 Poetry,' from which the above verses from Nathan have been taken. ' It is become,' he says, ' a national classic ; it forms an era in the history of opinion. The altered sentiments and conduct of the German public towards the Jews began in Nathan the...  Minna Von Barnhelm - Page xlixby Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - 1897 - 219 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Taylor - English poetry - 1828 - 528 pages
...as curtailed by Schiller, it was evidently intended for readers, more than for hearers. It is become a national classic ; it forms an era in the history...altered sentiments and conduct of the German public toward the Jews began in Nathan the Wise. The consequent alterations of Prussian legislation result... | |
 | Newton Abbot College - 1875 - 354 pages
...original and most German work that our Poetry has produced.' It soon became a national classic and formed an era in the history of opinion. The altered sentiments...the German public towards the Jews began in Nathan der Weise. Perhaps a more characteristic work yet than all these is his famous theory on Art contained... | |
 | Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - 1896 - 300 pages
...great success, and has found a place on the répertoire of every German theatre, ulatljan ber SSeife was also successful abroad; and it may not be uninteresting...German public towards the Jews began in Nathan the Wue. The consequent alterations of Prussian legislation result from Nathan the W1se. Cumberland's comedy... | |
 | Jewish literature - 1904 - 208 pages
...questions of toleration were much afloat," writes that " it forms an era in the history of opinionThe altered sentiments and conduct of the German public...legislation result from Nathan the Wise. Cumberland's (very inferior) ' Comedy of the Jew,' which has favoured in England an analogous temper, . . . drew... | |
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