GoetheW. Blackwood and sons, 1878 - 222 páginas |
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Página 91 - Sir, (continued he,) there is all the difference in the world between characters of nature and characters of manners; and there is the difference between the characters of Fielding and those of Richardson.
Página 56 - Corinne is, of course, what all mothers must be, — but will, I venture to prophesy, do what few mothers could — write an Essay upon it. She cannot exist without a grievance — and somebody to see, or read, how much grief becomes her.
Página 40 - For even then, sir, even before this splendid orb was entirely set, and while the western horizon was in a blaze with his descending glory, on the opposite quarter of the heavens arose another luminary, and, for his hour, became lord of the ascendant.
Página 209 - extends along the mountain's foot, infecting all that is already won : to draw off the noisome pool would be a crowning success. I lay open a space for many millions to dwell upon, not safely it is true, but in free activity. . . . Yes, heart and soul am I devoted to this wish ; this is the last resolve of wisdom. He only deserves freedom and life who is daily compelled to conquer them for himself...
Página 204 - ... felt from the first line. The sensuality and the thirst after knowledge are unconnected with each other. Mephistopheles and Margaret are excellent ; but Faust himself is dull and meaningless. The scene in Auerbach's cellars is one of the best, perhaps the very best; that on the Brocken is also fine ; and all the songs are beautiful. But there is no whole in the poem; the scenes are mere magic-lantern pictures, and a large part of the work is to me very flat.
Página 199 - Love ! God ! I have no name to give it ! Feeling is all in all : The Name is sound and smoke, Obscuring Heaven's clear glow.
Página 5 - The only inheritance I could boast of from my poor father, was the very scanty one of an unattractive face and person, like his own ; and if the world has ever attributed to me something more valuable than face or person, or than earthly wealth, it was that another and a dearer parent gave her child a fortune from the treasure of her mind.
Página 213 - What is there is mine,' he should have said, ' and whether I got it from a book or from life, is of no consequence ; the only point is, whether I have made a right use of it.
Página 177 - I know not how it is in foreign countries, but in Germany, a universal, and, if I may say so, personal, cultivation is beyond the reach of any one except a nobleman. A burgher may acquire merit ; by excessive efforts he may even educate his mind ; but his personal qualities are lost, or worse than lost, let him struggle as he will.
Página 55 - Which is its life and soul, it takes All shapes of thought, all hues of heart, Nor feels, itself, one throb it wakes — How like a gem its light may smile O'er the dark path, by mortals trod, Itself as mean a worm, the while, As crawls along the sullying sod — What sensibility may fall From its false lip, what plans to bless, While home, friends, kindred, country, all, Lie waste beneath its selfishness...