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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... merit of exclusive novelty in historical views , and in those notions on matters of taste , which sometimes are termed " aesthetical , " nor that of a perfect and adequate develop- vi PREFACE . ment of ideas ; yet the Author PT 107.
... merit of exclusive novelty in historical views , and in those notions on matters of taste , which sometimes are termed " aesthetical , " nor that of a perfect and adequate develop- vi PREFACE . ment of ideas ; yet the Author PT 107.
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... ideas ; yet the Author hopes that his exertions for correctness in his concep- tions and statements , and for perspicuity in the mode of expressing them , will meet with a favourable reception and an indulgent cri- ticism on the part of ...
... ideas ; yet the Author hopes that his exertions for correctness in his concep- tions and statements , and for perspicuity in the mode of expressing them , will meet with a favourable reception and an indulgent cri- ticism on the part of ...
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... idea thereof , by considering literature , firstly , in a wider , and secondly , in a more confined sense . In the former , it represents all those productions of the human mind , which are the work of reason and intellect , of fancy ...
... idea thereof , by considering literature , firstly , in a wider , and secondly , in a more confined sense . In the former , it represents all those productions of the human mind , which are the work of reason and intellect , of fancy ...
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... ideas , and contains the leading features of the national mind . Without it , the history of a people cannot be under- stood ; that is , if we consider history as something more than an enumeration of battles lost and gained , or an ...
... ideas , and contains the leading features of the national mind . Without it , the history of a people cannot be under- stood ; that is , if we consider history as something more than an enumeration of battles lost and gained , or an ...
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... , it is equally certain , that they soon fashioned their God after their own idea . In their rude stubbornness , their pride and profound contempt for other nations , the Jews wanted a national god , and they formed GERMAN LITERATURE , 6.
... , it is equally certain , that they soon fashioned their God after their own idea . In their rude stubbornness , their pride and profound contempt for other nations , the Jews wanted a national god , and they formed GERMAN LITERATURE , 6.
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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.