 | 1815 - 560 sider
...mtentionally to more weighty considerations, which he perhaps was too prudent to avow. That Faustus is a work of extraordinary merit, and displays the...destined to misery from his birth, however extensive' his fortune, exalted his rank, or cultivated his intellect, but it tends to deprive him of the only solace... | |
 | William Frederic Hauhart - 1909 - 170 sider
...is a work of extraordinary merit, and displays the strongest intellect, it would be a want of candor to deny — but we neither envy nor admire the talents...life, by proving that man is destined to misery from birth, however extensive his fortunes, exalted his rank, or cultivated his intellect, but it tends... | |
 | William Frederic Hauhart - 1909 - 172 sider
...extraordinary merit, and displays the strongest intellect, it would be a want of candor to deny—but we neither envy nor admire the talents that produced...life, by proving that man is destined to misery from birth, however extensive his fortunes, exalted his rank, or cultivated his intellect, but it tends... | |
 | William Frederic Hauhart - 1909 - 188 sider
...it intentionally to more weighty considerations, which he was too prudent to avow. That " Faustus " is a work of extraordinary merit, and displays the strongest intellect, it would be a want of candor to deny — but we neither envy nor admire the talents that produced it, at the expense of feeling,... | |
 | 1923 - 818 sider
...Travels through Norway and Lapland. By Leopold von Buch translated by Black. London 1814. scheint: "it not only aims at destroying all the comforts of...proving that man is destined to misery from his birth . . . but it tends to deprive Mm of the only solace that is left for his misfortune, the prospect of... | |
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is a work of extraordinary merit, and displays the strongest intellect, it would be a want of candor to deny — but we neither envy nor admire the talents that produced it, at the expense of feeling, morality, and religion : for it not only aims at... 