Nathan der Weise: ein dramatisches GedichtThe University Press, 1912 - 278 pages |
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Page 219 - La coutume, la loi, plia mes premiers ans A la religion des heureux musulmans. Je le vois trop : les soins qu'on prend de notre enfance Forment nos sentiments, nos mœurs, notre croyance. J'eusse été près du Gange esclave des faux dieux, Chrétienne dans Paris, musulmane en ces lieux.
Page 224 - L'instruction fait tout: et la main de nos pères Grave en nos faibles cœurs ces premiers caractères; Que l'exemple et le temps nous viennent retracer, Et que peut-être en nous Dieu seul peut effacer.
Page 209 - But what Mohammed is supposed chiefly to have disliked in the game of chess, was the carved pieces, or men, with which the pagan Arabs played, being little figures of men, elephants, horses, and dromedaries...
Page 209 - ... him, that game having been but very lately introduced into Arabia, and not long before into Persia, whither it was first brought from India, in the reign of Khosru Nushirwan w.
Page 272 - ... old, every one for himself, that he would give the ring to him. The good man, equally fond of all, was at a loss which to prefer ; and, as he had promised all, and...
Page xxi - ... Wahrheit zu erlösen ? Schwerlich hat Lessing den »Nathan« als sein letztes Wort gemeint; er plante ein Nachspiel: »Der Derwisch«. Im Jahre 1779, als seine physiche Kraft schon gebrochen war, kündigte er der Hamburger Freundin Elise Reimarus ein neues Drama an, das er bald auszuarbeiten hoffte : »Der fromme Samariter, ein Trauerspiel in fünf Aufzügen, nach der Erfindung des Herrn Jesu Christi.
Page 272 - The question which your Highness has proposed is very curious ; and, that I may give you my sentiments, I must beg leave to tell a short story. I remember often to have heard of a great and rich man, who among his most rare and precious jewels, had a ring of exceeding beauty and value. Being proud of possessing a thing of such worth, and desirous that it should continue...
Page 272 - ... extraordinary expenses, run through all his treasure, some urgent occasion fell out that he wanted a large sum of money. Not knowing which way he might raise enough to answer his necessities, he at last called to mind a rich Jew of Alexandria, named Melchizedeck, who let out money at interest. Him he believed to have wherewithal to serve him ; but then he was so covetous, that he would never do it willingly, and Saladin was loath to force him. But as necessity has no law, after much thinking...
Page 273 - To law then they went, as to which should succeed, nor is that question yet decided. And thus it has happened, my Lord, with regard to the three laws given by God the Father, concerning which you proposed your question : every one believes he is the true heir of God, has his law, and obeys his commandments ; but which is in the right is uncertain, in like manner as with the rings.