 Wilhelm opened the door; the child came in, and sang him the song we have just given above. The music and general expression of it pleased our friend extremely, though he could not understand all the words. He made her once more repeat the stanzas, and...  Works - Page 178by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1901Full view - About this book
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - German fiction - 1824 - 354 pages
...the Harper come again to visit him; but he soon distinguished the tones of a cithern, and the voice which began to sing was Mignon's. Wilhelm opened the...solemn manner, as if she wished to draw attention towards something wonderful, as if she had something weighty to communicate. In the third line, her... | |
 | Fiction - 1827 - 446 pages
...it the flood. Knoiv'st thou it? Thither! O thither, Our way leadeth : father ! O come let us go ! * The music and general expression of it pleased our...solemn manner, as if she wished to draw attention towards something wonderful, as if she had something weighty to communicate. In the third line her... | |
 | Richard Griffin - 1831 - 226 pages
...translated them into his native language. But the originality ol' its turns he could imitate only from afan; its childlike innocence of expression vanished from...of the tune, moreover, was entirely incomparable. SJie began every verse in a stately and solemn manner, as if she wished to draw attention towards something... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1839 - 604 pages
...the Harper come again to visit him ; but he soon distinguished the tones of a cithern, and the voice, which began to sing, was Mignon's. Wilhelm opened...solemn manner, as if she wished to draw attention towards something wonderful, as if she had something weighty to communicate. In the third line, her... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1842 - 349 pages
...not understand all the ^ words. He made her once more repeat the stanzas, and ex~plaui.4Ji£m ; Jie wrote them down, and translated them into his native...tune, moreover, was; entirely incomparable. She began every^verse in a stately and solemn manner, as if she wished to draw attention towards something wonderful,... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1851 - 508 pages
...the harper come again to visit him ; but he soon distinguished the tones of a cithern, and the voice which began to sing was Mignon's. Wilhelm opened the...reducing its broken phraseology to uniformity, and combiningits disjointed parts. The charm of the tune, moreover, was entirely incomparable. She began... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - Chartism - 1864 - 352 pages
...the Harper come again to visit him; but he soon distinguished the tones of a cithern, and the voice which began to sing was Mignon's. Wilhelm opened the...solemn manner, as if she wished to draw attention towards something wonderful, as if she had something weighty to communicate. In the third line, her... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1865 - 426 pages
...the harper come again to visit him; but he soon distinguished the tones of a cithern, and the voice which began to sing was Mignon's. Wilhelm opened the...began every verse in a stately and solemn manner, as u she wished to draw attention towards something wonderful, as if she had something weighty to communicate.... | |
 | 1871 - 384 pages
...early with Melina, who had risen betimes to receive the wardrobe and other apparatus of his theatre. The music and general expression of it pleased our...solemn manner, as if she wished to draw attention towards something wonderful, as if she had something weighty to communicate. In the third line, her... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - Poetry - 1873 - 552 pages
...YON SURGING THRONG, OH, VEIL IT FROM MY VIEW ! "WE ARE SO FEARFUL OF THE UNFATHOMABLE!" — MASSEY. imitate only from afar ; its childlike innocence of...of the tune, moreover, was entirely incomparable. " NOT LOST, BUT GONE BEFORE" 293 H U | s J h K " She began every verse in a stately and solemn manner,... | |
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