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2lm 28. Sluguji 1749, SRittag* mit bem ©locfenfatage 
3tt>olf l , fam id) in granffurt am Stain auf Me 2Belt 2 . 

SBenn man 8 fid) eunnern ttntt, tt>a$ un$ in ber fruijfien 
3«tt bet 3ugenb begegnet ifi, fo fommt man oft in ben gall*, 
; baSjemge, tt>a$ ttur t>on Slnbern geljort, mit bem ju mmfy 
feln, tt>a$ n>ir tt>irflic^ au$ eigner anfd)auenber* Srfaljrung 
^ befifcen. Dfjne alfo fyteruber eine genaue Unterfuc^ung an* 
s -* juftellen, tt>el$e ofjnefyin 6 ju nid^t^ ffifyren fann, bin td) mir 
^ bewujjt, bajj wir in einem alten $aufe ttofynten, tt>eld()e$ 
ctgentlitl) au$ jn>ei burctygebrodftenen 7 #aufem beftanb. Sine 
tf)urmarttge 8 Xxtppt fufyrte ju unjufammenfjangenben 9 3tm* 
mem, unb bie Ung(eid)&eit bet ©tocfroerfe n>ar burd) ©tufen 
auSgeglidOen 10 . gur un$ fiinber, eine jungere ©cfywfter 11 
unb mid(), tt>ar bie untere ttmtlaufttge 18 «£>au$fhtr bet liebftc 
9taum, tt>eid)e neben ber Sljure ein grofeS ijoljemeS ©ittcw 
tt>erf 13 fyatte, nwburti) man unmittelbar mit ber ©trajje unb 
ber freien Suft in SSerbinbung fam. (Sinen foid^en 93o* 
gelbauer 14 , mit bem iriele $aufer tterfefyen tt>aren, nannte 
man ein ®eram$ 15 . £>ie grauen fafen barin, urn ju ' 
nafyen unb ju ftrirfen; bie ffod)tn la$ 16 iljren ©alat ; bie Wafy 
barinnen befprad&en fit!) son baljer mit einanber, unb bie 
©traf en gett)annen baburc$ in ber guten SaljrSjett ein fub* 
fid)e$ Slnfefyen 17 . SRan fufylte ftc§ fret 18 , inbem man mit bem 

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2 2luS meinem Sebcn. 

Oeffentlid&en sertraut tt>ar. ©o famen aud^ buref; biefe 
©eramfe bie itinbcr mtt ben 9?ad)bam in SSerbinbung, unb 
mid) gettxmnen 1 brci gegenuber ttwljnenb? SMtber *on D $* 
fenflein, fyinterlaffene ©oljne be$ serjiorbenen ©$ultl)eifjen 2 , 
gar lieb urtb befdjaftigten unb necftett ftc§ mtt mtr auf 
mand^erlei SBctfe. 

SKeineS SSaterS -Stutter, bei ber ttrir etgentlid^ im #aufe 
wotynten', lebtc in cinem grofjen 3intmcr Ijtnten Ijtnau$* f 
unmittclbar an ber «£>au$flur, unb ttrir ^flcfltcn unfere ©ptete 
bte an tljren ©effel, ja, roenn fie franf tt>ar, bte an if)r SSett 
()in 5 aufyubeljnen. 3$ erinnere mt$ iljrer gletdjfam 8 ate etne$ 
©etfteS, ate einer fd&onen, fyagern 7 , immer tt>eif unb reinltd^ 
geftetbeten grau. ©anft, freunblt<$, tt>oljltt)oflenb if* fte mir 
im ©ebad^tnij* geblteben. 

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«£>irf($graben 8 nennen f)6ren; ba ttrir aber tteber ©raben nod) 
£trf<$e fatyen, fo tt>otlten ttrir biefen 2lu$brucf erflart ttriffen 9 . 
9Ran erjSfylte fobann, unfer $au$ ftefye auf einem Slaum, ber 
fonft auferljalb ber ©tabt gelegen, unb ba, too jefct bie ©trape 
fic$ beftnbe, fei efyemate ein ©raben gewefen, in tt>el#em eine 
2lnjat)l ^trfd^c unterfjalten toorben 10 . 9Ran f>abe biefe Xljiere 
l)ier bett>afyrt n unb genaljrt, roeil nad) einem alten £erfom* 
men 12 ber <Stnat alle 3af)re etnen £trf<$ offentlid) fcerfpetfet 18 , 
ben man benn 14 fur einen fold&en gefttag Ijier im ©raben immer 
jur #anb geljabt, tt>enn au# 16 auStttfrte gurjien unb Slitter 
ber ©tabt tyre SagbbefugnifT 6 fcerfummerten" unbftorten, ober 
woljl gar 18 geinbe bie ©tabt eingefd&toffen ober belagert Ijielten. 
2>te$ gefiel un$ fe^r, unb ttrir tounfe^ten, eine fold^e jal)me 
aBUbbaljn 19 ware autf) no<$ bei 20 unfern 3eiten ju feljen 
geroefett 

3m jmeiten ©todf befanb fic$ ein %immtt, tt>eld£e$ man 



SrfteS 33u<$. 3 

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liebjter, jwar ni$t trauriger, aber bod) feljnfuctytiger 2lufent* 
t)att\ Ueber ©arten IjinauS, uber ©tabtmauern unb SQBaUc 
faf) man in eine f$onc frudjtbare ©bene; e$ ifi bie, n>eld)e 
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genjofjnlici) meine 2ectionen, n>artete bie ©emitter ab* unb 
fonnte mid) an ber untergefyenben Sonne, gegen toetctye bie 
genfter gerabe gerid)tet toaren, ntd)t fatt genug fefjen 4 . 3)a 
i<$ aber ju gleid)er 3*tt bie Sftad)barn in i^ren ©arten twin* 
betn 5 unb if)re SSIumen beforgen 6 , bie Jltnber foielen, bie 
©efeflfd&aften ftd) ergefcen 7 fafj, bie ifegelfugeln roflen unb bie 
Jfegel fatten fjorte, fo erregte bieS fru^jettig in mir ein @efuf)t 
ber (Sinfumfeit unb einer barauS entfpringenbcn Seljnfucfyt, 
ba$, bem tton ber -Katur in midj) gelegten Srnften unb 
2lI)nung$t>otlen 8 entfrted&enb, feinen (Stnflujj gar Jbalb unb in 
ber ftolge 9 nod) beutlid^er jeigte. 

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Steilje romifd)er ^rofpecte 10 auf fidO, mit n>el$en ber SSater 11 
einen S3orfaal au$gef$mudft Jjatte, geftod^en 12 son einigen 
gefctyitften SSorgangern 18 be$ $iranefi 14 , bie fidj) auf 2lrd)i< 
teftur unb *)3erfpectfoe tooljt tterftanben 1 * unb beren -Mabel 16 
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bet qjopolo 17 , ba$ Sotifeo 18 , ben $eter$pla&, Me $eter$fird)e 19 
t)on aufen unb innen, bie SngelSburg 20 unb fo man$e$ 
Slnbere. 2)iefe ©efialten brutf ten ftd) tief bei mir ein, unb 
ber fonfl feljr lafonifd&e 21 SBater fyattt tt>of)l mand)mal bie 
©efaHigfeit 22 , eine Sefd^reibung be$ ©egenffrmbeS tteweljmen 
ju laffen. Seine' SBorliebe fur bie ttaltenifd)e ©prad^e unb 
fur 2lfle$, tt>a$ fid) auf j:nc$ Sanb bejie^t, tt>ar fef)r au$ge.* 



4 2lu$ meinem Seben. 

fpro#en\ (Sine Heine 9Warmor* unb SRaturalienfammlung, 
bie er son bortfjer mitgebradft jeigte er un$ aud^ mandjmal 
t>or, unb einen grofen £l)eil feiner Stit fcewenbete er auf feme 
italienifd^ fcerfafte 9teifebefc§reibung, beren 2lbfd)rijl unb 
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auSfertigte. Gin alter loiterer italienifd^er ©prad)meijier, 
©iotunajji genannt*, tt)ar tym, baran 5 beljitflid?. 2lud) fang 
ber 2Ute md?t ubet, unb meine Sautter mufjte fid^ bequemen 8 , 
if)it unb ftd) felbft mit bem JJlatnere taglid) ju accompagmren 7 ; 
ba itf) benn ba$ Solitario bosco ombroso 8 balb fennen 
Icrnte unb auSroenbig nmf te, ef)e ic§ e$ tterftanb. , 

SRein SSatcr toar uberljaupt le^after 9 Sftatur, unb bei 
feiner (Sntfernung son ©efdjaften 10 n>ollte er gem baSjenige, 
n?a$ er wufjte unb fcermodjte 11 , auf 2lnbere ubertragen. ©o 
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ttjung jum ffcifigen ©d)reiben angeljalten, ttrie jum blaster* 
fpielen unb ©ingen ; toobei fie ficfy genot^igt fal), and) in ber 
italienifd^en ©prad&e einige tfenntnijj unb notljburftige M 
Sertigfeit ju erwerben. 

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jur ©rofmutter, in beren geraumigem SBoljnjtmmer n>ir 
Ijinlangltdf) 14 *|3la& ju unfern ©pielen fanben. ©ie ttntfjte 
un$ mit allerlet flleinigfeiten ju befd)aftigen unb mit aHerlei 
guten Siffen'ju erquirfen. 2ln einem SBetljnadjtSabenbe 
jebod) fefcte fte alien iljren SBo^lt^aten bie ifrone auf 16 , inbem 
fie un$ ein ^uppenfpiel 16 sorftellen lief unb fo in bem aften 
4?aufe eine mnt SBctt erfd)uf. 2)iefe$ unerwartete ©djaufpiel 
jog bie jungen ©emitter mit ©ewalt an fid) ; befonberS auf 
ten ihtaben mad^te e$ einen fefjr fiarfen (Stnbrucf, ber in eine 
grofe, langbauernbe Sffiirfung nad)flang 17 . 

2)ie ffeine 33ufjne mit ifyrem jiummen $erfonal 18 , bie man 



(fejte* 33uc$. 5 

und anfangd nut sorgejetgt fyattt, nac$f)cr aber ju etgner 
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ifmbern urn fo tttel ttertljer fetn 2 , ate ed bad lefcte SSermactyt* 
iilf unferer gutcn ©rofmutter ri>ar 8 , Me balb barauf burc$ 
juneljmenbe itranf^ett unfern Slugen crfl entjogen unb bann 
fur immer burc§ ben Sob entriffen n>urbe. 3f)r Slbfd&etben 4 
war fur bic gamtltc son befto gtoperer Sebeutung, ate ed cine 
ttSHtge SSeranbcrung in bem 3ujtanbe berfelben nad^ fidj) jog. 
©o lange Me ©rofmutter lebte, Ijatte mein SBater ftd& 
geljutet, nur bad SKmbejfc im £aufe ju seranbern 5 ober $u 
emeuern; aber man tt>upte tooljl, bajj er fid) ju einem 
«£>auptbau 6 aorbereitete, ber nunmeljr and) fogleid) serge* 
nommen 7 ttmrbe. 3n granffurt, ttne in mefyrern 8 alten 
©tabten, Ijatte man bet 2luffuf)rung Renter ©ebaube 9 , urn 
*Plafc 10 ju genrinnen, ft# erlaubt, mc$t attein mit bem erften, 
fonbern auty mit ben folgenben ©todfen 11 uberjubauen 12 ; \x>c>* 
buxtf) benn 13 fretltdj) befonberd 14 enge ©trapen ttxt>a$ 2)uftered 
unb 2lengftli<$ed 15 belamen. (Snblicty gieng ein ©efcfe burd) 16 , 
baf, tt)er ein neued #aud t>on ©runb auf" baue, nur mit 
bem erjfcn ©todf fiber bad Sfmtbament Ijeraudrudfen burfe, 
bie ubrigen aber fenfredjt auffuf>ren muffe 18 . SKein SSatev, 
urn ben sorforingenben Staum im jwetten ©todE auc$ nid&t 
aufjugeben, n>enig befummert 19 urn Suffered ard?iteft<mifc§ed 
Slnfefyen unb nur urn innere gute unb bequeme Ginrid)tung 
beforgt, bebiente ftcfy nrie fdjon meljrere fcor tym getf)an, ber 
?ludfluc$t 20 , bie oberen Sfyeile bed £aufed 3U unterftufcen 21 
unb t>en unten (jerauf einen nadb bem anbern toegjunef)men 
unb bad 9ieue gteic^fam etnjufdjalten 82 , fo baft ttenn jutefct 
gettnjfermafen 23 nicfytd son bem 2ttten,ubrtg blieb, ber ganj 24 
neue 33au noc§ immer fur eine 9teparatur geften fonnte. 
2)a nun alfo bad Sinreipen unb Slufrid&ten aHmafilicb 



