The Collected Works of Thomas Carlyle: Translations from the German: (XIV. Musaeus, Tieck, Richter. XV-XVI. Wilhelm Meister's apprenticeship and travels)Chapman and Hall, 1864 - Chartism |
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Page 365 - Unhappy is the man,' says he, ' for whom ' his own mother has not made all other mothers venerable !' And elsewhere : ' O thou who hast still a father and a mother, ' thank God for it in the day when thy soul is full of joyful ' tears, and needs a bosom wherein to shed...
Page 355 - ... of wedding-bread privily into a press, in the old superstitious belief that this residue secured continuance of bread for the whole marriage. As he returned, with greater love for the sole partner of his life, she herself met him with his mother, to deliver him in private the bridal-nightgown and bridal-shirt, as is the ancient usage.
Page 354 - ... frames or cistern-wheels. — The Schoolmaster, with three young lads, was heard rehearsing from his own house an Arioso, with which, so soon as they were perfect, he purposed to surprise his clerical superior. — But now rushed all the arms of the foaming joy-streams into one, when the sky-queen besprinkled with blossoms, the bride, descended upon Earth in her timid joy, full of quivering humble love ; — when the bells began ; — when the procession-column set forth with the whole village...
Page 214 - To her father's question, she replied that the ring also was a present from her benefactors. She was glad when the hour of sleep arrived, and she hastened to her bed. Next morning she felt much more collected ; she had now arranged her thoughts a little, and could better stand the questions of the people in the village, all of whom came in to bid her welcome. Andres was there too with the earliest, active, glad, and serviceable beyond all others. The blooming maiden of fifteen had made a deep impression...
Page 218 - ... seemed gray ; and when you turned to the Firs, they were standing there no darker or more dreary than the other trees. The huts behind them were no longer frightful ; and several inhabitants of the village came and told about the fearful night, and how they had been across the spot where the gipsies had lived ; how these people must have left the place at last, for their huts were standing empty, and within had quite a common look, just like the dwellings of other poor people: some of their household...
Page 218 - She embraced the little one with stormy haste ; and then, in the shape of a raven, flew with hoarse cries over the garden, towards the Firs. In the evening, the little one was very still ; she kissed her rose with tears ; Mary felt depressed and frightened, Andres scarcely spoke. It grew dark. Suddenly there went a rustling through the trees ; birds flew to and fro with wild screaming, thunder was heard to roll, the Earth shook, and tones of lamentation moaned in the air. Andres and his wife had...
Page 214 - ... sweet dream. The next year was like its forerunner ; but men had now become accustomed to the marvellous. In autumn, Mary yielded to the pressing entreaties of Andres and her parents ; she was betrothed to him, and in winter they were married. She often thought with inward longing of her residence behind the fir-trees ; she continued serious and still. Beautiful as all that lay around her was, she knew of something yet more beautiful ; and from the remembrance of this, a faint regret attuned...
Page 206 - ... moving like shadows round a fire in the open air. This piece of ground, the firs and the ruined huts, formed in truth a strange contrast with the bright green landscape, the white houses of the hamlet, and the stately new-built castle. The two little ones had now eaten their fruit ; it came into their heads to run races ; and the little nimble Mary always got the start of the less active Andres. " It is not fair," cried Andres at last : "let us try it for some length, then we shall see who wins.
Page 158 - Alone in wood so gay, Once more I stay ; None dare me slay, The evil far away : Ah, here I stay, Alone in wood so gay. The sense, the consciousness of Eckbert had departed ; it was a riddle which he could not solve, whether he was dreaming now, or had before dreamed of a wife and friend. The marvellous was mingled with the common : the world around him seemed enchanted, and he himself was incapable of thought or recollection. A crooked, bent old woman, crawled coughing up the hill with a crutch....
Page 354 - ... frames or cistern-wheels. The Schoolmaster, with three young lads, was heard rehearsing from his own house an Arioso, with which, so soon as they were perfect, he purposed to surprise his clerical superior. But now rushed all the arms of the foaming joy-streams into one, when the sky-queen besprinkled with blossoms the bride, descended upon Earth in her timid joy, full of quivering, humble love; when the bells began; when the procession-column set forth with the whole village round and before...