Miniature Romances from the German: With Other Prolusions of Light LiteratureC. C. Little & J. Brown, 1841 - 324 páginas |
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... me hear what I so much desire , then sleep alone in your smoky old hut ! And swift as an arrow she shot from the door , and vanished amid the darkness of the night . 99 - CHAPTER II . IN WHAT MANNER UNDINE HAD COME TO 19.
... me hear what I so much desire , then sleep alone in your smoky old hut ! And swift as an arrow she shot from the door , and vanished amid the darkness of the night . 99 - CHAPTER II . IN WHAT MANNER UNDINE HAD COME TO 19.
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... amid the night , were no other than a contin- uation of the wonderful forms , that had just played their mad pranks with him in the forest ; but the old man mut- tered between his teeth : " This is not the first time she has treated us ...
... amid the night , were no other than a contin- uation of the wonderful forms , that had just played their mad pranks with him in the forest ; but the old man mut- tered between his teeth : " This is not the first time she has treated us ...
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... amid the gloom of night : " Undine ! ah , dear Undine ! I beseech you , pray come back , -only this once . " It turned out , however , exactly as the fisherman had said . No Undine could they hear or see ; and as the old man would on no ...
... amid the gloom of night : " Undine ! ah , dear Undine ! I beseech you , pray come back , -only this once . " It turned out , however , exactly as the fisherman had said . No Undine could they hear or see ; and as the old man would on no ...
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... amid the howling of the waves and the tem- pest , the crashing of the trees , and so entire a transforma- tion of the scene , that it discovered no resemblance to its former calm beauty , he was tempted to view the whole peninsula ...
... amid the howling of the waves and the tem- pest , the crashing of the trees , and so entire a transforma- tion of the scene , that it discovered no resemblance to its former calm beauty , he was tempted to view the whole peninsula ...
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... amid the dissipa- tion and diversions of life . " At this melancholy foreboding , the old lady shrunk back with a feeling of alarm , crossed herself , and cried : " May God forbid ! " : But the fisherman looked upon her with a smile ...
... amid the dissipa- tion and diversions of life . " At this melancholy foreboding , the old lady shrunk back with a feeling of alarm , crossed herself , and cried : " May God forbid ! " : But the fisherman looked upon her with a smile ...
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Almadora amid ancholy appeared beams beautiful Bertalda Bertha Berthold blessed Brandan's breathed bright burst C. C. LITTLE CHAPTER cottage courser cried Danube dawn dear death deep delight door dream ducats earth emotion Eumela evil exclaimed eyes Fairylore father fear feeling felt forest frostwork gave gazed gondolier groschen hand heard heart heaven hope horse hour Huldbrand imagination island knight Kühleborn lady laugh light Logoul look Maduba magic magic illusion magician Mediterranean Sea mind moon morning mountain Muzoil mysterious never old fisherman Palermo perceived Phantasmion portmanteau pray priest ravine replied returned Richard rushed S. T. Coleridge scene seemed Seraphina Simplicio smile soon soul spirit spoke stept stood strange stranger stream sweet tears tenderness terror thing thought trembling truth Undine Undine's vial voice watchmen waves weeping WERTER whispered wife wild wish wonder words young
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Página 321 - To him who in the love of nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware.
Página 315 - 'twas a bashful art, That I might rather feel, than see, The swelling of her heart.
Página 315 - All impulses of soul and sense Had thrill'd my guileless Genevieve; The music and the doleful tale, The rich and balmy eve; And hopes, and fears that kindle hope, An undistinguishable throng, And gentle wishes long subdued, Subdued and cherish'd long!
Página 318 - The many men, so beautiful! And they all dead did lie: And a thousand thousand slimy things Lived on; and so did I.
Página 315 - And that she nursed him in a cave; And how his madness went away, When on the yellow forest-leaves A dying man he lay His dying words - but when I reached That tenderest strain of all the ditty, My faltering voice and pausing harp Disturbed her soul with pity!
Página 57 - The element moves us, and, again, is obedient to our will while we live, though it scatters us like dust when we die ; and as we have nothing to trouble us, we are as merry as nightingales, little gold-fishes, and other pretty children of nature. But all beings aspire to rise in the scale of existence higher than they are. It was therefore the wish of my father, who is a powerful water-prince in the Mediterranean Sea, that his only daughter should become possessed of a soul, although she should have...
Página xi - The best in this kind are but shadows ; and the worst are no worse, if imagination amend them.
Página 96 - The knight was silent and sat down, absorbed in a profound reverie. Undine whispered in his ear : " Would it not be better, my love, to give up this foolish voyage, and return to Castle Ringstetten in peace?
Página 62 - Kuhleborn seemed to be transported with fury at this: he darted a frightful look at Undine, and grinned fiercely upon her. She shrieked aloud, and called her husband to protect her. The knight sprung round the horse as quick as lightning, and, brandishing his sword, struck at Kiihleborn's head.
Página 15 - ... and therefore, as good manners dictated, he took off his hat on the knight's coming near, and quietly remained by the side of his nets. When the stranger stopped, and asked whether he with his horse could have shelter and entertainment there for the night, the fisherman returned answer : " As to your horse, fair Sir, I have no better stable for him than this shady meadow, and no better provender than the grass that is growing here. But with respect to yourself, you shall be welcome to our humble...