6 ?lud meinem Sebcn. 

ftefdjalj, fo Ijatte mein SSatcr ficfy sorgenommen, nidjt and 
bem £aufe ju mityn, urn beflo beffer bte Stuffiest ju fuljren 
unb bie Slnleitung geben ju fihmen : bernt aufd Sed&nifdbe 1 
bed Saued Derflanb er fi# ganj gut; babei oolite er aber 
audj) feme ftamilie ntdfjt son fi$ laffen. 2)icfc neue Gpodlje 
war ben ftinbem feljr uberrafdjenb unb fonberbar. 2)ie 
3immer, in benen man fie oft enge genug geljalten unb mit 
wenig erfreulid)em 9 2ernen unb 2lrbeiten geftngftigt, bie 
®ange s , auf benen fie gefpielt, bie SBanbe, fur beren 9?etn* 
lidjfeit unb ©rljaltung man fonjt fo fef)r geforgt, Silled bad 
t>or ber $acfe 4 bed -SRaurerd, t>or bem Seile bed 3i»nffltt* 
mannd 5 fallen ju fefjen, unb jwar son unten Ijerauf, unb 
inbeffen oben auf unterjtufcten Salfen, gletd^fam in ber Suft 
ju fdjweben unb babei immer nod() ju etner genriffen Section, 
$u einer beftimmten Slrbett angeljalten ju n>erben — biefed 
Silled brad)te eine SSernnrrung in ben jungen tfopfen Ijerttor, 
bie fid) fo leidjt nidjt toieber ind ®leic$e fe^en lief. 2)od) 
nmrbe bie Unbequemlid&feit son ber Sugenb 6 n>eniger em* 
pfunben, weil if)r etn>ad meljr ©pielraum 7 aid bidder unb 
man$e ®elegenl)eit, fi# auf Salfen ju fdjaufeln 8 unb auf 
Srettern ?u fd)ttringen 9 , gelaffen n>arb. 

«£>artn&dfig fefcte ber SSater bie erfie %tit feinen *|3lan 
bur$ ; bod) aid julefct au$ bad 2)a$ t^eitoeife abgetragen 10 
nutrbe unb oljngead&tet 11 ailed ubergefpannten" 2Ba$dtu$ed 
r>on abgenommenen Zcuptten 1 * ber 9?egen bid ju unfern Setten 
gelangte, fo entfdjjlofi er fidfc, obgleicty ungem 1 *, bie ffinber 
woljltoollenben 15 S«itnben, n>el$e fi$ fd^on fritter baju 
erboten fatten, auf eine 3eit lang ju uberlaffen unb fie in 
eine offentlid)e ©djule ju fd&icfen. 

Urn biefe &\t n>ar ed eigentlid), baf id& meine SBaterfiabt 
juerft gett>af)r 18 ttntrbe: ttrie td& benn nadfc unb na<$ immer 



@rjte$ 33u$. 7 

freter 1 unb ungefjinberter, tfteilS allein, tljeite mit munteru 
©efoielen 8 , barin auf unb ab toanbeltc. Urn ben (Sinbrutf, 
ben biefc ernfien unb tt)iirbtgen Umgebungen auf mid; 
marten, emtgermajjen mitjutljeilen, mujj idf) f)ier nut bcr 
©d&ilberung memeS OeburtSorteS oorgreifen 5 , ttrie cr fic$ in 
fcinen t>erf<$iebenen Snellen aHmafylidO &or mir entnricfelte*. 
2lm Stebften fyajierte id) auf bet grofen 9Wainbrucfe. 3l)re 
Sange, iljre Scjitgfeit, iljr guteS Slnfeljen mad?te fie ju einem 
bemerfen&oertfyen 33aun*rf 5 ; auc$ ift e$* au$ fruljerer 3^tt 
betnafje ba$ einjige 2>enfmal jener SSorforge, ttocld^e bie n>elt* 
lidje Dbrigfeit ifjren Surgern fd&ulbig ift. 2)er fc^one glufj 
auf unb abtoartS jog meine SSIirfe nad) fic$ 7 ; unb intnn auf 
bem Srucfenfreuj 8 ber golbene #al)n im ©onnenfd^m 
glfinjte, fo ttar e$ mir immer eine erfreulid^e (Smpfmbung. 
@ewoIjnti<$ toarb atebann burdj) ©actyfenljaufen fpajiert unb 
bie Ueberfaljrt fur einen Jfreujer 9 gar beljagltcty 10 genojfen. 
2)a befanb man fic$ nun ttieber bte$fett$, ba f{$li<$ man jum 
SBeinmarfte 11 , benmnberte ben 9Rec$am$mu$ ber J?ral)ne 12 , 
tt>enn SBaaren auSgelaben ttwrben ; befonberS aber unterljielt 
un$ bie 2lnfunft ber 9ftarftf(§tffe 18 , too man fo manner lei 
unb mitunter fo feltfame giguren auSftetgen falj. ®ieng e$ 
nun in bie ©tabt herein, fo ttoarb jeberjeit ber ©aalljof 14 , ber 
wenigftenS an ber ©telle fianb, too bie Surg ffatfer ffarte 
be$ ©rofmt unb feiner SRad^folger getoefen fein follte, eljr* 
furdjtSsoll gegru#£ SDtan verier fic§ in bie alte ©etoerbftobt 15 
unb befonberS 9Karfttage$ w gem in bem ©ettrnfyl, ba$ ft$ 
urn bie SBartljolomauSfirctye 17 Ijerum fcerfammelte. *^icr f)titt 
fid), fcon ben fruljjfen 3^iten an, bie SfRenge ber SSerfaufer 
unb fframer ubereinanber gebrangt, unb toegen einer fold^en 
Seftfcnaljme fonnte nid^t leictyt in ben neuern &ittn eine 
geraumige unb Ijettere Slnjlalt 18 $fo& ftnbcn. 2)ie 33uben 



S 2lud memem SeOen. 

bed fogenannten ^Jfarreifen 1 tt>aren und Jtinbern fefyr 
bebeutenb, unb tt>ir trugcn man<$en 33afcen 2 J)in, um und 
farbige, mit golbenen Sljieren bebrucfte 33ogen anjufc^affen. 
Sfcir felten aber mo#te 8 man fi# ubet ben befdfcranften, 
twttgepfropften unb unreinlid&en -JRatftplafc Ijinbrangen. ©o 
erinnere i$ mic§ auc$, ba£ ic§ immct mit Sntfe&en ttor ben 
baranftojjenben engen unb (jaf lichen gleifd^banfen 4 geflofyen bin. 
2)er SRomerberg 6 tt>at ein befio angenefymerer ©pajierplafc*. 

9ttc$td at<$iteftonifd(j 7 Srljebenbed mar bamald in %xanb 
furt ju fe^en : Silled beutete auf eine l&ngjl fcergangene, fur 
©tabt unb ©egenb fefyr unrufjige Stit. 5)}forten unb 
Sljurme, tt>el$e bie ©renje ber alten 8 Stabt bejeid&neten 9 , 
bann tteiterljin 10 abermald *Pforten, Sfyiirme, 9Rauern, 
Srurfen, SBalle, ©raben, momit bie neue Stabt umfdfjloffen 
wax, Silled fpra<$ noc^ ju beutlic§ aud 11 , ba£ bie 9iotl)tt>enbig* 
fett, in unruljigen 3^iten bem @emeintt>efen ©id^ertyeit ju 
tterfcfyaffen, biefe Slnflalten Ijer&orgebradfrt, baj* bie*pia&e, bie 
(Strain, felbft bie neuen, breiter unb fd&oner 12 angelegten, 
alle nur bem 3ufall unb bet SBillfur 18 unb leinem regelnben 
©etfte iljren Urfprung ju banfen 14 fatten. 

Sebeutenb blieb fur und bad 9iatl$aud 15 , ber SRomer 
genannt. 3n (einen untern gemolba^nlid^en 18 fallen »er* 
loren 17 ttrir und gar ju gerne. 2Bir tterfctyafften und ©intritt 
in bad grope, ^oc^ft einfad^e ©efitondjimmer 18 bed 9tatJjed. 
S3 id auf eine gettrijfe $bf)t getafelt 19 , n>aren ubrigend bie 
SBanbe fo tt>ie bie SBolbung 20 tt>eif$ unb bad ©anje ol)ne 
Spur son 5Merei ober irgenb einem 33ilbtt>erf. 9?ur an ber 
mittelften SBanb in ber $bty lad man bie fuqe 3nfc$rift : 

Sined SWannd SRebe 
3ft feined 9Rannd SRebe: 
2Ran foil fie billig l)5ren 33eebe 21 . 



(Srjted 33u<$. 9 

9la$ ber altertljumli<$jien x 2lrt tt>aren fur bie ©licber 
biefer SBerfammlung SSanfe ringdumfyer an bcr SBertafelung 2 
angebrad&t unb urn erne ©tufe son bem Sobcn erfyoljt. £)a 
begriffen 8 ttir Iciest, tt>arum bic Stangorbnung unfered 
©enatd nac§ Sanfen eingetfyeilt fel 93on bcr S^ure linfer 
«§anb 4 bid in bic gegenuberfteljenbe 6 @tfe, aid aitf bcr crftcn 
Sanf, fafcn bie ©d&offen 6 , in ber gefe felbji ber ©d&ultyeif f 
bcr einjige, bcr cin fleined Sif^en 8 &or fi# ^attc; ju 
fritter Sittfen bid gegen bie Scttjierfcite 9 fapen nunmefjr 10 bie 
«£>erren ber jn>eiten Sattf ; an ben genjlem l)er jog fi($ n bie 
britte Sattf, tt>dc$e bie «£>anbn>erfer einnaijmen ; in ber SRitte 
bed ©aald jianb ein £ifc§ fur ben ?Protofollfuljrer ia . 

2Baren tt>ir einmal im 9t5mer 18 , fo mifdftten tt>ir und aud^ 
toof)l 14 in bad ©ebrange &or ben burgemeijierlid&en 15 Slubten* 
jen. Slber groferen 5Reij fjatte Silled, tcc& fi<$ auf 2Baf)l unb 
$ tonung ber tfaifer bejog. 2Bit mtf ten und bie ©unji ber 
©dfjliefer 16 ju tterfd&affen, urn bie neue, Ijeitre, in gredco 
gemalte, fonft burd^ ein ©itter tterfdfjloffene ifaifertre^e" 
fyinauffieigen ju burfen. 2)ad mit ^urpurtapeten unb awn* 
berlidfc &erf<$n5rfelten ©olbleifien fcerjierte SBafyljimmer 18 
floflte und (Styrfurd&t ein. Die Styurfiiicfe 19 , auf melc^en 
fleine Jtmber cber ©enien, mit bem faiferlid^en Drnat be* 
Heibet unb belaftet 80 mit ben 9teid&dinftgnien, eine gar hum* 
berlid&e gigur ftnelen 81 , bttxafytttn tt>ir mit grower 2lufmerf< 
famfeit unb Ijofften tt>ol)l au<$, noc$ einmal elne itronung mit 
2lugen ju erleben". 9lud bem grofen tfaiferfaale fonnte man 
und nur mit fefjr tfeler SRutje ttrieber tyeraudbtingen, toenn ed 
und einmal geglftrft tt>ar, Ijineinjufd&lityfen 88 : unb tt>ir Ijielten 
benjenigen fur unfern ttaljrfien greunb, ber und bei ben Srufi* 
bilbem 84 ber fammtlidfjen tfatfer, bit in einer gennjfen $bf)t 
umljer gemalt maten, etn>ad son iljren Xhaten erjafilen mod&te 2 *. 



io 2luS mcinem Seben. 

