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 2G. Bell and sons, 1900 - 518 pages |
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... pieces of caricature so odd and so silly that they can hardly be par- doned , even in a humor so thorough and unassuming , and such a genuine comic talent . His days were made up of mere nothings , to which his nimble fancy could ever ...
... pieces of caricature so odd and so silly that they can hardly be par- doned , even in a humor so thorough and unassuming , and such a genuine comic talent . His days were made up of mere nothings , to which his nimble fancy could ever ...
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... pieces , so that no one went away with a particularly good opinion of me . It would have been much more natural to make myself gentle and friendly , but my feelings would not be schooled . They needed to be expanded by free good will ...
... pieces , so that no one went away with a particularly good opinion of me . It would have been much more natural to make myself gentle and friendly , but my feelings would not be schooled . They needed to be expanded by free good will ...
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... piece began with Mahomet alone under the open sky , singing a hymn . In it he adores first of all the innumerable stars as so many gods ; but as the friendly star , Gad ( our Jupiter ) rises , he offers to him , as the king of the stars ...
... piece began with Mahomet alone under the open sky , singing a hymn . In it he adores first of all the innumerable stars as so many gods ; but as the friendly star , Gad ( our Jupiter ) rises , he offers to him , as the king of the stars ...
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... piece in which was painted the difficulty Prometheus was placed in with respect to Jupiter and the later gods , in consequence of his making men with his own hand , giving them life by the aid of Minerva , and founding a third dynasty ...
... piece in which was painted the difficulty Prometheus was placed in with respect to Jupiter and the later gods , in consequence of his making men with his own hand , giving them life by the aid of Minerva , and founding a third dynasty ...
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... piece had the good fortune to produce . At this period I usually combined the art of design with poetical composition . I drew the portraits of my friends in profile on grey paper , in white and black chalk . Whenever I dictated or ...
... piece had the good fortune to produce . At this period I usually combined the art of design with poetical composition . I drew the portraits of my friends in profile on grey paper , in white and black chalk . Whenever I dictated or ...
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