... 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 - 1860 - 494 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...perplexed and extraordinary is his mode of writing. To translate him properly is next to impossible ; nay, a dictionary of his works has actually been... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1860 - 510 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...the English that of the 'sea, to the Germans that of—the air!' Of this last element, indeed, his own genius might easily seem to have been a denizen;... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1860 - 504 pages
...connected with him, we think, that has reached this country, is his saying, imported by Madame de Stac'l, and thankfully pocketed by most newspaper critics:...the English that of the 'sea, to the Germans that of—the air!' Of this last element, indeed, his own genius might easily seem to have been a denizen... | |
| Moncure Daniel Conway - 1860 - 794 pages
...condition which tend to place races at different points of view. If, as Jean Paul Richter has said, " Providence has given to the French the empire of the...that of the sea ; to the Germans that of the — air !" it must follow, that whatsoever these would describe, they must describe from their several stand-points.... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1869 - 428 pages
...we think, that has reached this country, is his saying, imported by Madame de Stael, and thanlJiully pocketed by most newspaper critics: — 'Providence...perplexed and extraordinary is his mode of writing. To translate him properly is next to impossible ; nay, a dictionary of his works has actually been... | |
| Albany Institute - 1870 - 408 pages
...steady fellows live in almost ascetic retirement or seek friends of strict moral and literary habits. " Providence has given to the French the empire of the...English that of the sea, to the Germans that of the air. By this famous saying, Jean Paul, himself a denizen of the air, proclaimed the strength as well as... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1873 - 582 pages
...connected with him, we think, that has reached this country, is his saying, imported by Madame de 8tael, and thankfully pocketed by most newspaper critics:...easily seem to have been a denizen: so fantastic, many-colon red, far-grasping, every way perplexed and extraordinary in his mode of writing, that to... | |
| Otis Henry Tiffany - 1883 - 954 pages
...the Papers of the Devil." He died in November, 1825. "Except by name," says Carlyle, "Richter is but little known out of Germany. The only thing connected...empire of the land, to the English that of the sea, and to the Germans that of the air ! ' Of this last element, indeed, his own genius might easily seem... | |
| Constance Caroline W. Naden - 1883 - 92 pages
...constantly heard from the mouths of Germans the saying : 'To the French has been granted the sovereignty of the land ; to the English that of the sea ; to the Germans that of — the air.' Tempora mutantur indeed !— RL 8 Schiller, Die Ideale. might at first sight seem, not continued evolution,... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1884 - 516 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 connected...easily seem to have been a denizen ; so fantastic, many-colored, far-grasping, every way perplexed and extraordinary is his mode of writing. To translate... | |
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