 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - France - 1849 - 380 pages
...an answer ? Meanwhile, the deplorable condition of this young man had become always clearer to me ; he had never taken cognisance of the outward world...cultivated his mind by multifarious reading, and directed inwardly all his powers and affections ; and in this way, as in the depths of his being he found no... | |
 | George Henry Lewes - 1856 - 500 pages
...deplorable condition of this young man had become always clearer to me ; he had never taken cognizance of the outward world ; but had, on the contrary, cultivated his mind by multifarious reading, and directed inwards all his powers and affections ; and in this way, as in the depths of his being he found no... | |
 | George Henry Lewes - 1856 - 482 pages
...deplorable condition of this young man had become always clearer to me ; he had never taken cognizance of the outward world ; but had, on the contrary, cultivated his mind by multifarious reading, and directed inwards all his powers and affections ; and in this way, as in the depths of his being he found no... | |
 | George Henry Lewes - 1856 - 456 pages
...deplorable condition of this young man had become always clearer to me ; he had never taken cognizance of the outward world ; but had, on the contrary, cultivated his mind by multifarious reading, and directed inwards all his powers and affections ; and in this way, as in the depths of his being he found no... | |
 | Literature - 1863 - 640 pages
...young man," he says, " had become ahvays clearer to me ; he had never taken cognizance of the outer world ; but had. on the contrary, cultivated his mind by multifarious reading, and directed inwards all his powers and affections ; and in this way, an in the depths of his being he found no... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1882 - 726 pages
...; of Bertuch, Counsellor of Legation, and his unwearying assiduity ; I did not omit either Musiius or Jagemann ; spoke of Wolf, the band-master ; and...gone far to ruin himself altogether. And even the occupation and consolation so gloriously offered us by a study of the ancient languages, seemed to... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1880 - 460 pages
...about him, partly because he lived alone, and partly because he belonged to other circles. The ycmng man, who had listened with restless attention, now...gone far to ruin himself altogether. And even the occupation and consolation so gloriously offered us by a study of the ancient languages, seemed to... | |
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... grace, and a peculiar, narrow kind of selfishness was strongly apparent throughout. When he had finished, he asked hastily what I now thought, and whether such a paper did not deserve, nay, demand, an answer ? Meanwhile I had obtained a clearer insight... 