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... spirit . He fought with wild bulls in the forest of Ardennes , such was his force , and for more than thirty years he had no sickness . His brow was open , his eyes large and quick , his hair thick and fine , and , in age , of venerable ...
... spirit . He fought with wild bulls in the forest of Ardennes , such was his force , and for more than thirty years he had no sickness . His brow was open , his eyes large and quick , his hair thick and fine , and , in age , of venerable ...
Strona 14
... spirit of order is beginning to move on the face of the chaos . At the beginning of the tenth century appears Henry the Fowler , a Saxon , and for the next hundred years the rulers of the empire come from the tough race which Karl the ...
... spirit of order is beginning to move on the face of the chaos . At the beginning of the tenth century appears Henry the Fowler , a Saxon , and for the next hundred years the rulers of the empire come from the tough race which Karl the ...
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... spirit . The work of the unknown genius who wrote the Nibelungen Lied has come , in our time , to be prized immeasurably . It is set side by side with Homer ; it is reverently studied by minds of the highest power ; it has be- come a ...
... spirit . The work of the unknown genius who wrote the Nibelungen Lied has come , in our time , to be prized immeasurably . It is set side by side with Homer ; it is reverently studied by minds of the highest power ; it has be- come a ...
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... spirit of the orig- inal . The poem has simple and child - like traits ; it has , too , aspects of horror ; aspects , too , of the highest nobleness . We also are Teutons . Think , as you read , that you are looking into the fore- time ...
... spirit of the orig- inal . The poem has simple and child - like traits ; it has , too , aspects of horror ; aspects , too , of the highest nobleness . We also are Teutons . Think , as you read , that you are looking into the fore- time ...
Strona 29
... spirit . On the evening of the wedding - day she wrestles again with Gunther , who , no longer having Siegfried's help , is shamefully vanquished , and bound with the girdle of his bride . She winds this about his hands and feet , and ...
... spirit . On the evening of the wedding - day she wrestles again with Gunther , who , no longer having Siegfried's help , is shamefully vanquished , and bound with the girdle of his bride . She winds this about his hands and feet , and ...
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Strona 197 - And though this world, with devils filled, Should threaten to undo us; We will not fear, for God hath willed His truth to triumph through us: The Prince of Darkness grim, We tremble not for him; His rage we can endure, For lo! his doom is sure, One little word shall fell him.
Strona 197 - A mighty fortress is our God, A bulwark never failing; Our helper he amid the flood Of mortal ills prevailing. For still our ancient foe Doth seek to work us woe; His craft and power are great, And, armed with cruel hate, On earth is not his equal.
Strona 370 - WERTHER had a love for Charlotte Such as words could never utter ; Would you know how first he met her? She .was cutting bread and butter. Charlotte was a married lady, And a moral man was Werther, And, for all the wealth of Indies, Would do nothing for to hurt her. So he sighed and pined and ogled, And his passion boiled and bubbled, Till he blew his silly brains out, And no more was by it troubled. Charlotte, having seen his body Borne before her on a shutter, Like a well-conducted person, Went...
Strona 362 - Ranch's statuette. His complexion was very bright, clear, and rosy. His eyes extraordinarily dark, piercing, and brilliant. I felt quite afraid before them, and recollect comparing them to the eyes of the hero of a certain romance called "Melmoth the Wanderer...
Strona 577 - ... it. In fact, under the rude yet also artificial character of newspaper style, each separate monster period is a vast arch, which, not receiving its keystone, not being locked into self-supporting cohesion, until you nearly reach its close, imposes of necessity upon the unhappy reader all the onus of its ponderous weight through the main process of its construction.
Strona 555 - They were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their deaths they were not divided.
Strona 335 - The features were large and liberally cut, as in the fine sweeping lines of Greek Art. The brow lofty and massive, from beneath which shone large lustrous brown eyes of marvellous beauty, their pupils being of almost unexampled size; the slightly aquiline...
Strona 274 - Laokoon,' which transported us from the region of miserable observation into the free fields of thought. The so long misunderstood ut pictura pocsis was at once set aside; the difference between art and poetry made clear; the peaks of both appeared separated, however near each other might be their bases. The former had to confine itself...
Strona 518 - But towards evening when, according to the belief of the Jews, the gates of heaven are closed and no further prayer can enter, I heard a voice in which tears flowed as they were never wept from eyes.
Strona 193 - It shall be so; go and write him so.' "Therefore, my dear little son Johnny, learn and pray away! and tell Lippus and Jost, too, that they must learn and pray. And then you shall come to the garden together. Herewith I commend thee to Almighty God. And greet Aunt Lehne, and give her a kiss for my sake. "Thy dear father, "Anno 1530.