Gesammelte schriften ...: An die Freunde Lessings (Ein Anhang zu Herrn Jacobi's Briefwechsel über die Lehre des Spinoza) ; Schreiben an den Herrn Diaconus Lavater zu Zuerich ; Antwort an den Herrn Moses Mendelssohn zu Berlin, nebst einer Nacherinnerung von Moses MendelssohnBrockhaus, 1843 - German language |
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Page 121 - Vous sur les points qui nous séparent et que je souhaiterois ardemment que ne nous séparassent plus. La distance des lieux me prive de cet avantage, mais je Vous aurai au moins exprimé des...
Page 2 - Countenance, when he had perceiv'd what was carrying on. The Europeans, on their Side, might laugh perhaps at this Simplicity. But our Ethiopian would certainly laugh with better reason. Tis easy to see which of the two wou'd be ridiculous, bear a double share of Ridicule.
Page 2 - People cou'd be so fantastical, äs upon Agreement, at an appointed time, to transform themselves by a Variety of Habits, and make it a solemn Practice to impose on one another, by this universal Confusion of Characters and Persons.
Page 2 - IF a native of Ethiopia were on a sudden transported into Europe, and placed either at Paris or Venice at a time of carnival, when the general face of mankind was disguised, and almost every creature wore a mask...
Page 134 - Vous renouveller les assurances des sentimens pleins d'estime, d'attachement et de considération avec lesquels j'ai l'honneur d'être, Monsieur, Votre très humble et très obéissant serviteur C.
Page 2 - Tis easy to see which of the two wou'd be ridiculous. For he who laughs, and is himself ridiculous, bears a double share of Ridicule. However, shou'd it so happen, that in the Transport of Ridicule, our ETHIOPIAN, having his Head still running upon Masks, and knowing nothing of the fair Complexion and common Dress of the EUROPEANS...
Page 2 - Europeans, should upon the sight of a natural face and habit, laugh just as heartily as before ; would not he in his turn become ridiculous, by carrying the jest too far; when by 'a silly presumption he took nature for mere art, and mistook perhaps a man of sobriety and sense for one of those ridiculous mummers?
Page 190 - Phenix : or, A Revival of Scarce and Valuable Pieces No where to be found but in the Closets of the Curious, II (1708), preface, iii-iv.
Page 2 - ... tis probable he would for some time be at a stand, before he discovered the cheat ; not imagining that a whole people could be so fantastical as upon agreement, at an appointed time, to transform themselves by a variety of habits, and make it a solemn practice to impose on one another, by this universal confusion of characters and persons.
Page 2 - However, should it so happen, that in the transport of ridicule, our Ethiopian, having his head still running upon masks, and knowing nothing of the fair complexion and common dress of the Europeans, should upon the sight of a natural face and habit, laugh just as...