 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1911 - 544 pages
...unapprtciative listeners to the e\o' quence of the great German genius. The charm of his con» versation, in my humble opinion, is somewhat marred by an air...pedantry, 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,... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1911 - 536 pages
...unappreciative listeners to the slot quence of the great German genius. The charm of his cons versation, in my humble opinion, is somewhat marred by an air...pedantry, 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,... | |
 | Wiener Goethe-Verein - Authors, German - 1897 - 626 pages
...either remarkable wit or wisdom, yet \ve all did our best and endeavonred to show, that, at least, vve were not unappreciative listeners to the eloquence...genius. The charm of his conversation, in my humble opinon, iS somewhat marred by an air of pedantry, which is probably due to the adulation he is accustomed... | |
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Gothe put us all on our mettle. And although I do not remember that any of us displayed either remarkable wit or wisdom, yet we all did our best, and endeavoured to show that, at least, we were not unappreciative listeners to the eloquence of the great... 