Faust, with notes by G.G. Zerffi, Issue 64 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 59
Page viii
... give a biographical sketch of Goethe would be al- together superfluous , when England possesses so excellent a " Life " as that written by Lewes ; and it may here be re- marked without flattery , that the English being of a more ...
... give a biographical sketch of Goethe would be al- together superfluous , when England possesses so excellent a " Life " as that written by Lewes ; and it may here be re- marked without flattery , that the English being of a more ...
Page xiii
... give to everything a symbolical form certainly reached its height in the Middle Ages , and hence it was that Goethe in coupling the leading ideas of that age with the scepticism of his own times , has been enabled PREFACE . xiii.
... give to everything a symbolical form certainly reached its height in the Middle Ages , and hence it was that Goethe in coupling the leading ideas of that age with the scepticism of his own times , has been enabled PREFACE . xiii.
Page xiv
... give us the only possible means of harmonizing the contra- dictory mysteries of human nature . That the Roman Catholic creed did much to promote these tendencies is beyond all doubt ; its church seemed to glory in throwing the veil of ...
... give us the only possible means of harmonizing the contra- dictory mysteries of human nature . That the Roman Catholic creed did much to promote these tendencies is beyond all doubt ; its church seemed to glory in throwing the veil of ...
Page xvi
... give more bitterness , more animosity to the strife . What once appeared as a battle waged between Day and Night , Winter and Summer , destruction and creation , now be- came a war between opposing philosophical systems , be- tween ...
... give more bitterness , more animosity to the strife . What once appeared as a battle waged between Day and Night , Winter and Summer , destruction and creation , now be- came a war between opposing philosophical systems , be- tween ...
Page xxiii
... gives himself up to the devil , and is annihilated . In the same year a transcription of the tale in the form of an epic poem was commenced , though it was not concluded till the following year ( 1588 ) when there were also published ...
... gives himself up to the devil , and is annihilated . In the same year a transcription of the tale in the form of an epic poem was commenced , though it was not concluded till the following year ( 1588 ) when there were also published ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Alluding allusion Altmayer andern Augen Baubo beauty Blocksberg Blut Brander Cabbala cabbalistic character Chor daß despair devil dich earth einmal erst evil spirit ewig expression Faust feeling Fichte Frau Freund Frosch ganze gehen gehn geht Geist German German Mythology gern geschehn gethan gewiß gleich Goethe Goethe's Gott Gretchen groß Habt halb happiness heart Herr Herrn Herz Herzen heute Himmel iſt ist's Komm kommt Laß läßt Latin Leben Leib Licht Lieb macht Mammon manche Mann Margaret Marthe meaning Menschen Mephisto Mephistopheles muß Mutter Nacht nature Nostradamus passion philosophical poet poetical poetry recht sagen Satan satire scene schon schöne Schüler Seele sein sense Siebel sieht Sinn soll song soul steht Stimme superstition Teufel thou Valentin viel Wagner wär Weib Wein weiß Welt wenig wieder witches wohl word Zeit
Popular passages
Page 27 - To die, to sleep; To sleep? perchance to dream. Ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause. There's the respect That makes calamity of so long life...
Page 17 - And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
Page 248 - So God created man in his own image ; — male and female created he them.
Page 21 - Thou art the anointed Cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.
Page 24 - Horatio; a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy. He hath borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is! my gorge rises at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar?
Page 234 - Tis left to fly or fall alone. With wounded wing, or bleeding breast, Ah ! where shall either victim rest ? Can this with faded pinion soar From rose to tulip as before? Or Beauty, blighted in an hour, Find joy within her broken bower...
Page 260 - Forerun the royal camp, to trench a field, Or cast a rampart. Mammon led them on, Mammon, the least erected spirit that fell From...
Page 143 - The practice of thrusting out the thumb between the first and second fingers to express the feelings of insult and contempt has prevailed very generally among the nations of Europe, and for many ages been denominated making the fig, or described at least by some equivalent expression.
Page 285 - Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog, Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's leg and howlet's wing, For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.
Page 285 - Witch. Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf. Witches' mummy , maw and gulf Of the ravin'd salt-sea shark, Root of hemlock digg'd i...