 ... 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
 | John Bartlett, Nathan Haskell Dole - 1914 - 1514 pages
...stars that glow In the motionless fields of upper air. The coral Groee. THOMAS CARLYLE. 1795-1881. Except by name, Jean Paul Friedrich Richter is little...that of the sea; to the Germans that of — the air!" Richler. Edinburyh Review, 1817, He who would write heroic poems should make his whole life a heroic... | |
 | Edwin Lillie Miller - 1916 - 136 pages
...England never did nor never shall Lie at the proud feet of a conqueror." SHAKESPEARE, King John. " Providence has given to the French the empire of the...that of the sea, to the Germans that of — the air." — JEAN PAUL FRIEDBICH RICHTEB. " Italia! O Italia! thou who hast The fatal gift of beauty." BYBON,... | |
 | 1918 - 184 pages
...Germany. The only thing connected with him, we think, that has reached this country is his saying — ' Providence has given to the French the empire of the land ; to the English that of the sea ; and to the Germans that — of the air ! ' CARLYLE in the Edinburgh Review, 1827. Arma diu senior... | |
 | Willis Fletcher Johnson - 1920 - 424 pages
...primacy which Germany — though beaten to the dust in war — was then enjoying, Carlyle observed that "Providence has given to the French the empire of...that of the sea, to the Germans that of — the air ! " It was a fine conception, as true then as it would be untrue to-day. In a significant sense the... | |
 | KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922 - 1422 pages
...mountain waves; her home is on the deep. CAMPBELL — Ye Mariners of England. (See also CARLYLE) • sse benigna Reducet in sedem vice. God perchance will...restore these things to a settled condition. HORACE— CABLTLE — Essays. Richter. (See also CAMPBELL, Louis XVIII, WALLER, WEBSTER) 7 This is the truth... | |
 | Elizabeth Cady Stanton - 1922 - 394 pages
...wittily: "Oh, Fraulein, we Germans have nothing to do with the Lower Regions, for one of them has said, 'Providence has given to the French the empire of the land, to the English that of the sea, and to the Germans that of ... the air!' " Then we all laughed, gave him back the compromising book... | |
 | Gertrude Richardson Brigham - 1925 - 560 pages
...his associates were falsely reported to enjoy. 391 CHAPTER XXXI A NIGHT EIDE; ARRESTED ON THE BORDER Providence has given to the French the empire of the...that of the sea; to the Germans that of — the air! — Jean Paul Richter. T TNGUELTIG!" That is a word Flambeau \*J wishes he may never see again. It... | |
 | 1911 - 944 pages
...an hour, contending for the prize in a "European circuit" contest "Providence," said Richter, "hath given to the French the empire of the land, to the English that of the sea"; and these two nations are now seen struggling, In friendly strife, for that which Jean Paul ironically... | |
 | Ehud Ben Zvi - 1991 - 412 pages
...chance. One may ask for instance, what is implied in the classical saying of Richter (XIX century): "Providence has given to the French the empire of...that of the sea; to the Germans that of the air." Obviously, Richter claims for the existence of a certain, assumedly "objective," politico-cultural... | |
 | William Vaughan - 1994 - 290 pages
...peculiar German predicament: intellectual strength and political impotence. Jean Paul Richter's quip 'providence has given to the French the empire of...that of the sea, to the Germans that of -the air!' summed up a widespread feeling in Germany in the early nineteenth century. At a time when the French... | |
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