Fragments from German Prose WritersJ. Murray, 1841 - 353 páginas |
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... word implies more of choice and order than I have been able to bestow . Many of these fragments were translated some years ago from books which chance threw in my way , and without any view to their publication ; they were given to ...
... word implies more of choice and order than I have been able to bestow . Many of these fragments were translated some years ago from books which chance threw in my way , and without any view to their publication ; they were given to ...
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... word ) to that point of view whence another looks upon the world , and of fair appreciation of varieties in thought , expres- sion , and action . Hence their preeminent success as translators ; and hence the universality of their liter ...
... word ) to that point of view whence another looks upon the world , and of fair appreciation of varieties in thought , expres- sion , and action . Hence their preeminent success as translators ; and hence the universality of their liter ...
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... words of wisdom in thy heart , affections , there is thy country . - there are thy And though it be among bare rocks and desert islands , and though poverty and care dwell there with thee , thou must love that land for ever ; for thou ...
... words of wisdom in thy heart , affections , there is thy country . - there are thy And though it be among bare rocks and desert islands , and though poverty and care dwell there with thee , thou must love that land for ever ; for thou ...
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... word people , we find that we shall obtain it by running a sort of mean line through all classes , comprehending within that word all varieties of natural situation and capacity ; for with reference to the educated and accomplished ...
... word people , we find that we shall obtain it by running a sort of mean line through all classes , comprehending within that word all varieties of natural situation and capacity ; for with reference to the educated and accomplished ...
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... word , both as to knowledge and genius , as un- popular as it is possible to be . Guarini , the great link between the ancient and modern schools , is - - nowise popular ; and Shakspeare and Cervantes appear so only 12.
... word , both as to knowledge and genius , as un- popular as it is possible to be . Guarini , the great link between the ancient and modern schools , is - - nowise popular ; and Shakspeare and Cervantes appear so only 12.
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Página 40 - THE most agreeable of all companions is a simple, frank man, without any high pretensions to an oppressive greatness : one who loves life and understands the use of it ; obliging, alike at all hours ; above all, of a golden temper, and steadfast as an anchor. For such an one we gladly exchange the greatest genius, the most brilliant wit, the profoundest thinker.
Página 39 - ... flattery ; forego the gracious pressure of the hand, for which others cringe and crawl. Wrap yourself in your own virtue, and seek a. friend, and your daily bread. If you have, in such a course, grown gray with unblenched honor, bless God, and die.
Página 91 - Therefore do her entrails yearn over his wailings ; her heart beats quicker at his joy ; her blood flows more softly through her veins, when the breast at which he drinks knits him to her. In every uncorrupted nation of the earth, this feeling is the same. Climate, which changes every thing else, changes not that.
Página 147 - To have freedom, is only to have that which is absolutely necessary to enable us to be what we ought to be, and to possess what we ought to possess.
Página 228 - ... courage to use it without the guidance of another. Sapere aude ! — have the courage to use your own understanding, is therefore the motto of enlightenment.
Página 228 - Enlightenment is man's emergence from his selfincurred immaturity. Immaturity is the inability to use one's own understanding without the guidance of another.