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... wish , that , in this Translation , I had been able to do justice to the style , as well as to the other merits of the Work , of which I have omitted the Dedication , as it was addressed to me by the Author , whose private friendship I ...
... wish , that , in this Translation , I had been able to do justice to the style , as well as to the other merits of the Work , of which I have omitted the Dedication , as it was addressed to me by the Author , whose private friendship I ...
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... wishes , serve faithfully the King ; the boy " was left with me , 1812 , the 7th of October , " and I am a poor day - labourer , with ten " children , and have enough to do to take care " of them , and his mother left the child with me ...
... wishes , serve faithfully the King ; the boy " was left with me , 1812 , the 7th of October , " and I am a poor day - labourer , with ten " children , and have enough to do to take care " of them , and his mother left the child with me ...
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... wish that a skilful portrait painter might take a likeness of Kaspar , as his countenance would certainly be soon changed . That wish was not realized , but the conjecture was soon con- firmed . in walking were like those of a child ...
... wish that a skilful portrait painter might take a likeness of Kaspar , as his countenance would certainly be soon changed . That wish was not realized , but the conjecture was soon con- firmed . in walking were like those of a child ...
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... wish of decorating a horse with it . Kaspar , who , with- out any benefit with respect either to his intel- lectual development , or to the observations which the singularity of his appearance re- quired , was daily brought to the guard ...
... wish of decorating a horse with it . Kaspar , who , with- out any benefit with respect either to his intel- lectual development , or to the observations which the singularity of his appearance re- quired , was daily brought to the guard ...
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... he afterwards expressed frequently the wish of being a girl - that is , of being attired in the same manner . He could not believe that children became grown up persons , and obstinately contended that he had KASPAR HAUSER . 29.
... he afterwards expressed frequently the wish of being a girl - that is , of being attired in the same manner . He could not believe that children became grown up persons , and obstinately contended that he had KASPAR HAUSER . 29.
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Kaspar Hauser: The Foundling of Nuremberg - Primary Source Edition Paul Johann Anselm Feuerbach Podgląd niedostępny - 2014 |
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Strona 136 - I was just thinking, how many beautiful things there are in the world, and how hard it is for me to have lived so long, and to have seen nothing of them ; and how happy children are, who have been able to see all these things from their earliest infancy, and can still look at them. I am already so old, and am still obliged to learn what children knew long ago.
Strona 39 - Here he first learned, that, besides himself and ' the man with whom he had always been,' there existed other men and other creatures. As long as he can recollect, he had always lived in a hole, (a small, low apartment, which he sometimes calls a cage,) where he had always sat upon the ground, with bare feet, and clothed only with a shirt and a pair of breeches.
Strona 97 - ... been accustomed in his prison; — for his bread was seasoned with these condiments — all kinds of smells were more or less disagreeable to him. When he was once asked, which of all other smells was most agreeable to him? he answered, none at all.
Strona 5 - He was hence soon regarded as a kind of savage; and, in expectation of the captain's return, was conducted to the stable, where he immediately stretched himself on the straw, and fell into a profound sleep.
Strona 13 - If he had parents (which he has not) he would have been a scholar : only show him a thing and he can do it.