 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1911 - 544 pages
...which is probably due to the adulation he is acustomed to receive from his many worshippers. Poeple here, seem to hang, as it were, upon his lips, and...each time they open their mouths. For my part, I like Goethe for his good humour and pleasant manners ; for I think, that a man inferior in genius, and of... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1911 - 536 pages
...which is probably due to the adulation he is acustomed to receive from his many worshippers. Poeple here, seem to hang, as it were, upon his lips, and...each time they open their mouths. For my part, I like Goethe for his good humour and pleasant manners; for I think, that a man inferior in genius, and of... | |
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The charm of his conversation, in my humble opinion, is somewhat marred by an air of pedantry which is probably due to the adulation he is accustomed to receive from his many worshippers. People here seem to hang, as it were, upon his lips and listen... 