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Jean Paul F. Richter
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Maria Wuz [by J.p.f. Richter] and Lorenz Stark [by J.j. Engel]; Or, English Prints of Two German Originals, by F. |
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130 |
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2009-12-21 |
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1150571152 |
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General Books LLC |
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0.44 pounds |
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5.98 x 9.02 x 0.28 inches |
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General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1881 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: MAEIA WUZ, SCHOOLMASTER AND ORGANIST IN AUENTHAL. CHAPTER I. " lii my days of childhood, in my joyful schooldays." -- C. Lamb. " U tf(V, rt TOVTOV ToG yqs titifyavtravTa £(?' bitb ffreSy; nuKfijs ttn:tmmt tyoKtiSos cySouffp tpptvl ;" -- Sophocles. Gentl. e and calm as a summer sea were thy life and death, thou merry-hearted Dominie, Maria Wuz. The mild heaven of a Martinmas summer spread over thy life no clouds, but a balmy haze ; thy climacterics were the tremors, and thy death the decline of a lily, whose leaves drop on standing flowers, and even on this side the grave thou wast softly sleeping. But, first of all, my friends, you must move your chairs to the fire, and push the table with my glass of water closer to me; draw the curtains, and put on your slippers; forget all about the grand monde over the way and the Palais Royal, just because I am going to tell you the simple story of the merry-hearted Dominie. And you, dear Christian, my friend whose heart is ever open to receive the only joys of life that are fire-proof, the joys of home, sit you down on the arm of the old arm-chair, from which Iain going to tell my tale, and never fear if you lean upon me now and again -- you will not put me out. Ever since the Swedish Wars, a Wuz had been schoolmaster in the village of Aueuthal, and I do not think that the parson or the parish ever had a complaint against any one of the family. Invariably, eight or nine years after the marriage of a Wuz, he and his eldest boy were found conscientiously performing the duties of their office. Our Maria Wuz taught the al] habet under his father the very...
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