The unfinished inanuscript was borne upon his coffin to the burial vault ; and Klopstook's hymn , Aufer ...
... writings . He died while engaged , under recent and almost total blindness , in enlarging and remodelling this Campaner Thal . The unfinished inanuscript was borne upon his coffin to the burial vault ; and Klopstook's hymn , Aufer ...
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... writings ; a simple narrative is made the groundwork for the most elaborate description , enriched by copious illustration and gorgeous imagery — a massive structure reared upon the slenderest foundation . The reason PREFACE. ...
... writings ; a simple narrative is made the groundwork for the most elaborate description , enriched by copious illustration and gorgeous imagery — a massive structure reared upon the slenderest foundation . The reason PREFACE. ...
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... writings we would fain portray ; he who has been termed by his admiring coun- trymen , Jean Paul der Einzige - Jean Paul the only . In the heart of Germany , at the North of Bavaria , is situated a table - land , which takes its name ...
... writings we would fain portray ; he who has been termed by his admiring coun- trymen , Jean Paul der Einzige - Jean Paul the only . In the heart of Germany , at the North of Bavaria , is situated a table - land , which takes its name ...
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... writing as a means of obtaining bread ; yes , gentle reader , frown if you will and scorn the man , who could write from such mean and sordid motives ; it matters little how you may be affected by the circumstance , but it is , and ...
... writing as a means of obtaining bread ; yes , gentle reader , frown if you will and scorn the man , who could write from such mean and sordid motives ; it matters little how you may be affected by the circumstance , but it is , and ...
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... writings , he at length found it necessary to lay down his pen , and , to avoid the pertinacity of his more pressing creditors , to secure an outside place on the night coach for Hof , where he arrived in the winter of 1784 , at the age ...
... writings , he at length found it necessary to lay down his pen , and , to avoid the pertinacity of his more pressing creditors , to secure an outside place on the night coach for Hof , where he arrived in the winter of 1784 , at the age ...
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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...