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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... individual is not new ; and Jean Paul Richter tells us , that the youth of a people is no metaphor , but a truth ; a people only repeating , in larger proportions of time , and sur- rounding objects , the history of the individual . A ...
... individual is not new ; and Jean Paul Richter tells us , that the youth of a people is no metaphor , but a truth ; a people only repeating , in larger proportions of time , and sur- rounding objects , the history of the individual . A ...
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... individual man belongs to his family as to his nearest sphere ; the union of families belonging to one race , forms what is called a people ; and the en- tire social union of nations , as represented by the consideration of the past ...
... individual man belongs to his family as to his nearest sphere ; the union of families belonging to one race , forms what is called a people ; and the en- tire social union of nations , as represented by the consideration of the past ...
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... individuals , a nation may aspire to perfection , so , despite of the depravity of many nations , mankind is still striving onward for the noble end proposed to it by Pro- vidence . Peoples and states flourish and fade , spring up and ...
... individuals , a nation may aspire to perfection , so , despite of the depravity of many nations , mankind is still striving onward for the noble end proposed to it by Pro- vidence . Peoples and states flourish and fade , spring up and ...
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... individual human life . Only divine wisdom can spring forth in armour , and prepared - earthly cultivation must be cradled and nursed . If we trace the history of mankind to its earliest dawn , where it disengages itself from mythology ...
... individual human life . Only divine wisdom can spring forth in armour , and prepared - earthly cultivation must be cradled and nursed . If we trace the history of mankind to its earliest dawn , where it disengages itself from mythology ...
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... individual man we also find , that the transitions from one period of life to the other are not so distinctly marked , that we can say , " Here boyhood ends , and youth begins . " States and nations which expanded slowly enjoyed a ...
... individual man we also find , that the transitions from one period of life to the other are not so distinctly marked , that we can say , " Here boyhood ends , and youth begins . " States and nations which expanded slowly enjoyed a ...
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ÆNEID ÆSCHYLUS appears artist called character Charlemagne chivalry classical clergy cultivation culture dialect divine dramatic earthly Egyptian elements emperor empire endeavoured English epic epos Erasmus eternal Europe European mankind evinced expression faith feeling and fancy Foolscap 8vo freedom German literature GOWER STREET gradually Grecian Greek art hierarchy High German language Hindoos history of mankind honour human mind Iliad impulse individual influence intellect JOHN TAYLOR Julius Charles Hare Latin Laurentius Valla laws Lectures literary LL.D Luther lyrical lyrical poetry ment mental middle ages modern moral nations nature northern object Pagan papal passions peculiar perfect period poet poetical poetry political pope popular princes PRINTED FOR JOHN Professor protestantism racter reason Reformation religion religious representative Roman Rome Second Edition sensual sentiments songs soul spirit splendour striving Suabian tendency tion TREATISE truth Ulrich von Hutten universal University of London UPPER GOWER STREET words worldly youth
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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.