 ... age, will not seem thrown away. Except by name, Jean Paul Friedrich Richter is little known out of Germany. The only thing connected with him,, we think, that has reached this country, is his saying, imported by Madame de Stael, and thankfully pocketed...  The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Page 1801827Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1838 - 476 pages
...most remarkable of his age, will not seem thrown away. Except by name, Jean Paul Friedrich Eichter is little known out of Germany. The only thing •...easily seem to have been a denizen : so fantastic, many-colored, far-grasping, everyway perplexed and extraordinary is his mode of writing, that to translate... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1840 - 862 pages
...our readers a few words on this man, certainly one of the most remarkable of his age, will not seem thrown away. Except by name, Jean Paul Friedrich Richter...easily seem to have been a denizen ; so fantastic, many- coloured, far-grasping, everyway perplexed and extraordinary is his mode of writing. To translate... | |
 | 1841 - 500 pages
...advance. NOVELISTS. JEAN PATJL FRIEDRICH RICHTER. Except the name, Jean Paul Friedrich Richter islitile known out of Germany. The only thing connected with...to the English that of the sea, to the Germans that of—the air!" Of ihis last element, indeed, his own genius might easily seem to have been a denizen:... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1845 - 588 pages
...connected with him, we think, that has reached this country, is his saying, imported by Madame de 8ta€l, and thankfully pocketed by most newspaper critics...denizen : so fantastic, many-coloured, far-grasping, every way perplexed and extraordinary in his mode of writing, that to translate him is next to impossible;... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1852 - 568 pages
...our readers a few words on this man, certainly one of the most remarkable of his age, will not seem thrown away. Except by name, Jean Paul Friedrich Richter...denizen : so fantastic, many-coloured, far-grasping, every way perplexed and extraordinary in his mode of writing, that to translate him is next to impossible;... | |
 | 1852 - 590 pages
...our readers a few words on this man, certainly one of the most remarkable of his age, will not seem thrown away. Except by name, Jean Paul Friedrich Richter...genius might easily seem to have been a denizen: so fan tastic,many-colonred, far-grasp ing, every way perplexed and extraordinary in his mode of writing,... | |
 | 1855 - 660 pages
...It is a witty, FODRTH SERIES, VOL. VII.— 29 but likewise philosophic, saying of Jean Paul, " that Providence has given to the French the empire of the land, to the English the empire of the sea, and to the Germans the empire of the air." These three forms of matter are strikingly... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1857 - 598 pages
...connected with him, we think, that has reached this country, is his saying, imported by Madame de 8ta€l, pleting so many single enterprizes, every way perplexed and extraordinary in his mode of writing, that to translate him is next to impossible;... | |
 | Philip Schaff - 1857 - 420 pages
...PERIOD IN THE HISTORY OF THEIR LITERARY AND THEOLOGICAL ALMA MATER. THEIR TEACHER AND FRIEND, PREFACE. "Providence has given to the French the empire of...that of the sea; to the Germans, that of the air." By this famous saying, Jean Paul, himself a denizen of the air, intended to proclaim the strength,... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1859 - 616 pages
...our readers a few words on this man, certainly one of the most remarkable of his age, will not seem thrown away. Except by name, Jean Paul Friedrich Richter...have been a denizen : so fantastic, many-coloured, far-grasp ing, every way perplexed and extraordinary in his mode of writing, that to translate him... | |
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