An Introduction to a Course of German Literature: In Lectures to the Students of the University of LondonJ. Taylor, 1830 - 157 pages |
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... fancy and feeling ; and , in this sense , it comprehends the wide field of the sciences , and that of poetry , and constitutes the prin- cipal superstructure of the national mind . In its latter , or more confined sense , literature ...
... fancy and feeling ; and , in this sense , it comprehends the wide field of the sciences , and that of poetry , and constitutes the prin- cipal superstructure of the national mind . In its latter , or more confined sense , literature ...
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... fancy , are the prevailing elements . The lectures which I shall have the honour of delivering to you on German literature will treat of only a branch of that literature , in the more confined sense , as just described . I must restrict ...
... fancy , are the prevailing elements . The lectures which I shall have the honour of delivering to you on German literature will treat of only a branch of that literature , in the more confined sense , as just described . I must restrict ...
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... fancy , unrestrained by the precepts of moderation and har- mony . Thus we find them in their science , litera- ture , and art . But what renders the Hindoo history so charming , is the calmness , peace , and truly child- like innocence ...
... fancy , unrestrained by the precepts of moderation and har- mony . Thus we find them in their science , litera- ture , and art . But what renders the Hindoo history so charming , is the calmness , peace , and truly child- like innocence ...
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... fancy , but thought gains a new life in Egyptian history ; the calm and musing character , which delights in the mere contemplation of nature , having risen to a higher reflection . The Egyptian wants a medium , by which he may approach ...
... fancy , but thought gains a new life in Egyptian history ; the calm and musing character , which delights in the mere contemplation of nature , having risen to a higher reflection . The Egyptian wants a medium , by which he may approach ...
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... fancy , observable in a grown child , who is delighted by animal forms . In Israel , the long standing guest of the Egyptians , the rude and stubborn boy occurs to us . A great capability and tendency to reflection is evident in this ...
... fancy , observable in a grown child , who is delighted by animal forms . In Israel , the long standing guest of the Egyptians , the rude and stubborn boy occurs to us . A great capability and tendency to reflection is evident in this ...
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Page 154 - Ein' feste Burg ist unser Gott, Ein' gute Wehr und Waffen, Er hilft uns frei aus aller Not, Die uns jetzt hat betroffen. Der alt' böse Feind Mit Ernst er's jetzt meint; Groß' Macht und viel List Sein' grausam Rüstung ist, Auf Erd
Page 59 - Dim as the borrowed beams of moon and stars To lonely, weary, wandering travellers, Is reason to the soul; and, as on high Those rolling fires discover but the sky, Not light us here, so reason's glimmering ray Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, But guide us upward to a better day. And as those nightly tapers disappear, When day's bright lord ascends our hemisphere; So pale grows reason at religion's sight; So dies, and so dissolves in supernatural light.