Ebook955 pages13 hours
The Autobiography of Goethe
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
()
About this ebook
On the 28th of August, 1749, at mid-day, as the clock struck twelve, I came into the world, at Frankfort-on-the-Maine. My horoscope was propitious: the sun stood in the sign of the Virgin, and had culminated for the day; Jupiter and Venus looked on him with a friendly eye, and Mercury not adversely; while Saturn and Mars kept themselves indifferent; the Moon alone, just full, exerted the power of her reflection all the more, as she had then reached her planetary hour. She opposed herself, therefore, to my birth, which could not be accomplished until this hour was passed.
These good aspects, which the astrologers managed subsequently to reckon very auspicious for me, may have been the causes of my preservation; for, through the unskilfulness of the midwife, I came into the world as dead, and only alter various efforts was I enabled to see the light. This event, which had put our household into sore straits, turned to the advantage of my fellow-citizens, inasmuch as my grandfather, the Schultheiss[1], John Wolfgang Textor, took occasion from it to have an accoucheur established, and to introduce or revive the tuition of midwives, which may have done some good to those who were born after me.
These good aspects, which the astrologers managed subsequently to reckon very auspicious for me, may have been the causes of my preservation; for, through the unskilfulness of the midwife, I came into the world as dead, and only alter various efforts was I enabled to see the light. This event, which had put our household into sore straits, turned to the advantage of my fellow-citizens, inasmuch as my grandfather, the Schultheiss[1], John Wolfgang Textor, took occasion from it to have an accoucheur established, and to introduce or revive the tuition of midwives, which may have done some good to those who were born after me.
Related to The Autobiography of Goethe
Related ebooks
The Autobiography of Goethe Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Autobiography of Goethe: Truth and Poetry From My Own Life Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNotes of a Son and Brother (1914) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNo Name Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCome Dance With Me: A Memoir, 1898-1956 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Fortune of the Rougons Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Middle Years Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Lost Manuscript A Novel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIn the Days of the Comet: “We are kept keen on the grindstone of pain and necessity.” Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Looking Backward Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Autobiographical Sketches (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Memoirs Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDevereux — Complete Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe English Poets (Barnes & Noble Digital Library): With Essays on Lessing and Rousseau Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLiterature and Life (Complete) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLife Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMaster Humphrey's Clock Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Huguenot: A Tale of the French Protestants I-III Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Wanderer Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMaster Humphrey’s Clock Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGulliver’s Travels Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIn the Days of the Comet Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEssays in the Art of Writing Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLooking Backward & Equality Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCimabue to Agnolo Gaddi Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Literary Biographies For You
The Woman Who Could Not Forget Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5People, Places, Things: My Human Landmarks Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5How to Murder Your Life: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Writing into the Wound: Understanding trauma, truth, and language Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Very Best of Maya Angelou: The Voice of Inspiration Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Incest: From "A Journal of Love": The Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1932–1934 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Molly Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Henry and June: From "A Journal of Love," The Unexpurgated Diary (1931–1932) of Anaïs Nin Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Teacher Man: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: the heartfelt, funny memoir by a New York Times bestselling therapist Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Writers and Their Notebooks Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Real Lolita: A Lost Girl, an Unthinkable Crime, and a Scandalous Masterpiece Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Agatha Christie: An Elusive Woman Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Distance Between Us: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Party of the Century: The Fabulous Story of Truman Capote and His Black and White Ball Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Letters from Max: A Poet, a Teacher, a Friendship Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Don't Panic: Douglas Adams & The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5These Precious Days: Essays Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Confessions of a Bookseller Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5James Baldwin: A Biography Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Aloysius X. L. Pendergast: A Mysterious Profile Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Oscar Wilde: The Unrepentant Years Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dry: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Writer's Diary Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pity the Reader: On Writing with Style Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Glass Castle: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Devil and Harper Lee Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for The Autobiography of Goethe
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
The Autobiography of Goethe - Johan Wolfgang Von Goethe
3^ book_preview_excerpt.html Y#I.(iB2#Z"rՕdDU& x^;ʇ@~q\Kp%O9f7" Eج35Uϧyߟ2v8|Cοv?_U||om~˯?7_nzW/>7_|?ݗo7?~G_' uˏ/_~+}7wWˏW^7O__]K.-Z[Ekas.lwO؞s?ߞ"?4tSӟ6Cw:LW֛ilc:6
~mR?on\xnvsF&}}܌Kk}n7jv.ͳ}^6fw57Ӱ=CYC橵W5vZKeq4
.a?Kڴ攰Xf
3a^mXlAx]č6חxܞv>$w=/ص&2x+)% S1Z{(oRgqa|4]i3;drI͜^m`+m&Wۨ8#47mM{l.ݵ&k}.g=5ZnA[kH/=]`㫻#|q
w=l?oLYo)ı}}t\f;vm
FS'AR-6x?Hr{?&:ͬ|i JRx1ތJ?tÉk&ƶ:Y` byoGN>4k-VY^jw7 n؝`;" bb}=T(nljinMz2]{iq};cݧ}Of0L)V;W&`XXڞ̮abr\:TVP<7\+l:gQ-jA?v
+Bxrdvj:*l5)"K]⾶|4zK2O~{ƞoiv{^FFޚ67?UkAc؞KgKl4L{o=>DNkklfq=493E8xNjy{sS&$&uo[9l?&Rդ\]y%58^=#god{_}>{ȔYgut(:*=lȭyJ_ٶUb"W4wyv~wRtLw>RA/cRGsQ:dI';3 Nנgkg ޜ4^^N1U4vKcWȣƷ=(\!095
&E|7lܘ +,T"
FwQnS1-Nij;}(f;ϝ=Wh̹=)V_zpt{|ox8L>ڥX*I>!LYO&ӱهW?צf1Ϛ:.
n6L7FEh]*CS!1LJi>AͽGotܠgT