93on ifarl bem ©topen 1 ttetnafymen tx>tr mand&eS 9R&td&en* 
^afte 2 ; abet ba$ #ijfatifd(jM3nteteffante fiir un$ fieng etfi-mit 
Stubotylj twn £ab$butg 8 an, bet butcfc feme Sflannfyeit fo 
gtopen a3ewittungen 4 cin @nbe gemacfyt. Sludj i?atl bcr 
SStertc 6 jog unfrc Slufmetffarafeit an ft(#. 2Bit fatten fd&on 
son ber golbncn 33ufle unb bet ^etnltd^en «§al$getic$t$otb* 
nimg 6 gefjott, audjj bap et ben fttanffuttetn i^re SlnfjSng* 
litfftdt an fetnen ebten ©egenfaifet 7 ®untl)et son ©<$toatj* 
butg ntd^t entgetten 8 Hep. 9Raximi(ianen 9 gotten tt>it al6 
einen 9Renf<$en* unb Sutgetfteunb loben, unb bap son il)m 
ptoptyejeit vootben, er n?etbe ber lejjte Jfaifer au$ einem beut* 
fd&en «§aufe fern; meldjeS benn aucty leibet eingettoffen 10 , 
inbem naty feinem £obe ble 2Bal)l nur gn>tfc^cn bem 5fonig 
tton ©panien, 5?atl bem Sunften 11 , unb bem 5?onig wn 
gtanfteicfy fttanj bem Stften 12 , gefctywanft fyabt. SBebenf* 
li<$ 18 fugte man btnju, bap nun abetmalS eine foldfje SQBci^fa^ 
gung ober fcielmeljt SSorbebeutung umgefye 14 : benn e$ Jet 
augenfalltg u , bap nut no$ $iaft fut ba$ SBilb Sine* 18 
ifaifer6 ubtig bleibe; etn Umftanb, bet, obgleid^ jufaflig 
fcfyeinenb, bie $atttott((§geftnnten 17 mit SBefotgnip etfutte. 

SBenn n>tt nun fo etnmal unfetn Umgang fyielten 18 , set* 
fepen toit aud) nid&t, un6 nadjj bem 2)om ju begeben unb 
bafelbfl ba6 ©tab jeneS btatten, son gteunb unb getnben 
gefdjafcten ©untftet 19 ju befu<$en. 2)et metfnmtbige (Stein, 
bet e$ efymalS beberfte, ijl in bem Sljot aufgetid&tet. 2)ie 
gleic$ bamUn beftnblidje Sljute, n>eld)e inS (Soncta&e 20 fuf)tt, 
blieb un$ lange &etfd)toffen, bi$ nut enblicty butc§ bie obetn 
93ef)otben auc§ ben Ginttitt in biefen fo bebeutenben Dxt ju 
etlangen nmpten. SKlein tt>it fatten beffet get^an, ifyn butdb 
unfete (SinbilbungSftaft 21 , n>ie btSfyet, auSjumalen : benn mit 
fanben biefen in bet beutfctyen @ef$ic$te fo metftourbigen 



i 



Stfted 33uc$. ii 

SRaum, tt)0 Me mad&ti<$en gurjlen 1 fic# ju etnet #anblung 
son folder SBidjtigfeit ju Betfautmeln pflegten, feinedttegd 
wurbig* audgejiett, fonbern nodfj obenein 8 mit Salfen, ©tarn 
gen, ©erujien 4 unb anberem folc^en ©efpett 5 , bad man bet 
©cite fefcen tt>ottte, ttevunfialtet 6 . £)ejb mefyt matb unfere 
©nbilbungdfraft angeregt unb bad #et$ und 7 etfjoben, aid 
tt)ir futj na<$f)et bie Srlaubnij* etljielten, beim SSorjetgen bet 
golbnen 33utte an etnige sotneljme gremben auf bem Static 
fyaufe gegentt>artig ju fcin. 

#atte man in einer fold&en pattiotifd&en 33ef$t&nfung 8 
faum ein fyalbed 3al)t f)ingebta$t, fo ttakn fd&on bie 9Reffen 9 
mteber ein, n>elc$e in ben fammtlid&en ffinberfopfen 10 jebetjeit 
eine unglaublid^e ©aljtung 11 ljet&otbtac$ten. (Sine turd^ 
Stbauung 12 fo sielet S3uben innetljalb ber ©tabt in toeniget 
3eit 13 entfptingenbe neue ©tabt, bad SBogen unb Steiben 14 , 
bad Slblaben unb 2ludj>atfen ber SBaaren erregte son ben 
erfien SRomenten bed 33ettmftfeind an eine unbejn)ingli^ w 
tljatige -Reugietbe unb ein unbegtenjted SSetlangen naty 
finbifd^em Seftfc 16 , bad bet ffnabe mit n>a$fenben 3aljten 17 , t 
baib auf biefe, balb auf jene SBeife, tt)ie ed bie fftafte feined ' 
fletnen Seuteld etlauben moflten, ju beftiebigen fud&te. 3u* 
gleic$ abet bilbete ft<$ W SSotjMung »on bem, tt>ad bie Sffielt 
Silled 18 Ijer&otbtingt, n>ad fte bebatf unb \b*& bie Sewofynet 
iljtct t>et[$iebenen Xljeile gegen einanbet 19 audtoedtfeln. 

Diefe gto£ en, im grul)jal)t unb #etbfi einttetenben Spoken 
ttutben butc§ feltfame geietlid&feiten angefunbigt, ftelc^e urn 
befto ttmrbiget 20 fd&ienen, aid fie bie alte 3*it, unb xoq& »on bott 
l)et no<$ auf und gefommen, lebljaft fcetgegentt&ttigten 81 . 
2lm ©eleitdtag 22 toat bad ganje S3olf auf ben SBeinen, btangte 
ft$ nad) bet Safjtgaffe, nad& bet Stucfe, bid flbet ©adften* 
Ijaufen 88 fyinaud 5 afle genjiet tt>aten befefct 84 , otyne baf ben 



i2 * 2Iu$ mcincm 2e6en. 

£ag uber 1 tt>a$ SefonbereS ttorgieng ; bie SRenge fd()ien nur 
ba ju fcin, urn fid^ ju brangen, unb bie 3uf<$auer, urn fi$ 
unter cinanbcr ju betrac^ten : benn ba$, toorauf e$ eigentlid) 
anfam 8 , creignetc ftc§ erft 3 mit ftnfenber Sftad&t unb ttmrbe 
mefjr geglaubt ate mit Slugen gefeljen 4 . 

3n jenen attern unruljigen 3«iten 6 namlidfc, too ein 
3eber na$) Setieben 6 Unrest tfyat, ober mtf) 8u(i ba6 9iec$te 7 
beforberte, fturben bie auf bie 9Meffen jieljenben £anbeteleute 8 
*>on SBegelagerern 9 , cblen unb uncblcn ®efd()led(jte, ttritlfurli<$ 
geplagt unb gepladft 10 , fo baf Surfien unb anbere mad&tige 
©tanbe bic Sljrigen mtt gett>affnete*«£>anb u bte na#§rank 
furt geleiten liepen. #ier toottten nun aber bie 9ieic§& 
ftabter fi$ felbjl unb il)rem ©ebiet hid;t$ *>ergeben M ; ftc jogen 
ben 2lnfommlingen entgegen: ba gab e$ benn mand&mal 
©treitigfeiten, ttrie toeit jene ©eleitenben ljeranfommen, ober 
ob ftc tt>oljl gar 18 iljren Gintritt in bic ©tabt neljmen fitan* 
ten. SBcil nun biefeS nifyt aHein bei #anbete* unb 5Ref ge* 
fdft&ften jiattfanb, fonbern au$, town tyty ?|Jerfonen M in 
tfrieg& unb $rieben$jeiten, &orjugli<$ aber ju SBaljltagen" 
fi$ fyeranbegaben, unb e6 au$ ofterS ju Xf)attid^Fetten fam 16 , 
fobalb irgenb ein ©efolge, bad man in ber ©tabt nid^t bulben 
toottte, ficty mit feinem $mn fyereinjubrangen begeljrte: fo 
toaren jeitljer 17 baruber manege SSerljanblungen gepfltogen 18 , e$ 
roaren siele Steceffe 19 beSfyalb, obglei# jletS mit beiberfeitigen 
93otbeI)atten, gefc^lojfen toorben, unb man gab bie #offnung 
ni<$t auf, ben feit 3aljrljunberten bauernben Swift 20 enblic^ 
einmat beijulegen, ate bie ganje Stnfialt, toeSfyalb et fo lange 
unb oft fefyr fyeftig gefuf)rt 21 toorben toar, beinalj fur unnufc, 
loemgftenS fur uberfluffig angefetyen ioerben fonnte. 

Unterbejfen ritt bie burgertid^e Ga&atterie in meljreren 2lb* 
tljeilungen, mit ben Dbertyauptem 28 an iljrer ©pifce, an jenen 



(Srfled 33uc§. 13 

JEagen ju fcerfd&iebenen Sljoren tyinaud, fanb an einer getoiffen 
©telle einige SReiter ober «£>ufaren ber jum (Seleit berecfytigten 
9teic$dfi&nbe, bie nebfl iljren 2tnfiil)rem tt>ol)l empfangen unb 
bettnrtfyet 1 ttnirben ; man jogerte 1 bid gegen 2lbenb unb ritt 
aldbann, faum son ber n>artenben SKenge gefetyen 8 , jur 
©tabt herein ; ba benn manner burgerlictye 9tciter toeber fein 
$ferb nod) fic$ felbji auf bem SPferbe ju erfyalten 4 wrmoctyte. 
3u bem Srutfentfyore 5 famen bfe bebeutenbfien 3uge tyerein, 
unb bedwegen tt>ar ber 2lnbrang bortfyin am ©tarf jien. ©anj 
jutefct 8 unb mit ftnfenber 9Zad^t langte ber auf gtei^e SBeife 
geleitete SRumberger ?Pofltt>agcn an, unb man trug fi<$ mit 
ber 9?ebe T , ed muffe jeberjeit 8 , bem #erfommen gemaf, efne 
alte $rau barin fifcen; toedljalb benn bie ©trafjenjungen 9 
bei 2lnfunft bed SBagend in ein geCenbed 10 @ef#rei audju* 
foremen pflegten, ob man gleicty 11 bie im 2Bagen ftfcenben 
$affagtere feinedn>egd mefjr unterfdfjeiben fcnnte. Un* 
glaublid) unb ttrirflidj) bie ©inne tterivirrenb 18 war ber 
2)rang w ber SWenge, bie in biefem 2lugenblicf bur# ba$ 
Srutfenttyor herein bem SBagen nacfyfiurjte, bedttegen 14 and) 
bie nactyften «§>aufer aon ben 3ufctyauem am 9Reiften gcfud&t 
ttmrben. 

Sine anbere, nod) fciel feltfamere fteierlictyfeit, mld)t am 
fatten Sage 15 bad publicum aufre^te, tt>ar bad $feifergeri$t. 
@d erinnerte biefe Geremonie an jene erften 18 3*ton, n>o 
bebeutenbe #anbeldftabte [id) tton ben 3bUm f mld)t mit 
«£>anbel unb @en>erb in glcictyem 9Kaaf5e junaljmen, too ni$t 17 
ju befreien, bod) toenigfiend eine SKilberung berfelben ju 
ertangen fuc^ten. 2)er tfatfer, ber iljrer beburfte 18 , ertljeilte 
eine fotc^e greiljeit ta f n>o ed son ifjm abljieng, genwljnlicl? 
aber nur auf ein Satyr, unb fte muj* te batyer jafjrli$ erneuerr 
ftcrb^n. 2)iefed gefd^aty burcty fymbolifcfye ®dbtn, ti>el$e bem 



14 2Iud meinem Seben. 

faiferltd^en ©c^ultfyeifen 1 , ber and) toofjl gelegentlicty* Dber* 
goQner fcin fonnte, sor Sintritt ber Sartljolomai*9Jieffe ge* 
brad&t nmrben, unb jn>ar bc^ Slnjlanbd ttegen 8 , toenn cr mit 
ben ©ctyoffen ju @etid)t fa£\ Slid bcr ©d^ult^eifi fpatcr£)in 
ni<$t mefyr Bom ffaifer gefefct 5 , fonbern son bet ©tabt felbji 
gettafjlt nmrbe, befyielt er bo$ biefe SSorred&te, unb foti>o$l 
bie 3oCfteif)eiten 6 ber ©t&bte, aid bie Getemonien, n>omit bie 
Slbgeorbneten son SBormd, SRurnberg unb 2llt*33amberg biefe 
,uralte 7 SSergunjitgung anetfannten, toaren bid auf unfere 
3eiten gefommen. 2)en Sag sor SJiaria ©eburt 8 ttarb tin 
6ffentli$er ©ericfytdtag angefunbigt. 3n bem grofen ffaifer* 
faale, in einem umfd&tanften 9 9taume, fallen erl)6ljt 10 bie 
©ctyoffen, unb eine ©tufe Ijoljer ber ©d&ultfyeij* in iljrer 
9Kitte ; bie *>on ben ^arteien bcttottmad&tigten 11 *)}tocuratoren 
unten jur rcd&ten ©eite. 2)cr 2Ictuariud fangt an, bie auf 
biefen Sag gefoarten" tt>ic§tigen Uttljetle laut sorjulefen : bie 
^rocuratoren bitten urn 2lbfd£rift, ajtyelliren, ober toad fte 
fonfi ju tfjun notljig ftnben. 

