...estruction or captivity; and peace of this sort is like that of Galgacus’s Romans, who ‘called it peace when they had made a desert.’ Here the ardent ... ...n school. She initiated him into the mystical writings of those abstracted saints, and she engaged him in the study of alchemy, which served at once t... ...iet country town on the Lahn, one of the seats of govern- ment of the Holy Roman Empire. The emperors lived at Vienna; they were crowned at Frankfort;... ...In the interior of the house my eyes were chiefly attracted by a series of Roman views, with which my father had orna- mented an ante-room. They were ... ...ss, by which he gave 70 Autobiography me to understand that he was a good Catholic Christian. “Young gentleman, how came you here, and what are you d... ..., that neither crown nor eagle nor the ge- *A class of attendants dress in Hungarian costume.—Trans. 183 Goethe nii should receive any shock or injur... ...y the last part, with the tone and gesture of a Capuchin; for, as he was a Catholic, he might have had abundant opportunity to study the oratory of th... ... with the will of nature. We had driven out through the Allerheiligen (All Saints) gate, and had soon left Hanau behind us, after which we reached sce... ...s- ter over the old Adam. We were taught that we were much better than the Catholics for the very reason, that we were not obliged to confess any thin...

...ur letter of the 13th has given me great delight. So you still love me, my romantic Julie? Separation, of which you say so much that is bad, does not ... ...than the feelings which the beautiful eyes of a young man can inspire in a romantic and loving young girl like your- self. The news of Count Bezukhov’... ...ation. “Well, why don’t you speak? Whom have you got there dressed up as a Hungarian?” said the commander with an austere gibe. “Y our excellency ...”... ...Bourienne, they quite understood one another as to the first part of their romance, up to the appearance of the pauvre mere; they understood that they... ...e campaign, and made expeditions to Olmutz to visit a certain Caroline the Hungarian, who had recently opened a restaurant there with girls as wait- r... ... offer him his daughter in an illegal marriage. The Spaniards, through the Catholic clergy, offer praise to God for their victory over the French on t... ...ver the French on the fourteenth of June, and the French, also through the Catholic clergy, offer praise because on that same fourteenth of June they ... ...pe’s turn has come and Bonaparte doesn’t scruple to depose the head of the Catholic Church—yet all keep silent! Our sovereign alone has protested agai... ...ancier, a sportsman, the possessor of some century-old brandy and some old Hungarian wine, who had a snuggery where he smoked, and who owned some sple...