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His early friends who had read , in manuscript , those poetical compositions
which were now creating so much sensa . tion , and therefore regarded them
almost as their own , gloried in a success which they had boldly enough
predicted .
His early friends who had read , in manuscript , those poetical compositions
which were now creating so much sensa . tion , and therefore regarded them
almost as their own , gloried in a success which they had boldly enough
predicted .
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In order to keep at a distance the second brother , who was paying court to the
same lady , as well as other lovers , and to preserve the precious heart for his
absent friend , Lenz determined either to feign that he had fallen in love with the ...
In order to keep at a distance the second brother , who was paying court to the
same lady , as well as other lovers , and to preserve the precious heart for his
absent friend , Lenz determined either to feign that he had fallen in love with the ...
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... been read to a society of the friends of literature at a time , in short , wher . Götz
was not yet written . That there should have been among L . coz ' s
acquaintances at Strasburg a literary circle o which I Wegnt was ignorant seemed
somewhat ...
... been read to a society of the friends of literature at a time , in short , wher . Götz
was not yet written . That there should have been among L . coz ' s
acquaintances at Strasburg a literary circle o which I Wegnt was ignorant seemed
somewhat ...
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Lavater having associated a friend with himself , anonymously threatened the
guilty bailiff . The matter became notorious , and an investigation was rendered
necessary . The criminal was punished , but the prompters of this act of justice
were ...
Lavater having associated a friend with himself , anonymously threatened the
guilty bailiff . The matter became notorious , and an investigation was rendered
necessary . The criminal was punished , but the prompters of this act of justice
were ...
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Every one who at a distance was dissatisfied with him became his friend when
they met , and every one who , judging by my work , considered me amiable ,
found himself greatly deceived when he came in contract with a man of coldness
and ...
Every one who at a distance was dissatisfied with him became his friend when
they met , and every one who , judging by my work , considered me amiable ,
found himself greatly deceived when he came in contract with a man of coldness
and ...
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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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