 | Friedrich Wilhelm H. Alexander freiherr von Humboldt - 1860 - Počet stránok 382
...Friedrich Schlegel's complete works — say the third volume ? XV. HUMBOLDT TO VARNHAGEN. Berlin, 19^ December, 1833. Prevented by the tedious, restless...phenomena of heavenly space and terrestrial life, from the nebula) of stars to the geographical distribution of mosses on granite rocks, and this in a work in... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1860 - Počet stránok 606
...order that pervades the universe, and the magnificence of that order." Writing to Varnhagen, he says : "I am going to press with my work — the work of...the whole material world — all that is known to ns of the phenomena of heavenly space and terrestrial life, from the nebulse of stars to the geographical... | |
 | Hans Blumenberg - 1987 - Počet stránok 838
...this kind of retrospect can one comprehend how extraordinary his plan could seem to Humboldt himself: "The mad fancy has seized me of representing in a...world, — all that is known to us of the phenomena of the heavens and of terrestrial life, from the nebulae of stars to the geographical distribution of... | |
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... personally informing myself as to my friend's health, I am driven, alas ! to writing to beg you will kindly send me back the letter of the Duchess of Dessau, containing the kind expressions about our dear beatified friend. A. v. HUMBOLDT. Thursday.... 