2luf einmal melbet eine tt>unberli#e 18 SJhiftf gleid&fam bie 
Slnfunfi »origer u 3al)tfjunberte. (Sd finb brei $feifer, beren 
einer eine atte ©d^almci 15 , ber anbere einen 33a$, ber britte 
einen ?|Jommer 16 ober #oboe blijl. ©ie tragen blaue, mit 
©olb serbramte 17 SRantel, auf ben Slermeln bie Sftotcn be* 
feftigt, unb Ijaben bad $aupt bebedft. ©o tt>aren fte aud iljrem 
©afifjaufe, bie ©efanbten unb tljre Segleitung Ijinterbrein 18 , 
$unft 3«t)n 19 audgejogen, son Sinljcimifd&en unb gremben 
angefiaunt, unb fo treten fie in ben ©aal. 3)ie ©erid&td* 
i>erjjanblungen l)alten inne, *Pfeifer unb SBegleitung bleiben 
sor ben ©d&ranfen, ber SIbgefanbte tritt l)inein unb fttUt ftd) 
bem ©d^ult^eif en gegenitber. 2)ie fymbolifdfjen ©aben, toeld&e 
auf bad ©enauefte nati) bem alten «§erfommen geforbcrt tour* 



v 



tgrfteS 53u#. 15 

ben, beftanben gett>6f)nlic§ in fold&en SHSaaren, toomit bie 
barbringenbe ©tabt 1 ttorjuglidfj ju Ijanbeln pflegte. £)er $feffer 
gait gleid^fam fur alle SBaaren, unb fo brac^tc and) I)icr ber 
Slbgefanbte cinen fd&on gebrectyfelten Ijoljernen $ofal mit 
$feffer angefutlt 2 . lleber bcmfelben tagen cin 5)}aar #anb* 
fd&ufye, tounberfam gefd)lifct, mit ©etbe befteppt unb bequajiet 8 , 
ate 3m$w ciner geftaitetett unb angenommenen -SSergun* 
ftigtmg, bejfen \\tf) au<f) n>ol)l bcr tfaifcr felbfi in gettrijfen 
gallen bebicntc. 2>aneben faf) man cin tt>eij*e$ ©t&b#en 4 , 
tt>el$e$ formate bet gefefcU($eri unb geridjtlic^en #anblungen 
nic$t lei$t fel)len burfte. S3 waren nod) einige Heine ©ilber* 
munjen 5 l)injugefugt, unb bie ©tabt SBormS bractyte einen 
alten Siljfyut, ben fie immer ttneber einlofie 6 , fo baf berfelbe 
fciele Safjre ein 3wge biefer Geremonien getocfen. 

■RadObetft ber ©efanbte feine 2lnrebe gefyalten, ba6 ©efd^cnf 
abgegeben, son bem ©d^ultljeipen bie SSerfid^erung fort* 
bauember Segunfttgung empfangen, fo entfernte er ft$ au$ 
bem gefd^loffenen tfreife ; bie *Pfeifer bliefen, ber 3ug gieng 
ab, n>te er gefommen wax, ba$ ©erictyt tterfolgte feine ®e* 
fctyafte, bi6 ber jtteite unb enblidjj ber britte ©efanbte etngefuljrt 
nmrben ; benn fie famen erfi einige 3*it natf) einanber, tljeilS 
bamit ba$ SSergnugcn be$ *Publicum6 langer baure, tl)eil$ 
antf) toeil e$ immer biefelben altertl)umlic§en SBirtuofen 7 n>aren, 
n>clc#e -Rumberg fur fic§ unb feine SSKitfiSbte 8 ju unterfyalten 
unb jebeS 3aljr an Drt unb ©telle 9 ju bringen ubernommen 
!)atte. 

S33ir ffinber toaren bei btefem §efie befonberS interejftrt, 
tt>eil e$ un$ nic^t ioenig f$mei(§elte, unfem ©rojftater an 
einer fo efyren&ollen ©telle ju feljen, unb toeil nrir gett>oljnli(# 
nocfy felbigen Sag 10 ifyn ganj befefyeiben ju befud&en pflegten, 
urn, tt>enn bie ©rof mutter ben $feffer in ityre ©e^urjlaben 11 



1 6 2Iud meinem Seben. 

gefcfyuttct fyatttf cinen SSed^cr unb ©tabd&en 1 , ein $aar §anb* 
fd^xt^* ober cincn aften 9taber*2llbud 8 ju erfyafd&en. $Ran 
fonnte fid^ biefe fymbolifd^en, bad Slltcftljum gleid&fam Ijer* 
ttorjaubcmben 4 Geremonien ni$t erflaren laffen, oljne in 
ttergangene Saljrljunberte nrieber jurutfgefuljrt ju Herbert, 
ofjne fid^ na<$ ©itten, ®ebraud&en unb ©eftnnungen unfercr 
SHtoorbern 5 ju erftmbigen, bic ficty burcty wieber auferflanbene 
^feifer unb Slbgeorbncte, ja burdj fyanbgrciflid&e unb fiir und 
beftfcbare Oabcn' auf cine fo tounberltdje SBeife ttergegen* 
uuwtigten. 

©otdjen alteljwurbigen $eier{ic$fciten folgte in gutcr 
Saljrdjeit manned fur und if inber lufireid^ere 6 ftejl auperl)afb 
bcr ©tabt unter frcicm #immel. 2ln bem red&ten Ufer bed 
9Mnd unterttartd 7 , ettta cine f)atbe ©tunbe som Sljor, qutttt 
ein ©d&ttefelbrunnen 8 , fauber eingefapt unb mit uralten 
Sinben umgeben 9 . 9?i#t n>eit ba&on fiefyt ber #of ju ben 
guten Seuten 10 , eljmatd ein urn biefer Guette ttriKen erbauted 
^ofpital 11 .. 2luf ben @emeimt>eiben 12 umljer fcerfammelte 
man ju einem geftiffen Sage bed Sabred bie 9?inbfcteljljeerben 
aud ber SRadjbarfcfytft, unb bie £irtcn fammt ifyren SKabd^en 18 
feierten ein lanblictyed $eft, mtt $anj unb ©efang, mit 
mand&erlei Suft unb Ungejogenljeit 14 . 2fuf ber anbern ©cite 
ber ©tabt lag ein aljnddjer, nur grojkrer ©emeinbeplafc 15 , 
g(ci$faKd bur$ einen SBrunnen unb bur<$ no<$ fd^oncrc 
Sinben gejiert. ©ortljin trieb man ju ^fingfien bie ©d)af* 
Ijeerben, unb ju gfeid&er 3ett 16 Uc^l man bie armen set' 
bleidjten 17 SBaifenfinber aud tljren SKauern 18 ind $reie; 
benn man fottte 19 erft fpater auf ben ©ebanfen geratfyen, 
ba£ man fo(d)e tterlaffene ifreaturen* bie fid) einjl burd) 
bie SBelt burdfeutyelfen genotfyigt ftnb, frul) mit ber Sffielt in 
93erbinbifng bringen, anftott fie auf eine traurige SBeife ju 



@rjte& 93u^ 17 

^cgcn 1 ; fie Kebcr glefcty jum £)ienen unb Dulbcn* genftljnen 
muffe unb atte Urfad) 8 Ijabe, ftc son fiinbeSbeinen an 4 fo* 
tt>oI)l pl$flf($ <*!$ moraltf($ ju fraftigen. £)ie Slmmen unb 
SWagbe, tt>eld)e fic# felbft immer gern cincn ©pajiergang 
bereiten, fcerfefyften nidjjt, son ben frufyften 3dtcn, un$ an 
bergleidjen Dcte ju tragen unb ju ful)ren, fo bafj biefe lanb* 
lichen ftefte tt>of)l mit ju ben erjten (Sinbcucfen gefjorer; 
beren id) mid) erinnetn fann. 

2)a$ #au$ n>ar inbeffen fertig genwben, unb jtt>ar in 
giemlic^ furjer 3eit/ iwll atleS tt>oijt uberlegt, sorbereitet unb 
fur bie notljige ©elbfumme 5 gefocgt »>ar. SBir fanben un$ 
nun Sltte ttieber serfammelt unb fuljlten un$ beljagli$ e : benn 
ein tt>oljlau$gebac§ter *pian, tt>enn er auSgefufyrt bafieljt, laft . 
3fDe$ *>ergeffen, tt>a$ bie 5Rittel, urn ju biefem 3tt>ecf ju ge* 
langen, UnbequemeS mogen gel)abt fjaben'. £)a$ «£>au$ roar 
fur eine SPrfoatrooljnung geraumig genug, bureaus fjefl unb 
Ijeiter 8 , bie Sreppe frei, bie SSorfale 9 lufttg, unb jene 2lu8fi$t 
iiber bie ©arten au$ mefjreren genftern bequem ju geniejkn. 
2)er innere SluSbau, unb tt>a6 jur SSoHenbung unb 3ierbe 10 
geijort, tcaxb natf) unb nad) &oflbrad)t unb btente jugleid) 
jur 33efc$aftigung unb jur Unterljaltung. 

2)a$ @rfie, iva$ man in Drbnung bracfyte, tt>ar bie 33u$er* 
fammlung 11 be$ SSater^, t>on twld&er bie beften, in gtan$* ober 
<£>albfranjbanb 12 gebunbenen Sucker bie SBanbe feineS 2lrbeit& 
unb ©tubierjimmerS fd^mucfen foflten. @r befaf bie fd)5nen 
ljottanbifd)en 2lu$gaben ber lateinifd^en ©ti&riftjleUer 18 , tt>cld^e 
er ber &u<jern Uebereinfiimmung foegen fammtlid) in Cluart 
anjufd^affen fuc^te ; fobann 95iele$,tt>a$ ftd) auf bie romifd)en 
2fatiquit5ten unb bie elegantere 3uri$j>rubenj u bejtefyt. 2)ie 
^orjug(i<^ften italieuifd&en 2)i($ter fefylten nic^t, unb fur ben 
Saffo 15 bejeigte 16 er eine grope SBorliebe, S)ie beften neuften 

G. B. 2 



1 8 2lu$ meinem ?eben. 

SReifebefcfyreibungen toaxtn autf) ttorfyanben, unb er felbfi 
ma^te fid) cin SSergnugen barauS 1 , ben ifetyjjler unb ■Jlemeifc* 
ju berictytigen unb ju erganjen. 5Ri<$t tt>eniger l)atte er fid) 
mit ben notfyigflen £ilf$mitteln umgeben, nut 2Borterbiic§em 
rtud tterfdjiebenen ©pradfjen 8 , mit SReallerifen 4 , ba£ man ftdj 
alfo natf) 33e(ieben Slatffi* erfyolen fonnte, fo tote mit manc^em 
Slnbcrn, toa$ jum SRufcen unb SSergnugen gereictyt. 

2>ie anbcrc #a(fte biefer 33u#erfammtung, in faubcrn 
*Pergamentbanben mit fcfyr fd&on gefdjriebencn Siteln, tt>arb 
in einem bcfonbcrn s 3Kanfarbjimmer' aufgeftellt. 2)a$ 9?ad(jM 
fcfyajfen 7 bcr neuen Sucker, fo n>ie bad 93inben unb Sinrciljen 8 
berfelben bctrieb cr mit grower Oelaffenfyeit 9 unb Drbnung. 
2)abci tjatten bie gelefyrten Slnjeigen 10 , ivelctye biefem ober 
jenem SBerf bcfonbere SSorjuge beilegten, auf ifjn grofen 
(Sinfltij*. ©cine ©ammlung juriftifd?er 2)iffertationen ser* 
mefyrte fi$ jafyrlid) urn einige 33anbe. 

