A. W. Schlegel's Lectures on German Literature from Gottsched to Goethe: Given at the University of Bonn and Taken Down by George Toynbee in 1833, Together with Toynbee's 'Continuation to Heine,' with Introduction, Notes and a Portrait |
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... Lessing and his friends . Gotthold Ephraim Lessing was born in 1729 , and died shortly after he had reached his fiftieth year . His birthplace was Kamenz , a little town in Saxony . At the age of twelve he was sent to a school at Meißen ...
... Lessing and his friends . Gotthold Ephraim Lessing was born in 1729 , and died shortly after he had reached his fiftieth year . His birthplace was Kamenz , a little town in Saxony . At the age of twelve he was sent to a school at Meißen ...
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... Lessing devoted himself to philosophical speculation ; he became a stu- dent of Spinoza , and the predilection which he manifested for the system of that philosopher raised another outcry against him . Lessing was a man of enormous ...
... Lessing devoted himself to philosophical speculation ; he became a stu- dent of Spinoza , and the predilection which he manifested for the system of that philosopher raised another outcry against him . Lessing was a man of enormous ...
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... Lessing ; he was a mild , calm , benevo- lent man , and his works , consequently , want the boldness and originality of those of his friends . He assisted Lessing and Nicolai in editing the Letters on Modern Literature , 29 and devoted ...
... Lessing ; he was a mild , calm , benevo- lent man , and his works , consequently , want the boldness and originality of those of his friends . He assisted Lessing and Nicolai in editing the Letters on Modern Literature , 29 and devoted ...
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