Herders sämmtliche Werke, Band 10

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Seite 114 - And, wondering, on their faces fell To worship that celestial sound : Less than a god they thought there could not dwell Within the hollow of that shell, That spoke so sweetly, and so well.
Seite 246 - Had thought been all, sweet speech had been denied; Speech, thought's canal ! speech, thought's criterion too ! Thought in the mine, may come forth gold, or dross ; When coin'd in words, we know its real worth. If sterling, store it for thy future use; "Twill buy thee benefit ; perhaps, renown. Thought, too, deliver'd, is the more possest; Teaching, we learn ; and giving, we retain The birtlis of intellect ; when dumb, forgot. Speech ventilates our intellectual fire ; Speech burnishc" our mental...
Seite 247 - Plung'd to the hilts in venerable tomes, And rusted in ; who might have borne an edge, And play'da sprightly beam, if born to speech ; If born blest heirs of half their mother's tongue ! 'Tis thought's exchange, which, like th' alternate push Of waves conflicting, breaks the learned scum, And defecates the student's standing pool.
Seite 246 - When coin'd in word, we know its real worth. If sterling, store it for thy future use : 'Twill buy thee benefit; perhaps renown.
Seite 247 - Teaching, we learn ; and giving, we retain The births of intellect ; when dumb, forgot. Speech ventilates our intellectual fire ; Speech burnishes our mental magazine ; Brightens, for ornament ; and whets, for use. What numbers...

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