 | American periodicals - 1880 - 820 pages
...too reasonable to need a religion. And Goethe was too reasonable really to love. Mr. Lewes says : " He knew little of the exquisite companionship of two...other to soar. He knew little of this ; and the kiss he feared to press upon the loving lips of Fredericka — the life of sympathy he refused to share... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1902 - 848 pages
...relinquishing her was the want of a sufficiently powerful love ; and that also is his justification. Had he loved her enough to share a life with her,...spirit of loving rivalry to become better, to become wirer, teaching each other to soar. He knew little of this ; and the kiss he feared to press upon the... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1903 - 448 pages
...relinquishing her was the want of a sufficiently powerful love ; and that also is his justification. Had he loved her enough to share a life with her,...other to soar. He knew little of this ; and the kiss he feared to press upon the loving lips of Frederika — the life of sympathy he refused to share with... | |
 | Mary Caroline Crawford - 1911 - 546 pages
...lieh." a See Life and Worhs of Goethe, p. 104. He had experienced and he could paint (no one better) the peculiar tenderness of man for woman, when that...other to soar. He knew little of this; and the kiss he feared to press upon the loving lips of Frederika, — the life of sympathy he refused to share... | |
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He had experienced, and he could paint (no one better), the exquisite devotion of woman to man ; but he had scarcely ever felt the peculiar tenderness of man for woman, when that tenderness takes the form of vigilant protecting fondness. He knew little,... 
