 ... 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 - 1899 - 546 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 - 1899 - 556 pages
...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...to 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;... | |
 | George Claude Lorimer - 1900 - 674 pages
...kindled on the altars of the fair humanities. In his own exquisite way he is reported to have said : " Providence has given to the French the empire of the land, to the English that of the sea, to the German that of — the air." If by the "air" he means the higher intellectual life, continually verging... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1901 - 504 pages
...most remarkable of his age, will not seem thrown away. Except by name, Jean Paul Friedrich Riohter 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 Ms mode of writing. To translate... | |
 | New York (State). Library Extension Division - 1901 - 818 pages
...Wednesday club, Syracuse tf. Y. 1899-1900 Traditional and early medieval Germany The empire of the air Providence has given to the French the empire of the land; to the English that of the sea; to the German that of the air. Richter Dawn of German literature Spirit of the times under Charlemagne and... | |
 | 1903 - 1186 pages
...Renews the life of joy in happiest hours. 8e, 3, THOMAS CARLYLE. 1795-1881. Except by name, Jean Panl Friedrich Richter is little known out of Germany....that of the sea; to the Germans that of — the air ! " Eichter. Edinburyh Eedew, 1827. Literary men are ... a perpetual priesthood. State of German Literature... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1903 - 1188 pages
...joy in happiest hours. 8c. a. THOMAS CARLYLE. 1795-1881. Except by name, Jean Paul Friedrich Puchter is little known out of Germany. The only thing connected...that of the sea; to the Germans that of — the air ! " Richter. Edinburgh Review, 1827. Literary men are ... a perpetual priesthood. State of German Literature... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1906 - 1198 pages
...with him, we think, that has reached this country is his saying, — imported by Madame de Staël, and thankfully pocketed by most newspaper critics,...English that of the sea; to the Germans that of — the Richter. Edinburgh Review, 1827. a perpetual priesthood. Stale of German Literature Ibid. air ! " Literary... | |
 | Virginia Carroll Pemberton - 1912 - 212 pages
...and industrial prosperity which, by way of contrast, brought to mind Jean Paul Richter's declaration, "Providence has given to the French the empire of...to the English that of the sea, to the Germans that of—the air." Or was that merely Jean Paul's prophecy of perfect aviation for Germany, which may yet... | |
 | Fossey John Cobb Hearnshaw - 1913 - 280 pages
...or crossing the sea, but what of the air ? Carlyle, in 1827, quoted the German Richter as saying " Providence has given to the French the Empire of the...that of the sea: to the Germans that of the air." Richter was laughing at the German thinker of his day as being up in the clouds. But less than a century... | |
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