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... looks out for what he himself may prefer , And he who brings much will bring something that pleases All palates , and sends them contented away ; When you give them a piece , at once give it in pieces , With such a ragout you will sure ...
... looks out for what he himself may prefer , And he who brings much will bring something that pleases All palates , and sends them contented away ; When you give them a piece , at once give it in pieces , With such a ragout you will sure ...
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... brought , Before the keen inquiry of his thought , A terrible sagacity informs The poet's heart , -he looks for distant storms : HUMOURIST . These magnificent powers , I prithee , then INTRODUCTION IN THE THEATRE . 9.
... brought , Before the keen inquiry of his thought , A terrible sagacity informs The poet's heart , -he looks for distant storms : HUMOURIST . These magnificent powers , I prithee , then INTRODUCTION IN THE THEATRE . 9.
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... Look sharp to the chase , lest we lose the prey ; The hand that has twirled all the Saturday The mop , on the Sunday caresses the best . CITIZEN . No , the new Burgomaster I cannot admire ; Since he's been so he holds his head every day ...
... Look sharp to the chase , lest we lose the prey ; The hand that has twirled all the Saturday The mop , on the Sunday caresses the best . CITIZEN . No , the new Burgomaster I cannot admire ; Since he's been so he holds his head every day ...
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... looks from out the window , sips betimes , Sees down the stream the painted vessels glide ; Then glad returning home at eventide , Blessings calls down on peace and peaceful times . THIRD CITIZEN . Yes , neighbour , on that point I'm ...
... looks from out the window , sips betimes , Sees down the stream the painted vessels glide ; Then glad returning home at eventide , Blessings calls down on peace and peaceful times . THIRD CITIZEN . Yes , neighbour , on that point I'm ...
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... look for him everywhere , but alas , His face again I can never see . " It is believed that a maiden can invite and see her future beloved upon St. Andrew's night , St. Thomas's night , Christ- mas night , and New Year's night . A table ...
... look for him everywhere , but alas , His face again I can never see . " It is believed that a maiden can invite and see her future beloved upon St. Andrew's night , St. Thomas's night , Christ- mas night , and New Year's night . A table ...
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16th century Accursed already ALTMAJER angels animal art thou aught bear behold Belial Blocksberg bosom BRANDER breast bring canst child CHORUS dance dare dear deep delight devil divine door dost thou doth earth eternal evil eyes fair FAUST feel fire flame FROSCH gaze Germany give gladly glorious glow Goethe harmony hast thou hath hear heaven heisa holy honour Incubus Juch lady libertine light look Lord mankind MARGARET MARTHA MEPHISTOPHELES mind mother Natural Theology nature ne'er never night nought o'er once Open bolt Paradise Lost pleasure poodle poor pray round Salamander seems seizes sense shew SIEBEL sing soar song soul Spinoza spirit stars sweet thee thine things thou art thought thyself to-day topheles truth unto WAGNER WALPURGIS NIGHT whilst whole wine WITCH word young دو
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Page 16 - tis said) Before was never made, But when of old the sons of morning sung, While the Creator great His constellations set, And the well-balanced world on hinges hung. And cast the dark foundations deep, And bid the weltering waves their oozy channel keep.
Page 25 - With lust and violence the house of God? In courts and palaces he also reigns, And in luxurious cities, where the noise Of riot ascends above their loftiest towers, And injury and outrage: and when night Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.
Page 69 - THERE is in souls a sympathy with sounds, And as the mind is pitched the ear is pleased With melting airs or martial, brisk or grave, Some chord in unison with what we hear Is touched within us, and the heart replies.
Page 17 - Ring out, ye crystal spheres! Once bless our human ears, If ye have power to touch our senses so; And let your silver chime Move in melodious time; And let the bass of heaven's deep organ blow, And with your ninefold harmony Make up full consort to the angelic symphony.
Page 35 - AND I saw a new heaven and a new earth : for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away : and there was no more sea. 2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
Page 15 - Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Page 18 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began : When Nature underneath a heap of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high, Arise, ye more than dead ! Then cold and hot, and moist and dry, In order to their stations leap, And music's power obey. From harmony, from heavenly harmony. This universal frame began : From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes...
Page 7 - We owe the great writers of the golden age of our literature to that fervid awakening of the public mind which shook to dust the oldest and most oppressive form of the Christian religion.
Page 128 - Mid countless brethren with a lonely heart Through courts and cities the smooth savage roams Feeling himself, his own low self the whole ; When he by sacred sympathy might make The whole one self! self, that no alien knows! Self, far diffused as Fancy's wing can travel ! Self, spreading still ! Oblivious of its own, Yet all of all possessing...
Page 133 - Since thy original lapse, true liberty Is lost, which always with right reason dwells Twinn'd, and from her hath no dividual being : Reason in man obscur'd, or not obey'd, Immediately inordinate desires, And upstart passions, catch the government From reason ; and to servitude reduce Man, till then free.