3unac^ft aber murben bie ©emalbe, bie fonji in bem 
altcn «^aufe jerftreut Ijerumgefjangen, nunmefjr jufammen 
an ben SBanben eined freunblid)en 3inimer6 neben bcr 
©tubierftube, aUe in fctytoarjen, mit golbenen StSbc^en M* 
jierten 3taf)men, fymmetrifdj angebrac^t. SRein SSatcr tjatte 
ben ©runbfafc, ben er SfterS unb fogar leibenfd&aftlid) au& 
fprad), baj* man bie lebenben 3Reifter befc^aftigen unb toeniger 
auf bie abgefefyiebenen n>enben u folle, bei beren ©cfya&ung 
fel)r tticl SSorurt^cil mit uttterlaufe. Sr fjatte bie SSorfteCung, 
bajj e$ mit ben ©emalbeu t>ollig n>ie mit ben 9ll)einn>einen 
befd)ajfen fei, bie, roenn ifynen glei# 18 ba6 Sflter einen fcor* 
$uglid)en SBertf) beilege, bennod) in jebcm folgenben 3afyre 
ebenfo ttortreff(i<$ aid in ben ttergangenen fonnten tyer&or* 
gebr <\ti)t toerben 18 . $tatf) SSerlauf einiger 3cit toerbe ber neue 
SBein audfj ein alter, ebenfo foftbar unb fcieDeicfyt noc$ 



©rfieS 8ud); 19 

fdjmatf Rafter. 3n biefer SKeinimg befiatigte 1 cr ftdj sor* 
jugltdfj burd) bie , 33emerfung, fcap meljrere altc SBilber 
fyauptfacfylicfy baburd) fur bie Siebf)aber einen grofeti 2Bertt) 
gu erljalten fctytenen, tt>eil fie bunfler unb brauner geivorben 
unb ber Ijarmonifd^e Son eine$ folcfyen 33tlbe3 ofterS 2 gerul)rnt 
tt>urbe. 9Kein SSater &erftd)erte bagegen, e$ fei ifym gar 
nid)t bange 8 , bap bie neucn SSilber funfttg nidjt auc$ fd()n>ar$ 
werben foUten; bap fie aber gerabe baburd^ geroonnen, toollte 
cr nidjt jugeftefyen. 

9Kan fd)ritt auf biefe SBeife mit SSoDfenbung ber ubrigen 
3immer natf) iijxm Derfcfyiebenen Seftimtmtngen better 4 . 
Oteintic^feit unb Orbnung fyerrfcfyten im ®artyn; tiorjuglicf; 
trugcn grope ©ptegelfcfyeiben' ba$ Sfynge ju einer fcottfom* 
menen £elltgfeit 6 bet, bie in bent alten £aufe au$ meljreren 
Urfad^en, junactyft aber au<$ ttegen meift runber genfter* 
fctyeiben 7 gefef)(t fjatte. 2)er SSater jeigte fid^ Ijeiter, weil itym 
2ille$ gut gelungen ttar; unb tt>are ber gute «£mmor nicfyt 
mand&mal baburd) unterbrod^en worben, bap nictyt immet ber 
Skip unb bie ©enauigfett* ber #anbtt)erfer feinen §orbe* 
rungen entfpracfyen, (0 Ijatte man fern glutflic^ereS itbtn 
benfen fonnen 9 , jumal ba manned ©ute'tfjeite in ber gamilie 
felbft entfprang, tljetlS ifyr son aupen juflof. 

£)urd(j ein auperorbentlid£e$ SBeftereignip 10 ttmrbe jebocfy 
bie @emutlj$rnf)e 11 be$ £naben jum erftenmal im Sieffien 1 * 
erfd^uttert. Sim erften SRottember 1755 ereignete fid; ba6 
(Srbbeben *>on Siffabon unb tterbreitete uber bie in grieben 
unb Stufye fdfjon eingewoljnte 2Belt 18 einen ungefjeuren 
Sd^recfen. Sine grope, prac^tige 9?eftbenj M , 3ugleic$ .ganbete* 
unb #afenftabt, toirb ungewafnt 15 son bem furd^tbarften 
Unglucf betroffen. 2)ie @rbe bebt unb fcfytoanft, ba$ SReer 
brauft auf, bie ©ctyiffe fd^lagen jufammen 16 , bie ^aufer fiurjen 

2 — 2 



20 2lud metnem 8ebcn. 

cm, tfitd^en unb Sljurme baruber fyer, ber fomglidOe *Patafi 
gum 5£^eit ttrirb 1 &om 5Jleere wrfd&lungen, bie geborjtene @rbe 
fcfyetnt glammen ju fteienj benn uberall melbet ftfy 9tauc§ 
unb 33ranb in ben SRuinen. ©edfoigtaufenb 5Renfd(jen 8 , 
eincn Slugenblicf juttet no<$ rufyig unb beljagli($, geljjen mit 
einanber ju ©runbe, unb ber glutflid&fie barunter iff bcr ju 
nennen, bcm feine Gmpfmbung, fcine Sefmnung uber bad 
Unglutf mel)r gejiattet 8 ift. 2>ie %lammcn nrntfyen fort 4 , unb 
mit il)ncn ttutljet cine ©<$aar fonfi fcerborgener 8 ober 
burdfc biefed Sreignijj in %xdt)dt gefefcter 23erbred&er. 3Me 
imglucflid&en ttebriggeblicbenen fmb bem SRaube, bem 
Sftorbe, alien SKi^anblungen blofjgefteUt 6 , unb fo be* 
ijauptet »cn alien ©citen bie Sftatur iljre f<$ranfenioftf 
SBiUtftr. 

©dfjneHer aid bie 9?a<$rid(jften fatten fd^on Slnbeutungen' 
son btefem SSorfaU fic§ burcfy grofje Sanbftrecfen 8 fcerbreitet; 
an ttielen Drten ttwen fd£n>adfcere (Srfctyutterungen ju »er* 
fpuren, an mand&en Cluellen, befonberd ben fyeilfamen, etn 
ungett>6l)nlic$cd Snneljaitett ju bemerfen gettefen 9 : urn befio 
grower war bie SBirlung ber 9iad&ri$ten felbfi, tt>el$e erft im 
2lllgemcinen, bann aber mit f<$recflic$en Sinjelljeiten fi<$ rafc£ 
fcerbreiteten. «§ierauf Ije^en ed bie ©ottedfurctytigen ni$t an 
33etrac$tungen, bie 5p^lofoj)f)en ni$t an Srojigrunben, an 
©trafyrebigtcjt b|e @eiftlicf)feit ni$t fefylen. ©o fcieled 
jufammen rid^tetc bie 2lufmerf(amfeit ber 2Belt eine 3*it 
lang auf biefen *Punft, ijnb bie bur# frembed Unglutf 
aufgeregten ©emutljer tt)^rben burdfj ^prgen fur fi$ felbft 
unb bie Sfjrigfen urn fc mefjj geangfiigt, aid uber bie twit* 
*>erbreitete SBirfung biefer ©xplofton »on alien Drten unb 
(Snben immer meljrere unb umftanblid&ere* SRacfyrid&ten ein* 
liefen. 3a, *nellei$t §a\ tyx £>amon bef <$#retfend ju 



(Srjied 33uc$. 21 

feiner 3*it l fo fc^ncK unb fo madjjtig feine ©$auer fiber bic 
@rbe fcerbreitet. 

2)er folgenbe ©ommer gab dm naljere ®elegenl)eit, ben 
gornigen ®ott, son bem bad 2Ute Sefiament (0 triel uberliefert, 
unmtttelbar fennen ju lernen. Un&erfeljend* brad) em «£ja* 
geto>etter fyerein unb fd)lug bte neuen @i>iegelf<$eiben bet 
gegen 2lbenb 8 gelegenen <£>interfeite bed #aufed unter 2)onnet 
unb 33lifcen 4 auf bad ®ett>altfamjie jufammen, befcfyabigte bte 
neuen SJiobeln 5 , tterbetbte einige fd^afcbare 8 3?uc$et unb fonfi 
mxtf)t 2)inge unb tt>ar fur bie tfinber urn fo fur#terli<$er, 
aid bad gang aufjer ftcty gefefcte ^paudgefinbe* fie in etnett 
buntten ®ang mit fortri# unb bott auf ben ifnicen liegenb 
burdfc fd)tecfUd)ed ®eijeul unb ©efdjrei bte erjumte ©ottljett 
gu tterfofynen gfaubte; inbeffen ber SSater, ganj allein gefajlit 8 , 
bie genfterflugel* aufrijj unb audl)ob; tt>obur$ er jtoar manege 
©cfyeiben rettete, abet auc$ bem auf ben #agel folgenben 
SRegengujj 10 einen befto offnern 2Beg bereitete, fo baf man 
fid) na$ enblidjjer Srljotung 11 auf ben SSorfalen unb Srejtyen 
»on flutfyenbem unb rinnenbem SBaffer umgeben fal). 

©otc$e 9SorfaDe, tx>ie fiorenb fie and) im ©attjen toaren, 
unterbradjen boc§ nur wenig ben ®ang unb bie golge" bed 
Unterri(§td, ben ber SSater felbfi und 5?inbem ju geben fid) 
einmat 18 ttorgenommen. dx fyattt feine Sugenb auf bem 
tfoburger ©tymnafium 14 jugebractyt, tt>el$ed unter ben beut* 
fd^en Se^ranftaltcn eine ber erften ©teflen cimtaljm. (Sx 
Ijatte bafelbft einen guten @runb in ben ©prac^en unb tt>ad 
man fonfi ju einer gelefjrten @Qiel)ung re^nete, gelegt, nad&fyer 
in Seipjig ftc$ ber 9tec$tdtt>iffenf<$aft befliffen 15 unb julefct in 
©iejjen promottirt 16 . Seine mit (Srnji unb gteifj wrfafte 
2)ijfertation: Electa de aditione hereditatis, foirb no<# 
»on ben 3?e$tdlef)rern 17 mit Sob angefufort. 

@d ifi ein frommer 2Bunfd& 18 aller SSater, bad, tt>ad tfjnen 



22 2fo$ meincm 2ebett 

felbft abgtgongen 1 , an ten ©of)nen rcaltfirt* ju feljen, fo 
oljngefaljr 8 aid foenn man jum jroeitenmal lebtc unb bie 
(grfafyrungen bed ctfien Sebendlaufed nun erfi redjt nufcen 4 
twttte. 3m ©eful)l feiner J?enntnijfe, in (Settrijtyeit einer 
tceuen Sludbauer unb im ©tiftrauen <jcgen bie bamaligen 
Sefyrer, naljm ber SSatec fid) &or, feine ©inber felbji ju unter* 
rid&ten unb nur fo&iel, aid ed n6tl)ig fctyien, einjelne ©tunben 
bur$ eigentlid&e Seljrmeifier 6 ju befefcen. 

9)teinem SSater war fein eigner Sebendgang bid baljin 
jiemlid) nac§ 2Bunf# getungen; id() follte benfelben SBeg 
gefyen, aber bequemer unb meiter 6 . (gx fd)&&te meine ange* 
bomen ®abcn urn fo meljr. aid fie ifym mangelten: benn er 
Ijatte Sltted nur burd? unfag&tyen* gleif, 2Inf)altfamfeit 8 unb 
2Btebetf)0tung ertt)orben. @c wrfictyerte mir ofterd, fruljer 
unb fyfaer, im Grnjl unb ©ctyerj 9 , bafs er mit meinen 2ln* 
lagen 10 fidfj ganj anberd ttmrbe benommen unb nic^t fo 
Uebe*:lid? u bamit nmrbe gettrirtl)f($aftet 12 fyaben. 

2)urc$ fd^nelled (Srgreifen, Skrarbeiten unb gcfi^altcn 13 
•enttouc^d ic$ fel)r balb bem Unterrid&t, ben mir mein SSatcr 
unb bie ubrigen Seljrmcijiet geben fonnten, oljne baj* id) bod) 
in irgenb tttt>a$ begrunbet 14 getoefen ware. 2)ie ©rammatif 
mifftel mir, n>ei( itf) fie nur aid ein nrillfur licked ©efeft anfaf); 
bie SRegeln fd^ienen mir tSd^ertic^, rneil fie burc$ fo triele 
Sludnafymen aufgcljoben 15 nmrben, bie id() alle nrieber befonberd 
lernen follte. Unb ftare nid)t ber gereimte angeljenbe 2a* 
teiner 18 gewefen, fo l)&tie ed fd)limm mit mir audgefef)en; bo$ 
biefen trommelte unb fang id) mir gem &or. ©o fatten ttrir 
and) eine ©eograpljie in fold&en ©ebad&tnijfrerfen 17 , n>o und 
bie abgefctymacftejlen 18 9teime bad ju 33eJ)altenbe am beften 
einpragten, j. S3. 

