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  • The death of Goethe, in 1832, brought to an end conspicuously the epoch of the Weimarian poets.

    The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller Thomas, Calvin, 1854-1919 1901

  • It is now some twenty years since I first came under the Weimarian spell, and during that time my feeling for Schiller has undergone vicissitudes not unlike those described by Brahm in a passage quoted at the very end of this volume.

    The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller Thomas, Calvin, 1854-1919 1901

  • And even those who were too wise to be thus completely misled as to the significance and the value of the Weimarian legacy could not help feeling that for the present, at least, it were better regarded as a dead issue.

    The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller Thomas, Calvin, 1854-1919 1901

  • Weimarian spell, and during that time my feeling for Schiller has undergone vicissitudes not unlike those described by Brahm in a passage quoted at the very end of this volume.

    The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller Calvin Thomas 1886

  • Naturally enough the individualism and aestheticism of the Weimarian poets were not welcome doctrine to an excited generation that had caught a glimpse of an immense work to be done for the fatherland.

    The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller Calvin Thomas 1886

  • In a work upon Russia, -- a land which had been brought closer to the Schiller household by the appointment of Wilhelm von Wolzogen as Weimarian envoy to the Czar, -- he read anew the history of the 'false Dmitri', and was struck by its dramatic capabilities.

    The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller Calvin Thomas 1886

  • And even those who were too wise to be thus completely misled as to the significance and the value of the Weimarian legacy could not help feeling that for the present, at least, it were better regarded as a dead issue.

    The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller Calvin Thomas 1886

  • The death of Goethe, in 1832, brought to an end conspicuously the epoch of the Weimarian poets.

    The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller Calvin Thomas 1886

  • Perhaps, as the most aggressive money-printing campaign in the history of the world brings its likely Weimarian consequences in 3 -5 years from now, people will wake up in hindsight to the stupidity, arrogance and gross misjudgment of their ruling elites in non-fiscal matters as well.

    The Brussels Journal - The Voice of Conservatism in Europe 2009

  • Contemporary criticism saw in the Martin of “Götz von Berlichingen” a likeness to Sterne’s creations; [48] and in the other great work of the pre-Weimarian period, in “Werther,” though no direct influence rewards one’s search, one must acknowledge the presence of a mental and emotional state to which Sterne was a contributor.

    Laurence Sterne in Germany A Contribution to the Study of the Literary Relations of England and Germany in the Eighteenth Century

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