 to be composed. An oak-tree is planted in a costly jar, which should have borne only pleasant flowers in its bosom ; the roots expand, the jar is shivered ! A lovely, pure, noble, and most moral nature, without the strength of nerve which forms a hero,...  Contributions to the Edinburgh Review - Seite 285von Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 733 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1824 - 366 Seiten
...the performance of it. In this view the whole piece seems to me to be composed. There is an oak-tree planted in a costly jar, which should have borne only...which it cannot bear, and must not cast away. All duties are holy for him ; the present is too hard. Impossibilities have been required of him; not in... | |
 | 1835 - 1032 Seiten
...great action laid upon a soul unfit for the performance of it. In this view the whole piece seems to me to be composed. An oak-tree is planted in a costly...in its bosom; the roots expand, the jar is shivered 1 Л lovely, pure, noble, and most moral nature, without, the strength of nerve which forms a hero,... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1835 - 550 Seiten
...piece seems to me to be composed. There is an oak planted in a costly jar, which should have borne only flowers in its bosom ; the roots expand, the jar is shivered. A lovely, pure, and most moral nature, without the strength of nerve which forms a hero, sinks beneath a burden which... | |
 | Chandos Leigh - 1839 - 434 Seiten
...action laid upon a soul unfit for the performance of it. In this view, the whole piece seems to me to be composed. An oak-tree is planted in a costly...without the strength of nerve which forms a hero, shrinks beneath a burden it cannot bear and must not cast away. All duties are holy for him ; the present... | |
 | 1841 - 586 Seiten
...cannot be; He whom two worlds with love caressed, Is covered by the soundless sea! There is an oak tree planted in a costly jar, which should have borne only...moral nature, without the strength of nerve which makes a hero, sinks beneath a duty which it cannot bear and must not cast away.—GOETHE. THE BIBLE:... | |
 | 1842 - 610 Seiten
...piece seems to me to be composed. There is an oak planted in a costly jar, which should have borne only flowers in its bosom ; the roots expand, the jar is shivered. A lovely, pure, and most moral nature, without the strength of nerve which forma a hero, sinks beneath a burden which... | |
 | Thomas Grinfield - 1850 - 68 Seiten
...roots expand, the jar is shivered. A lovely, pure, and noble nature, without the strength of nerve that forms a hero, sinks beneath a burden which it cannot bear, and must not cast away. All duties are holy to him : the present is too hard. He winds, and turns, and torments himself: he advances... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1851 - 606 Seiten
...unfit for the performance of it." And then follows the well-known and exquisitely beautiful figure—" An oak-tree is planted in a costly jar, which should...without the strength of nerve which forms a hero, sinks beneath^a burden which it cannot bear, and must not cast away." This is very fine, but is it true ?... | |
 | 1852 - 782 Seiten
...action laid upon a soul unfit for the performance of it. In this vie» the whole piece seems to me to be composed. An oak-tree is planted in a costly...the roots expand, the jar is shivered ! A lovely, pare, noble, and most moral nature, without the strength of nerve which forms a hero, sinks beneath... | |
 | William Cowper - 1869 - 306 Seiten
...and vexatious duties of life were to him as " an oak tree planted in a costly jar, which should hare borne only pleasant flowers in its bosom ; the roots expand, the jar is shivered." It is scarcely probable that any combination of circumstances could hare availed, wholly to avert the... | |
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