Dber*g)ffe[ 19 ; fciel SKorafi 
9Ract)t bad gute Sanb fcertyaf t" 



(SrfleS 33uc$. 23 

2>te ©pracfyformen unb ^SBenbungen 1 fafte tc$ letc$t; fo 
aucfy enttiritfelte icfy mtr fd^nefl, roaS in bem Segrtff einer 
©ac$e (ag. 3n rljetortfd)en 2>tngen, Sljrteen 2 unb ber* 
$let($en t^at e$ mtr SRtemaitb juoor, ob id) f$on tt>egen 
©pracfyfeljler oft Ijintanjieljen mujUe. ©ol$e Sluffafce roaren 
e$ jebocfy bie metnem SSatcr befonbre ftreube marten, unb 
toegen bcrcn er mid) mit mandjem fur eincn tfnaben be* 
bcutcnbcn ®elbgefd)enf belofjnte. 

SOton SSatcr tctjrte bie ©djwefter 3 in bemfelben 3iwnter 
3taltenifc§, too icfy ben SeHariuS au$tt>enbig gu lernen tjatte. 
3nbem id) nun mit meinem *Penfum balb fertig war unb 
bod) jiill ftfcen fotlte, l)ord)te itf) uber ba$ 33ucfy n>eg 4 unb 
fafte ba$ Staltemfdj)*, ba$ mir ate eine luftige 2Um>eic$ung 5 
be$ Satetmfcfyen aufftel, fefyr beljenbe 6 . 

Slnbere grufjjettigfeiten 7 in X6fi$ auf 8 ®ebM)tm£ unb 
Combination Ijatte idj) mit jenen itinbern gemein 9 , bie baburd) 
einen frufyen 9?uf erlangt fyaben 10 . 2)e$ljalb fonnte mein 
SSater faum eroarten, bte i# auf Slfabemie 11 geljen nutrbe. 
©eljr balb erflarte er, bafi tdj) in Seipjtg, fur tt>eld)e$ er eine 
gro£e SSorltebe beljalten 12 , gletd&fatte Sura 13 ftubieren, atebann 
nod) eine anbre Unfoerfitat befud&en unb promofciren follte. 
2Ba$ biefe jtt>eite betraf, tt>ar e$ ifym gletcfygultig, toekfye ity 
tt>5ljten ttnirbe; nur gegen ©ottihgen Ijatte er, i# n>ei^ nid)t 
ioarum, einige 2lbnetgung, ju meinem 8etbtt>efen; benn i$ 
l)atte gerabe auf biefe ttiel 3utrauen unb grofe £offnungen 
gefefct. 

gerner erjaljlte er mir, ba£ i$ nadO SBefclar 14 unb 3tegen& 
burg" nid^t toentger nac$ SBten unb tton ba nadj) Stalien 
geljen follte; ob er gletcj) n>teberf)olt befyauptete, man mfiffc 
*jkrte fcorauS 16 feljen, tt>eit man auS Stalien fommenb ftc§ an 
ntc$t$ me&r ergefce. 



24 9fa8 metnem Seben. 

$>tefe$ 9Karc$en meined funftigen SugenbgangeS 1 liejj id) 
mtr gem nrieberljolen, befonberd ba e$ in cine ©rjafilung tton 
Stalien unb julefct in eine Sefd&reibung son Sfteapel au$lief. 
©ein fonfHger @rnfi unb Srodfenljeit* fd&ien fic$ jeberjeit 
aufjulofen nnb ju beleben, nnb fo erjeugte ftd) in un$ ffmbern 
ber leibenf$aftfic§e 2Bunfd&, aut$ biefer *J3arabiefe tljeilljaft 8 
ju werben. 

233 tr ffnaben tjattm eine fonntaglid^e 3ufammenfunft, tto 
jeber son i^m felb^ fcerfertigte SSerfe j>robuciren 4 foHte. Unb 
f)ter begegnete mir eftwte SBunberbareS, tt>a$ mid) fefyr lange 
in Unrul) fefcte 5 . SKeine @ebic#te, nrie fie and) fein molten, 
mufte id) immer fur bie bejfem Ijalten. 2lH*in id) bemerfte 
balb, baf meine 9Kitn>erber, tt>el<$e fef>r laf)me !Dinge ttor* 
•bradjten, in bem gleid^en gatte toaren unb fid) nidjt toeniger 
bunften 6 ; ja, ioa$ mtr nod) bebenflid^er f#ten, ein guter, 
obglet$ ju folctyen 2lrbeiten ttoflig unfaljiger ffnabe, bem id) 
itbrtgenS gett>ogen war, ber aber feine Steime ft# ttom #of* 
meifter 7 madden Heft Ijielt biefe ni#t aHetn fur bie aHerbeften, 
fonbern tt>ar fcoHig uberjeugt, er j)abe fie felbfi gemad^tj tt>tc 
er mir, in bem ttertrauteren SSerljaltnifr loorin id) mit iljm 
ftanb, jeberjeit aufrid&tig btyanptttt. 2)a id) nun folctyen 
Srrtljum nnb SBaljnfinn offenbar »or mir fal), ftel e$ mir 
etneS £age3 aufS £erj 8 , ob id) micty ^icHeid^t felbfi in bem 
Sail befanbe, ob nid)t jene ©ebid&te tt>irfUc$ beffer feien ate 
bie meimgen, unb ob id) nic^t mit 9fcec$t jenen if naben eben* 
fo toll ate 9 fie mir sorfommen 10 modjte? 2)iefe3 beunruljigte 
mid) feljr unb lange 3^W: benn e$ war mir burdjauS un* 
moglicfy ein aufiereS Jfennjeidjen 11 ber 2Bal)rf)ett ju ftnben; 
ja, id) ftorfte fogar in meinen $ert>orbringungen 12 , bte mid) 
enblt<$ Seid^tfinn unb ©elbfigefufyl unb julefct eine tyxo* 
bearbeit beruljtgten, bte un$ Secret unb ©tern, n>elc^c auf 



@vfle$ 33u#. 25 

unfere ©<$erje aitfmetffam gen>orben, au$ bem ©tegretf * 
aufgaben, voobet icfy gut beftanb unb aflgemetneS 8ob bafcon* 
trug. 

2Ran ^atte ju ber* 3eit nodfc Feine SibliottyeFen fur if inbet 
t>cranf»altet. 2)tc Sllten fatten felbji nodf; Fjnblic^e ®eftn* 
nungen unb fanben e$ bequem, iljre eigene Silbung ber 
9lac$Fommenfc$aft mitjutljeilen.' Slufer bem Orbis pictus 
be$ 2lmo$ Someniu£ 8 fam ung Fein 33uc§ bicfer Slrt in bie 
<£>anbe; aber bie grofje goliobtbel, mit tfupfernfcon SRerian 4 , 
toarb Ijaufig i>on un$ burc^blattert; ©ottfriebS SfyroniF 5 , mit 
ffupfew beSfelben 9Reiftcr#, belefyrte un$ Don ben merFnnir* 
bigjlen ftaHen ber 9SeItgef$icfyte; bie Acerra philologica* 
tf)at nod) aflerfei ftafoln, SJtytljologieen 7 m b SeltfamFeiten 
fytnju; unb ba id) gar balb bie £MMf$en 95ertt>anblungen 8 
gett>al)r towrbe unb befonberS bie erfien Sucker fleifng fhtbtrte, 
fo tt>ar mein jungeS ®ef)irn f$neH genug mit einer 9Wafie 
Don 33i(bern unb Segebenljeiten, Don bebeutenben unb mm* 
berbaren ©efialten unb (Sreignijfen angefuHt, unb i$ Fonnte 
niemate lange SBetle* Ijaben, inbem id) mic$ immerfort 1Q 
beftyaftigte, biefen (Swerb ju fcerarbeiten, ju ttriebert)olen, 
nrieber Jjer&orjubringen 11 . 

6inen frommem fittlityrn Sffeci, aI6 jene mitunter 19 
roljen unb gefaf)rli$en 2lttertf)umlic$Feiten M , macfyte genelonS 
Xtkmatf) u , ben id) erft nur in ber -KeuFird&ifc^en Ueberfefcung 
Fennen lernte, unb ber, and) fo unDoHFommen uberliefert, eine 
gar fufl e unb tt>of)ltl)atige SBirFung auf mein @emut^ Sufjerte. 
2)a<* 9ioI>infon Srufoe M ft* jeitig angefctylojfen, liegt tt>of)l in 
ber Sftatur ber @ad£e; bafi bie Snfel gelfenburg ntd^t gefeljlt 
Ijabe, I&ft ft* benFen. Sorb SlnfonS 9letfe urn bie SBelt 16 
Derbanb bag SBurbige ber 2Bal)rf)ett mit bem *pi)antafieretc§en 
bed SJtard&enS, unb inbem ttrir biefen treffltd&en ©eemann mit 



26 2lud meincm 2eben. 

ben ©ebanfen 1 frcgleiteten, n>itrbcn tt>ir n>cit in aHe 2Belt 2 
fyinaudgefuljrt unb fcerfud&ten, ifjm mit unfcrn gmgem auf 
bem ©lobud ju folgen. 

2Bie etne gamtlicnf^ajierfaE)rt s im ©ommer burcty cm 
plofclid&ed, ©emitter auf einc Ijodjft \>etbrte£Ii#e 4 SBeife geflort ' 
unb etn froljer B^ftanb in ben nnbertoartigften tteroanbelt 
ttrirb, fo fallen auc$ bie tfinberfranfljeiten unerwartet in bie 
fd&onjie Safjrdjeit 8 bed grufylebend 6 . SJttr ergieng ed aucty 
ntdjt anberd. 3$ fyatte mir tbm ben ftortunatud mit feinem 
©edfel unb ffiunfdjfjutlem 7 gefauft, aid mid) ein 9Rif befjagen 8 
unb ein gieber uberftel, wobur# bie *Pocfen 9 fid) anfunbigten. 
2)ie (Sinimpfung berfelben 10 roarb bei und nodf) immer fur 
feijr problematic 11 angefefyen, unb ob fie gletcfy populare 
<3d)riftjMer fc$on fafciid? 12 unb einbttnglid) empfofylen, fo 
jauberten bod) bie beutfdben Sleqte mit einer Operation, tt>cl#e 
ber SRatur ttorjugreifen 18 fd^ien. ©peculirenbe Snglanber 
famen bafyer aufd fefte 2anb M unb impften, gegen 16 ein 
anfeljnlid)ed #onorar, bte Atnber fold)et *Perfonen, bie fte 
ttof)lf)abenb unb frei t>on Sorurtfyetl fanben. 2)ie 9Kef)rja^( 
jebocfy roar nocfy immer bem alten Unfjeil 18 audgefefct; bie 
ifranfljeit ttmtljete bur# 17 bie gamtlien, tobtete unb cntftetlte 
fciele £inber, unb wenige (SJtew ttaglen ed, nac§ einem 
SWittel ju greifen, befien maljrfd&einlidje <§ulfe bo$ f$on burd) 
ben (Srfolg mannigfaltig 18 beftatigt roar. 2)ad Uebel betraf 19 
nun and) unfer #aud unb uberftel micfy mit ganj befbnberer 
$efttgfeit. 2>er ganje iforper tt>ar mit Slattern uberfaet, bad 
@eft#t jugebedft, . unb ic$ lag mcfyrere Sage blinb unb in 
grofen geiben 20 . 9Ran fuctyte bie m5gltd)fte Sinberung 21 unb 
tterfpradft mir golbene Serge 82 , n>enn icfy mtc§ ruljtg tterljalten 
unb bad Uebel nic^t burd) SReiben unb itrajjen ttermefjren 
tt?olIte. 3$ gewmn ed 28 fiber mi<#; inbejfen tyielt man und, 



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grfted 8ud&. 27 

tta$ l)errfc§enbem SBorurttyeU, fo toarm aid moglt(# unb fc^arfte 1 
baburcfy nur bad Uebel. Gnblicfy nac$ traurig ^erflbflfcner 
3cit", ftel ed mir ttrie eine Wlattt &om @efi(fyt, of)ne baf bic 
Slattern einc ftctytbare Spur auf ber $aut jurudfgelaffen 8 ; 
aber bic Silbung tt>ar merfltcfy manbert. 3$ felbji tear 
jufrieben, nur ttrieber bad Sagedltctyt ju fefjen unb nac$ unb 
na$ bic flcrfige «£>aut ju tterlieren; aba Slnbere toaren un* 
barmljerjig genug, mtd& fifterS cm ben sorigen 3uflanb ju 
erinnern; befonberS tine fefyr Icbfyafte Sante, bie frufycr 
Slbgotod 4 nrit mir getrieben Ijatte, fonnte mtcfy felbfi no$ in 
fr&tern Safyren, felten anfeljen, oljne audjurufen : $fui! Setter, 
Wrie garjiig 6 ifi 6r 8 getoorben! 2)ann erjafylte fie mir 
umjianblidjj, ttne fte ftdO fonji an mir ergejjt, welched 2luffef)eu 
fie erregt, tt>enn |ie mtd& umljergetragen ; unb (0 erfuljr id) 
frityjeitig, baf und bie 9Jtenf(fyen fur bad SSergnugen, bad ttir 
i^nen gewaljrt fyaben, fefyr oft empftnblt$ bufien laffen. 

