 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1860 - 532 页
...STUDENT. But then some meaning must the words convey. MEPHISTOPHELES. Right ! But o'er-anxious thought's of no avail ; For there precisely where ideas fail,...securely ground, In words we can conveniently believe, STUDENT. Your pardon for my importunity; With but one more request I'll trouble you. Ere I retire,... | |
 | Francis Jacox - 1877 - 400 页
...discours." Mephistopheles in Faust's long gown instructed his inquiring class that "over-anxious thought's of no avail; For there precisely where ideas fail,...ground, In words we can conveniently believe, Nor can we of one jot a word bereave." A more legitimate professor denounces the " verbal mysteries of... | |
 | William Benton Clulow - 1877 - 578 页
...bereiten, An Worte lasst sich treffiich glauben, Von einem Wort lasst kein Iota rauben. — Faust. " For there precisely where ideas fail, A word comes...ground, In words we can conveniently believe, Nor can we of onejot a word bereave." — Swanviick. of Christianity that has hitherto prevailed, will... | |
 | William Benton Clulow - 1877 - 528 页
...bereiten, An Worte lasst sich trefflich glauben, Von einem Wort lasst kein Iota rauben. — Faust. "For there precisely where ideas fail, A word comes...ground, In words we can conveniently believe, Nor can we of one jot a word bereave."— Swanwick. of Christianity that has hitherto prevailed, will no... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1879 - 476 页
...the fane of certainty at last. STUDENT. But then some meaning must the words convey. MEPHISTOPHELES. Right ! But o'er-anxious thought, you'll find of no avail ; For there precisely where ideas fail, 1641 A word comes opportunely into play. Most admirable weapons words are found, On words a system... | |
 | Walter Lewin - 1880 - 368 页
...Goethe in Mephistopheles' advice to the student who came to consult Faust as to his future studies— " Where ideas fail A word comes opportunely into play....ground, In words we can conveniently believe, Nor can we of one jot a word bereave." • » * * "To words hold fast Then the safe gate securely pass'd... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1882 - 488 页
...Right ! bnt o'er-anxious thought, you'll find of no avafl, For there precisely where ideas fail, 1641 A word comes opportunely into play. Most admirable weapons words are found, On worcls a system we securely ground, In words we can conveniently believe, Nor of a single jot can we... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1883 - 448 页
...must the words convey. MEPHISTOPHKLES. Right! But o'er-anxious thought, you'll find of no avail; 1640 For there precisely where ideas fail, A word comes...securely ground, In words we can conveniently believe, 1645 Nor of a single jot can we a word bereave. STUDENT. Your pardon for my importunity ; Yet once... | |
 | William Benton Clulow - 1883 - 542 页
...bereiten, An Worte lasst sich trefflich glauben, Von einem Wort lasst kein Iota rauben. — Faust. " For there precisely where ideas fail, A word comes...words a system we securely ground, In words we can convenient! j"believe, Nor can we of one jot a word bereave." — of Christianity that has hitherto... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1883 - 750 页
...the fane of certainty at last. STUDENT. But then some meaning must the words convey. MEPHISTOPHELES. Right! but o'er-anxious thought, you'll find of no avail, For there precisely where ideas fail, 1641 A word comes opportunely into play. Most admirable weapons words are found, On words a system... | |
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But o'er-anxious thought you'll find of no avail, For there precisely where ideas fail, A word comes opportunely into play. Most admirable weapons words are found ; On words a system we securely ground ; In words we can conveniently believe, Nor of a... 
