The Works of Heinrich Heine, Volume 6

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W. Heinemann, 1892
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Pagina 198 - Then hear the judgment which was passed on thee ! " And so saying he showed him the text in Genesis in the first book of Moses, " The seed of the woman shall bruise the head of the serpent.
Pagina 322 - I heard in it the notes of those heretical or suspected nightingales who during the Passion season of the Middle Age must needs hide themselves in silence, and only now and then, when it was least expected, perhaps even behind some cloister grating, pipe forth a few joyous tones. Knowest thou the letters of Heloise to Abelard? Next to the high song of the great king (I mean King Solomon), I know of no more burning or flaming song of tenderness than the dialogue between Venus and the Tannhauser. This...
Pagina 316 - Translator. cithern, which twine like invisible threads round the heart, and draw you to the hill. But, fortunately, not far from the entrance, an old knight keeps watch and ward; he is called the trusty Eckart He stands leaning on his great battlesword, motionless as a statue, save that his honourable and iron-grey head constantly shakes, warning the one approaching against the dangers which threaten him. Many take warning and are terrified, many more never heed the bleating voice of the ancient...
Pagina 171 - So she let the three queer women in, and cleared a little space in the first room, where they could sit down and begin their spinning. One of them drew the thread and trod the wheel, the second wet the thread, the third twisted it and struck with her finger on the table; and as often as she struck, a skein of yarn fell to the floor, and it was of the finest. She hid the three spinners from the queen, and showed her as often as she came the pile of spun yarn, so that the queen could not praise her...

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