Life of Jean Paul Frederic RichterTicknor and Fields, 1864 - 539 pages |
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Page 299 - Who, if he rise to station of command, Rises by open means, and there will stand On honourable terms, or else retire And in himself possess his own desire; Who comprehends his trust and to the same Keeps faithful with a singleness of aim...
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Page 164 - ... friend Oerthel had smuggled out of Leipsic. It was winter, and from his window he looked out upon the cold, empty, frozen street of the little city of Hof, or he was obliged to be a prisoner, without, as he says, " the prisoner's fare of bread and water, for he had only the latter ; and if a gulden found its way into the house, the jubilee was such, that the windows were nearly broken with joy.
Page 162 - Nothing can embellish a beautiful face more than a narrow band, that indicates a small wound, drawn crosswise over the brow. I saw this on a beautiful girl on the way. One should try, from time to time, to give his wife a little wound on the forehead, that she might be obliged to bind her brow with this pretty ornament.