This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1880 edition. Excerpt: ...parties, balls, the chase, or at fires, he was one of those who held out longest. He took the foremost place whenever he thought it was his right In masked processions he was seen on horseback, in magnificent old German costume; and after he was more than sixty years old he appeared as a Knight Templar at a ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1880 edition. Excerpt: ...parties, balls, the chase, or at fires, he was one of those who held out longest. He took the foremost place whenever he thought it was his right In masked processions he was seen on horseback, in magnificent old German costume; and after he was more than sixty years old he appeared as a Knight Templar at a Fancy Ball, and astonished everybody by his commauding beauty. He rode out bravely to the fray at Valmy, where the balls at the renowned cannonade fell thick about him, watched the symptoms of the " white feather" steal over him, and afterwards described all minutely. Such a physique was necessary in order to master the iron will of the Duke, and to hold his place close beside him. Goethe had the inexhaustible vitality necessary for his office. But now that we have studied Goethe and Weimar, Goethe and Fran von Stein, Goethe and the Duke, what of Goethe in himself alone? " Wilhelm Meister " has already been mentioned. In this romance Goethe has written out the experiences of his first Weimar life. Apparently it is the history of a rich merchant's son, who, born with the desire for that all-inclusive personal culture which Goethe looked upon as the privilege of the nobles alone, ventures into aristocratic circles, is petted and appreciated by them, so far as he gives them the benefit of his literary and dramatic genius, but is by no means received as their equal. Goethe was one of the most zealous members of the Duke's amateur theatre. He appeared as Alceste in his " Mit-schuldigen," as Belcour in the " West Indian," and in many other characters. It is known that on such occasions, for the most part, the rehearsals are considered more interesting than the actual performance. Every one who has once had the experience finds that nothing brings...
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