 | Margaret Fuller, Ralph Waldo Emerson, George Ripley - 1841 - 564 pages
...ANATHEMA SIT. It is certainly right, that the ghost of terror, like Mr. Littlefaith in the story, should cross itself in presence of such a spirit, and utter...and religious literature of all modern times. We say tlns advisedly. We do not mean to say Germany has produced the greatest poetic genius of modern times.... | |
 | 1844 - 648 pages
...style, lauds German literature and its influence to the skies : " To our apprehension," he remarks, " German literature is the fairest, the richest, the...literature of all modern times. We say this advisedly." And, after declaring that the Germans are the best classical scholars, the most thorough grammarians,... | |
 | 1844 - 638 pages
...style, laude German literature and its influence to the skies : " To our apprehension," he remarks, " German literature is the fairest, the richest, the...literature of all modern times. We say this advisedly." And, after declaring that the Germans are the best classical scholars, the most thorough grammarians,... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1864 - 312 pages
...ANATHEMA SIT. It is certainly, right, that the ghost of terror, like Mr Littlefaith in the story, should cross itself in presence of such a spirit, and utter...Germany has produced the greatest poetic genius of all modern times. It has no Shakespeare, as the world has but one, in whom the Poetic Spirit seems... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1864 - 626 pages
...utter its APAGE SATHANAS. Such an anathema would, no doubt, crush the Monadnock — or a Bugar-plum. But let us come out of this high court of Turkish...fairest, the richest, the most original, fresh, and religions literature of all modern times. We say this advisedly. We do not mean to say Germany has... | |
 | Ellwood Comly Parry - 1905 - 128 pages
...literature at its first approach and driven it back into the sea ! " To our apprehension," heavers, "German literature is the fairest, the richest, the...fresh, and religious literature of all modern times." 368 He proceeds to show that German scholars were leading the way in all lines of thought, quite outranking... | |
 | 1905 - 558 pages
...literature at its first approach and driven it back into the sea ! " To our apprehension," he avers, " German literature is the fairest, the richest, the...original, fresh, and religious literature of all modern times."368 He proceeds to show that German scholars were leading the way in all lines of thought, quite... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1907 - 552 pages
...such a spirit, and utter its Apage Sathanas. Such an anathema would, no doubt, crush the Monadnoc — or a sugar-plum. But let us come out of this high...Germany has produced the greatest poetic genius of all modern times. It has no Shakespeare, as the world has but one in whom the poetic spirit seems to... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1907 - 552 pages
...such a spirit, and utter its Apage Sathanas. Such an anathema would, no doubt, crush the Monadnoc — or a sugar-plum. But let us come out of this high...Germany has produced the greatest poetic genius of all modern times. It has no Shakespeare, as the world has but one in whom the poetic spirit seems to... | |
 | Scott Holland Goodnight - 1907 - 278 pages
...dictionaries." Not only their scholarship has appealed to him, but also their literature has become "the fairest, the richest, the most original, fresh and religious literature of modern times." He admits that "it has no Shakespeare, as the world has but one, in whom the Poetic... | |
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But let us come out of this high court of Turkish justice, and for a moment look German literature in the face, and allow it to speak for itself. To our apprehension, German literature is the fairest, the richest, the most original, fresh, and religious... 
