 A burgher may acquire merit ; by excessive efforts he may even educate his mind ; but his personal qualities are lost, or worse than lost, let him struggle as he will. Since the nobleman, frequenting the society of the most polished, is compelled to give...  Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels - Page 6by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1840Full view - About this book
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1824 - 366 pages
...will. Since the nobleman, frequenting the society of the most polished, is compelled to give himself a polished manner; since this manner, neither door...his possessions, and it may be, the most necessary part,—he has reason enough to put some value on them, and to shew that he puts some value on them.... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1864 - 352 pages
...will. Since the nobleman, frequenting the society of the most polished, is compelled to give himself a polished manner ; since this manner, neither door...last an unconstrained one ; since, in court or camp, bis figure, his person, are a part of his possessions, and it may be the most necessary part, — he... | |
 | 1871 - 384 pages
...will. Since the nobleman, frequenting the society of the most polished, is compelled to give himself a polished manner; since this manner, neither door...his possessions, and it may be the most necessary part,—he has reason enough to put some value on them, and to show that he puts some. A certain stately... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1874 - 296 pages
...will. Since the nobleman, frequenting the society of the most polished, is compelled to give himself a polished manner ; since this manner, neither door...court or camp, his figure, his person, are a part f r . of his possessions, and it may be the most necessary part, — he has reason enough to put some... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1882 - 464 pages
...will. Since the nobleman, frequenting the society of the most polished, is compelled to give himself a polished manner ; since this manner, neither door...grace in common things, a sort of gay elegance in carnest and important ones, becomes him well ; for it shows him to be everywhere in equilibrium. He... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1925 - 388 pages
...will. Since the nobleman, frequenting the society of the most polished, is compelled to give himself a polished manner; since this manner, neither door...court or camp, his figure, his person, are a part of_his possessions, and it may^5e the most necessary part, — he hasTeason enough to put some value... | |
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