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Page xi
... passion , of spirit over flesh - in one word , of God over Satan . In process of time this dualism ceased to be repre- sented by the outward phenomena of Nature - civilization and progress began to be expressed in superstitious per ...
... passion , of spirit over flesh - in one word , of God over Satan . In process of time this dualism ceased to be repre- sented by the outward phenomena of Nature - civilization and progress began to be expressed in superstitious per ...
Page xxiii
... passions . The last scene ( in which he repents ) is of terrific gran- deur ; his repentance however , the consequence of fear and not of love to God - is of no value , and the un- happy hero is carried off by Lucifer and Mephistopheles ...
... passions . The last scene ( in which he repents ) is of terrific gran- deur ; his repentance however , the consequence of fear and not of love to God - is of no value , and the un- happy hero is carried off by Lucifer and Mephistopheles ...
Page xxxii
... passions , and we see him , after passing through a wild and ad- venturous life , entering at last into eternal peace . The allegories and philosophy of the second part are even finer , and its political allusions more interesting than ...
... passions , and we see him , after passing through a wild and ad- venturous life , entering at last into eternal peace . The allegories and philosophy of the second part are even finer , and its political allusions more interesting than ...
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... passion in the second monologue , though it is not written quite in accordance with the spirit and style of the first . 65 Sinne vide preceding note . 66 He thanks Wagner for having saved his soul from utter despair by such shallow and ...
... passion in the second monologue , though it is not written quite in accordance with the spirit and style of the first . 65 Sinne vide preceding note . 66 He thanks Wagner for having saved his soul from utter despair by such shallow and ...
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... passion to become your master , for the careless , unfeeling crowd shout alike during the miseries of the fallen and the enjoyments of the innocent . " 66 is : 138 An expression common in the Middle Ages for gelehrt ! 137 A very usual ...
... passion to become your master , for the careless , unfeeling crowd shout alike during the miseries of the fallen and the enjoyments of the innocent . " 66 is : 138 An expression common in the Middle Ages for gelehrt ! 137 A very usual ...
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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
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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...