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But a translation of Goethe ' s “ Annals , " as he called his condensed journal ,
having been accomplished by Mr . Charles Nisbet , it was thought best to append
this to the more important autobiographic work , and to transfer the letters to other
...
But a translation of Goethe ' s “ Annals , " as he called his condensed journal ,
having been accomplished by Mr . Charles Nisbet , it was thought best to append
this to the more important autobiographic work , and to transfer the letters to other
...
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He was called Wagner , and was first a member of our Strasburg society and then
of that at Frankfort - a man not without spirit , talent , and education . He appeared
to be a striving sort of person , and was therefore welconie . He , too , attached ...
He was called Wagner , and was first a member of our Strasburg society and then
of that at Frankfort - a man not without spirit , talent , and education . He appeared
to be a striving sort of person , and was therefore welconie . He , too , attached ...
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Born with the most delicate moral susceptibilities , he had chosen for himself the
clerical profession . He received the necessary instruction , and displayed
various talents , but without inclining to that degree of culture which is called
learned .
Born with the most delicate moral susceptibilities , he had chosen for himself the
clerical profession . He received the necessary instruction , and displayed
various talents , but without inclining to that degree of culture which is called
learned .
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I called this preparation " The Basedovian Smellfungus , ” ( Stink - schwamm )
and declared that it ought to be introduced into Natural History under this This
greatly amused him , and to my disgust he minutely explained the hated
preparation ...
I called this preparation " The Basedovian Smellfungus , ” ( Stink - schwamm )
and declared that it ought to be introduced into Natural History under this This
greatly amused him , and to my disgust he minutely explained the hated
preparation ...
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I , too , was called on as much as ever to maintain the truth of the Sorrows of
Werther , and to name the residence of Charlotte , a desire which I declined to
gratify , not in the politest manner . On the other hand I col . lected the children
around ...
I , too , was called on as much as ever to maintain the truth of the Sorrows of
Werther , and to name the residence of Charlotte , a desire which I declined to
gratify , not in the politest manner . On the other hand I col . lected the children
around ...
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| Title | The Autobiography of Goethe: Truth and Poetry: from My Own Life. Together with his Annals: or, Day and year papers. Tr. from the German, Volume 2 Volume 3 of Goethe's Works The Autobiography of Goethe: Truth and Poetry: from My Own Life. Together with His Annals: Or, Day and Year Papers. Tr. from the German, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe |
| Author | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe |
| Publisher | G. Bell and sons, 1900 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 26 Jun 2007 |
| Length | 518 pages |
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