2Beber toon SRafem, nod) SBinbblattern, unb ttrie bie 
Clualgetfier 7 ber Sugenb Ijeifen mogen, blieb id) toerfc^ont, 
unb jebedmat toerftd^erte man mir 8 , ed tttfre ein ©lucf, baf 
biefed Uebel nun fur immer toorfiber fei ; aber leiber brotyte 
fc^on ttrieber ein anbred im «£>intergrunb unb rudfte l)eran. 

Set ©elegenljett biefed gamilienkibend 9 tt>ill ic$ au$ 
noc$ eined SSruberd gebenfen, tt>eld)er, urn brei 3al)r junger 
aid tcfy gleid^faUd toon jener 2lnfiedfung ergriffen ttmrbe unb 
mctyt toemg batoon litt. @r n>ar toon garter 5Ratur, ftiU 
unb eigenfinnig, unb ttrir fatten niemald ein eigentlicfyed 
93erl)filtmf jufammen 10 . 2lu$ uberlebte er faum bie Jfinber* 
jaljre 11 . Unter meljrern nad)gebornen 19 ©efd&ttriftem, bie 
gleid&falld nid&t lang am Seben blieben, erinnere id) mic§ nur 
eined feljr fd^onen unb angenetymen 9Kabc$cnd, bie 13 aber 
aud& balb toerf<$tt)anb, ba ttrir benn nad& SSerlauf einiger 



28 2lu$ mcincm 2e6en. 

Safyre, id) unb meinc ©djttefier, uh3 aHetn ubrtg fdtljen unb 
nur urn fo tnniger unb Itebe^oIIer tterbanben. 

3ene ifranfijeiten unb anbcrc unangeneljme ©torungen 
tintrben in iljren Solemn boppelt l&ftig: benn mein SSater, 
ber fi<$ etnen gettriffen @rjief)ung& unb UnterrtdjtSfatenber 
gemad&t ju fjaben fdjien, tooHte jebeS SSerfaumnif unmittclbar 
tirieber einbringen 1 unb betegte bic ©enefenben 8 mit boppetten 
8ectionen, tt>eld)e ju tetften mtr }tt>ar m#t fdjtoer, abet in 
fofcrn befdfjn>erlic§ ftel, al$ e$ meinc innerc Sntttudflung, bic 
eine entfdjiebene 9itcfytung genommen Ijatte, auffjielt unb 
gettriffermaf en jurudfbrangte. 

SSor biefen btbaftifdjen unb pabagogifdjen Sebrangnijfen 
fludfjteten ttnr gen>o^nttd^ ju ben ©rofeltern. 3ljre SBoljnung 
lag auf ber griebberger ©afft unb fdjien eljemalS eine Surg 
getoefen ju fein : benn wenn man Ijeranfam, faf) man nic$t3 
a($ ein gro£e$ £f)or mit 3innen, toelc^e^ ju betben ©eiten an 
jtt>et -Kacfybarljaufer ftieji. Zxat man Ijinein 8 , fo gelangte man 
burd) einen fcfymalen ®ang enblidb 4 in etnen jiemlic^ breiten 
«£>of, umgeben »on ungleid^en 6 ©ebauben, n>clc^e nunmefjr 
alle ju (Siner SBofjnung seretnigt waren. ©ett>6f)nlic§ eilten 
wir fogletdj in ben ©arten, ber fid£ anfeljnKc§ 8 tang unb breit 
Winter ben ©ebauben ij'm erftrecfte unb feljr gut unterfyalten 7 
tt)ar; bie ©ange meifienS mit SRebgelSnber 8 eingefaft, ein 
Ziidl be$ SJaumS ben i?ud(j>engett>ad)fen, ein anbrer ben 
ffllumen gettubmet, bie fcom gruljjaljr bis in ben «§erbft in 
ret$Uc$er 2lbn>ed)$(ung bie StabatUn 9 fo tote bie S5eete 
fdjmutften. 2)ie lange, gegen SWittag gerid^tete SJlauer toar 
ju tt>of)l gejogenen ©palier^ftrftdjbaumen genufct 10 , Son 
benen un$ bie t>erbotenen grudjte ben ©ommer uber gar 
appettttid^ entgegenreiften. 2)ocfy fcermieben ttur lieber biefe 
©eite, Weil n>ir unfere ©enafd&igf eit u Ijier ni$t befriebigen 



(MeS 8u<$, 29 

fotrften, unb nxmbten un$ ju ber entgegengefefcten, too cine 
unabfetjbare * SReilje 3oljanni& unb ©ta<#etbeerbufc$e unferer 
©terigfeit etne golge son (Smten bis in ben #erbft croffnete. 
9tidfjt ttentger war un$* etn alter, l)ol)er, toettoerbretteter 
SKaulbeerbaum bebeutenb, fon>of)l ti>egen feiner $ritc()te, al$ 
aud) well man un$ erjitylte, ba£ toon feinen Slattern bie 
©etbennmrmer ft<$ ernaljrten. 3n biefem frteblic^en SRefcier 8 
fanb man jeben Slbenb ben ©rojfrater mit beljaglictyer 
©efctyafttgfeit 4 eigenfyanbtg bte feinere Dbfb unb SSlumettjuc^t 
beforgenb, inbef ein ©artner bie grobere Slrbett fcerrtd^tete. 
3)ie ^ielfac^en SJemuljungen, n>eld)e notljtg fmb, urn etnen 
fd^onen SRelfenflor 8 ju erljalten unb ju fcermeljren, lief er 
ficjj mentals tterbriej* en. (Sr felbfi banb forgfaltig bie 3^9* 
ber $ftrft$baume f&d)erarrig 6 an bie ©paliere, urn einen 
reictyticfyen unb bequemen 2Bac$$tl)um 7 ber grudge ju before 
bern. 2>a3 ©ortiren ber 3wtebeln son Sufyen, $tyactntljen 
unb »ertt>anbter ©ettad&fe 8 , fo ttrie bie ©orge fur 2luf bewa^ 
rung berfelben fiberltejj er SRiemanben ; unb nod) erinnere 
idj mid) gern, ttue emfig er fic# mit bem Dcutiren 9 ber 
uerfctyiebenen Siofenarten bef<$afttgte. 2)abet jog er, urn fid) 
sor ben 2)orncn ju fd)uj}en, jene altertfyumlid&en lebernen 
£anbf<$ufje an, bie tym beim $feifergerid&t jaljrli^ in Srtylo 10 
uberretd^t nutrben, tooran e$ iljm beSljalb mentals mangelte. 
©0 trug er aucty immer einen talaraljnlicfyen ©$lafrodf, unb 
auf bem «£>aupt eine faitige f$tt>arje ©ammtmufce, fo baf er 
eine mittlere ^erfon jnrifd^en SUcinouS unb SaerteS u Ijatte 
ttorfteBen fonnen. 

Sllle biefe ©artenarbeiten betrieb er ebenfo regetmafng 
unb genau al$ ia feine 2lmt$gef$afte : benn el) er l)erunterf am, 
l)atte er immer bie SRegijiranbe feiner $roponenben 18 fur ben 
anbern Sag in Drbnung gebrac^t unb bie Slcten gelefen. 



30 2lu$ meinem ?eben. 

(Sbenfo fufyr er 5Korgen$ aufS 5Rati$au$, faetfle nac$ fetner 
Siutffeljr, nicfte 1 fyierauf in fetnem ©rofjiufjl 2 , unb fo gteng 
3llle$ einen £ag tt>ie ben anbern. @r fprac^ toenig, jeigte feme 
©pur *>on «£>eftigfeit ; \6) erinnere mid) mdjrt, Ujn jorntg 
gefeljen ju Ijaben. SllleS, n>a^ t[)it umgab, war altertl)umlic$. 
3n feiner getafelten ©tube fyabt id? niemate irgenb eine 
SWeuerung n>af)rgenommen. Seine SBibtiot^cF entfjielt auf er 
juriftifdj>en SBerfen nur bie erjien SReifebefcfyreibungen, See* 
fasten unb 8anber*@ntbetfungen. lleberfyaupt erinnere id) 
mid) fetneS 3uftanbe$, ber fo n>ie biefer ba$ ®efuf)t eineS 
um)erbrud)lid)en 8 griebenS unb einer ettngen 2)auer gegeben 
ijatte. 

333 ir tvaren auf gar mannigfaltige SBeife befd)aftigt unb 
unterljalten, wenn n>ir bie an einen SJtaterialienljanbler * 
SKelber *>erf)eirat[)ete gn>eite £oc$ter befud&ten, beren SBofj* 
nung unb Saben mitten im lebfyafteften, gebrcmgteften 5 
Xtjcik ber ©tabt an bem s JKarfte lag. #ier faljen ttrir nun 
bem ©enniljt unb ©ebrange, in twtyrt n>ir un$ fctyeuten ju 
veriieren 6 , feljr sergnuglid) 7 au$ ben genftem ju ; unb toenn 
un$ im ?aben unter fo ttielerlet SBaaren anfangltcfy nur ba$ 
©ujtyolj unb bie barauS bereiteten braunen geftempelten 
3eltlein 8 ttorjuglidj tnterefftrten, fo rourben tt>ir bo$ aflmaljUd) 
mit t)tc gropen SKenge Don ©egenftanben befannt, xotlfyt bet 
einer foldjen #anblung aufr unb einfltefkn 9 . 2)iefe Sante 
war unter ben ©efefynrijiern bie lebljaftefte. SBenn meine 
Sttutter in jungern Saljren fid) in reindeer tfleibung, bei 
einer jierlic^en weiblicfym Slrbeit, ober im Sefen eineS 93u$e$ 
gefiel 10 , fo fufjr jene in ber SRadfjbarfcfyaft umfyer, urn fid& bort 
Derfaumter tfinber anjunel)men, fie ju ttarten, ju fammen 
uuD fyerumjutragen, n>te fie e$ benn auc§ mit mir eine gute 
aUeile 11 fo getrieben. &\t 3eit offentlictyer geierlictyfetten, \m 



@rfte$ 23tf<$. 31 

bei ffronungen, tt>ar fte ni<# ju £aufe ju tjalten. 311$ 
fleineS SHnb fcfyon Ijatte fie na<$ bem bei folc^en ©eiegenljetten 
auSgetoorfenen ©elbe gefyafd&t, un ^ man t x h&W* f^- **>ie fte 
etnmal cine gute ^iartie 1 beifammen gefjabt unb fol$e$ tter* 
gnuglic$ in ber flaxen «£>anb befcfyaut, Ijabe if)r einer* bagegen 
gefdblagen, twburcty benn bie woljlerttwrbene 23eute auf einmal 
tterloren gegangen. 9ticfct weniger n>uj*te fie fic$ tttel bamit 3 , 
ba£ fie bem wrbeifafyrenben itatfer ftarl bem ©iebenten 4 , 
w&fyrenb eineS 2lugenblicf$, ba alleS 9SoIf fd?tt>ieg, auf einem 
^ratlfteine 6 ftefyenb, ein IjeftigeS 23h>at in bie Jhitfcfye gerufen 
unb ii)n seranlafrt fyabe, ben £ut Mr iljr afyujiefyen unb fur 
biefc fecfe Slufmerffamfeit gar 6 gnabig $u banfen. 

2lud) in ifyrem <£>aufe tt>ar urn fie l)er SllleS bett>egt, 
lebenSlufttg unb mumer, unb ttrir ftinbcr fmb iljr manege 
frofye ©tunbe fc^uibig genwrben 7 . 

