 My devil was to be, like Goethe's, the universal humorist, who should make all things vain and nothing worth, by a perpetual collation of the great with the little in the presence of the infinite.  Lives of Eminent Men of Fife - Seite 86von James Bruce - 1846 - 224 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1834 - 864 Seiten
...revives. At last Michael tries to raise the devil, and the devil comes at his call. This devil was to be the universal humorist, who should make all things...great with the little in the presence of the infinite. He plays an infinite number of tricks for Michael's gratification. In the meantime, Michael is miserable... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1835 - 372 Seiten
...Michael tries to raise the devil, and the devil comes at his call. My devil was to be, like Goethe's, the universal humorist, who should make all things...the meantime, Michael is miserable ; he has power, but no peace, and he every day more keenly feels the tyranny of hell surrounding him. In vain he seems... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1835 - 410 Seiten
...Michael tries to raise the devil, and the devil comes at his call. My devil was to be, like Goethe's, the universal humorist, who should make all things...the meantime, Michael is miserable ; he has power, but no peace, and he every day more keenly feels the tyranny of hell surrounding him. In vain he seems... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1835 - 742 Seiten
...Michael tries to raise the Devil, and the Devil comes at his calL My Devil was to be> like Goethe's, the universal humorist, who should make all things vain and nothing worth, by a purpetnal collation of the great with the little in the presence of the infinite. I had many a trick... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1836 - 402 Seiten
...Michael tries to raise the Devil, and the Devil comes at his call. My Devil was to be, like Goethe's, the universal humorist, who should make all things...some better, I think, than any in the Faust. In the mean time, Michael is miserable ; he has power, but no peace, and he every day more keenly feels the... | |
 | 1834 - 602 Seiten
...revives. At last Michael tries to raise the devil, and the devil comes at his call. This devil was to be the universal humorist, who should make all things...of the great with the little in the presence of the infmite. He plays an infinite number of tricks for Michael's gratification. In the meantime, Michael... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1853 - 528 Seiten
...Michael tries to raise the devil, and the devil cornes at his call. My devil was to be, like Goethe's, the universal humorist, who should make all things...infinite. I had many a trick for him to play, some until 1807. According to Dr. Sieglitz, the first part of Faust first appeared, in its present shape,... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1853 - 554 Seiten
...Michael tries to raise the devil, and the devil comes at his call. My devil was to be, like Goethe's, the universal humorist, who should make all things...infinite. I had many a trick for him to play, some until 1807. According to Dr. Sieglitz, the first part of Faust first appeared, in its present shape,... | |
 | James Hain Friswell - 1866 - 380 Seiten
...comes at his call. " My devil," writes Coleridge, " was to be, like Goethe's, the universal humourist, who should make all things vain and nothing worth,...for him to play, some better, I think, than any in Faust." In the meantime Michael is miserable, power does not bring happiness, and he has to keep the... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1884 - 502 Seiten
...Devil, and the Devil comes at his call. My Devil was to be, like Goethe's, the universal humourist, who should make all things vain and nothing worth,...better, I think, than any in the " Faust." In the mean time, Michael is miserable ; he has power, but no peace, and he every day more keenly feels the... | |
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