3n einem rutyigem, aber audj iljrer 9tatur angemeffenen 
3uftanbe befanb fi# erne jweite Xante, tt>elc^c mit bem 
bei ber St. tfati)arinen4Urc§e angeftellten ^farrer Start 
t>er[)eiratf)et wax. Sr iebte feiner ©efmnung unb feinem 
©tanbe gemafj fetyr einfam unb befaj* eine fd)6ne Sibliotfjef, 
<£>ier lemte icfy juerft ben Corner fennen, unb jtt>ar in einer 
profaifdjen Ueberfefcung, nrie fie im fiebenten Xijeil ber burcfy 
«£>erm Don Soen beforgten neuen ©ammlung ber merfwur* 
bigften 9?eifegef$ic$ten, unter bem Xitel: £omer$ 33ef$rei- 
bung ber (Sroberung bee trojanifefyen 9leic§$, ju finben ift, mit 
ftupfcrn im franjofifefyen Xfyeaterfinne 8 gejiert. SJiefe SSilber 
tterbarben mir bermajkn bie SinbilbungSfraft, bafl i# lange 
3eit bie <£>omerifd)en ^elben mir nur unter biefen ©efialten 
ttergegenwartigen 9 fonnte. £)ie 33egebenf)eiten felbfi geftelen 
mir unfaglicfy; nur l)atte id(j> an bem 2Berfe feljr aufljufefcen, 
baf e$ un$ Don ber (Sroberung Xroja'S feine 5ftac$ric$t gebe 



32 8lu$ meinem'Seben. 

unb fo ftumpf 1 mit bem Xobt ^eftor^ eribtge. 9Ketn £)l)eim, 
gegen ben id) btefen ZaM auferte, *>ertt>ie$ mi($ auf ben 
93irgil, twicer benn meiner Sorbetung tooflf ommen ®enuge 






2We$ btefyet SBorgetragene 1 beutet auf jenen glutflid&en 
unb gema(fytt$en 3ujianb, in tt>elcfyem fic$ bie Sanber 
n>a(jrenb eineS langen griebenS befinben. SRirgchb6 aber 
genieft man etne foid^e [define 3cft to# mi* grojjerem 
Seljagen, al$ in ©t&bten, bie nac$ iljren eigenen ©efefcen 
leben, btc grof genug ftnb, cine anfeljnlic^e SJtenge Surget ju 
fajfen, unb tt>of)l % geiegen, urn ftc burc$ #anbel unb SBanbe! 8 
ju berct$ern. grcmbc ftnbm tljren Oenrinn, ba au& unb 
einjujie^en 4 , unb ftnb genotfyigt ffiortljetl ju bringen, urn 
SSort^etl ju erlangen. Seljerrfd&en foldfje ©tabtc aud) fctn 
tt>eitc$ ©ebtctVfo Knnen ftc befto mefjr im 3nnem 2Bof)l* 
Ijabigfett 8 benurfen, toeil tfyte SSerljaltnifle nacfy aufen fie 
nid^t ju fojifpietigen ttnterneljmungen obcr Sfjeitnaljmen 7 
tterpfltdjten. 

2tuf biefe SBeife toerfiof ben granffurtern tt>al)renb meiner 
tftnbtyeit einc 5Reil)e glucflid&er Saljre. Slber faum l)atte iti) 
am 28. Slugufi 1756 mein fiebenteS 3af>r jurucfgelegt, ate 
gleidj) barauf jener toeftbefamtte Jfrieg auSbracfy n>eld^er auf 
bie nad&jien fieben 3al)re meineS SebenS aud) gropen Sinfluf 
(jaben foflte. griebricfy ber 3w>cite, i?ontg son *Preuf en, toat 
mit 60,000 SRann in ©ad&fen eingefaHen, unb fiatt einer 
twg&ngtgen 8 ffriegSerflatung folgte ein SJtanifeji, n>ie man 
g.b. 3 



34 2fa$ metnem Seben. 

fagte, toon ifjm felbjl t>crfaf t, tt>elc$ed Me Urfatljen entyult, bie 
iljn ju eincm fotc^en ungeljeuren 1 ©cfyritt betoogen unb 
beredptigt. 2>te SBett, bie fidfc nidfct nur ate 3*tf$auer, 
fonbcrn auc§ ate 5Ri($ter aufgeforbert fanb 8 , fpaltete fidj 
fog(eic§ in jtt>et *)krteten, unb unfere gamilie war ein Silt 
bed grojien ©anjen. 

3Retn ©roftoater, bet ate ©<$off toon ftranffurt fiber 
Srary bem (Srjlen* ben Jfronungdljimmet 4 getragen unb toon 
ber tfaiferin eine gett>i$tige 6 golbene JJette mit U)rem Silbnij* 
erfyalten l^attc, war mit einigen ©ctynriegerfobnen unb Zbfy 
tern auf oftrctd^ifd^er ©cite. SJiein SSater, toon Jfarl bem 
©tebenten jum faiferlicijen 9tatf) ernannt unb an bem 
©d^icffale btefed unglutflic^en 9Ronar$en gemutfylic^ 6 tljeit 
nel)menb, neigte fidb mit ber fleinern gamilienljalfte gegen 
^reuffcn. ©ar balb nmrben unfere 3ufammenfunfte, bie 
man feit mefyreren Safyren ©onntagd ununterbroctyen fortge* 
fefct Ijatte, geftort. 2)ie unter SSerf^agerten gettn>fjnltd)cn 
SWijfyelligfeiten 7 fanben nun erji eine gorm, in ber fie fi# 
audfored&en fonmen. SJian jiritt, man ubertoarf fidb 8 , man 
fc$ttrieg, man bra# I06 9 . 2>er ©rojjtoater, fonfl ein fyeitrer, 
ruljiger unb bequemer 3Rann, n>arb ungebulbig. 2)ie grauen 
fudjjten toergebend bad geuer ju tufc^en 10 , unb nad£ einigen 
unangeneljmen ©cenen blieb mein SSater juerfl au$ ber 
©efeHfdjaft 11 . $lun freuten ttrir un$ ungeftort ju £aufe ber 
preufufd&en ©iege 12 , toelc^e gewofynlicfy burd& jene leibenfctyaft* 
li$e Sante mit grofem 3ubel toerFunbigt ttmrben. 2lHed 13 
anbere 3ntereffe mufte biefem tt>ei$en, unb tt)ir bxafycn ben 
Iteberrefl" bed Sabred in beftanbtger Agitation 15 ju. 2>ie 
Sefifcnaljme toon 2)redbett 18 , bie anfanglid&e SKafjigung bed 
itontgd, bie jnxtr langfamen, aber fid^ern gortfd&ritte, ber ©ieg 
bet 8ott>oft<} 17 , bie ©efangenneljmung ber ©ad^fen n>aren fur 



Sweited 33udj. 35 

unfere $artei ebenfo t>iele Xriumpfje. 2Wed, U)a6 jum 93pr* 
tfyeil ber ©egner angefitfjrt werben fonnte, wurbe getaugnet 
obtr ^erflctnert; unb ba bie entgegengefejjten 1 §amiiienglieber 
bad ©(etd^e tljaten, fo fonnten (ic einanbcr nid)t auf ber 
Strafe begegnen, c^rte baf ed ^anbet fejjte, n>ic in 9iomeo 
unb Suite 2 . 

Unb fo war tcfy benn au<$ *Preujttfd&, ober urn rid^tiger ju 
reben, §rtfcifc$ 8 gefinnt : benn n>a$ gieng und $reu£en an ! 
Ed war bie $erfonlid)feit bed graven £6nigd, bie auf alle 
©emutljer wirfte 4 . 3c§ freute midjj mtt bem SSater unferer 
©iege, fc^rieb feljr gem bie ©iegdlieber ab, unb faft nod? 
lieber bie ©pottlteber auf bie ©egenpartet, fo platt 5 bie Stctme 
aucfy fein molten. 

2116 altefter (Snfet unb ^atlje 6 fyattt i% fett meiner 
ifinbfjeit jeben ©onntag bet ben ©rofleltem gefpeift 7 : ed 
waren meine sergnugteften ©tunben ber gan3en 2Boc$e 8 . 
2lber nun wollte mir fein Siffen mefjr fd&metfen : benn id? 
mu£te meinen <£>elben <wf8 Oraulidjfte serleumben f)oren. 
4pier wet)te ein anberer SBinb, Ijter flang ein anberer Zon, 
aid ju #aufe. £)ie SReigung, ja bie SSerefjrung fur meine 
®ro£eltern nafym ab. 33ei ben Sltern burfte \<fy ntctytd batwt 
erwafynen; k$ unterltef ed aud eigenem Oefuljl unb aud? 
weil bie SKutter mic§ gewarnt Ijatte. SDaburd^ war id) auf 
mid? felbft jurudfgewiefen, unb \tf) fieng nun, wegen griebric^d 
bed 3tt>eiten, bie Oerectytigfeit bed ^ublicumd ju bejweifeln 
an. 2)ie grojften unb augenfattigften 9 SSerbienfte wurben 
gefd&maljt unb angefeinbet, bie [jocfyften $l?aten, wo nic^t 
gelaugnet, bo$ wenigftend entfiellt unb tterfletnert; unb ein 
fo fd?nobed Unrest gefctyal? bem einjtgen, offenbar uber alle 
feine Seitgenojfen erfyabenen SKanne, ber taglic$ bewied unb 
bartfjat, wad er ttermoge; unb bied nid^t Qtm fcom *J$obel, 

3—2 



36 2lud meinem Sefcett. 

fonbcrn tton t>orjuglic$en 5R&nnern, n>ofur i$ bod) 1 mdnen 
©rofftater unb meine Dljeime ju fatten fyatte. 2>a£ e$ 
*Parteten geben fimne, ja, baf cr felbfi ju etner tyaxtti gc^ottc, 
ba&on Ijatte ber ifrtabe fetnen Segriff. @r glaubte urn fa 
titel mefjr 9?ecl)t ju f)a6en unb frine ©efmnung fur bic beffere 
erfldren ju burfen, ba er unb bie ©teid&gefinnten 2 SKarien 
$l)ereften, ifjre ©ctyonfjeit unb ubrtgen guten Sigenfd^aften 
ja gelten lief en* unb bem JEatfer ftxani feine Suwelen* unb 
©elbliebljaberei better and) nify tterargten 4 ; baf ©raf 3)cwn 5 
manctymat eine ©djlafmufce ge&eifcn nmrbe, glaubten fie 
serantnwrten ju fonnen. 

Db nun g(eic$ bie meiften fi$ biefer tt)i($tigeu, in ber 
Seme sorgeljenben (Sreigmffe nur ju etner letbenfdjjaftlidben 
Untcr^altung bebtenten, fe tt>aren bod£ au$ anbere, n>eld)c 
ben Srnft biefer 3eiten toofy einfaljen unb befurcfyteten, baf 
bet einer Sfyeilnaljme granfceic$$ 6 ber JtriegSfcfyauplafc fid? 
and) in unfern ©egenben aufttjun fimne 7 . -JJian f)ieft un£ 
Sfinber mel)r ate biSfier ju «£>aufe unb fu$te un$ auf 
mand^erlei SBeife ju befd^aftigen unb ju unterfyalten. 3" 
foldjem @nbe Ijatte man ba$ son ber ©rofmwitter fyinterlaffene 
^uppenfptel 8 toiebcr aufgefteHt, unb jtt>ar bergefialt einge* 
rtdjtet, baf bie 3uf$auer in meinem ©iebeljimmer fi&en, bie 
fpielenben unb birigirenben *)3erfonen aber, fo tt>ic ba6 
Sweater felbfi fcom ^rofeenium an, in einem 9{eben$immer 
$lafc unb 9taum 9 fanben. -2)ur$ bie befonbere SSergum 
fligung, balb biefen, balb jenen ffnaben ate Suffiautx 
einjulaffen, erttarb id& mir anfangS siele Steunbe; aDein bie 
Unrulje, bie in ben ifinbern fiedft 10 , lief fie nicfyt lange 
gebutbige 3u\d)awt bleiben. ©ie ft&rten ba$ ©piel, unb 
tt>ir muf ten unS ein jungereS publicum au$fu<$en, ba$ noc$ 
attenfalte 11 burdj Slmmen unb SWagbe in ber Drbnung 



3^eited 93ud), 37 

gcfyriten Herbert fonnte. SBir fatten ba$ urforimglid&e 
$auptbrama, toorauf bie ^u^engefeUfd^aft eigentlidj tm 
geric^tet tt>ar, au$n>enbig geternt unb fufjrten e$ anfangS 
aucf) auSfdfjlief li# auf ; aHdn bieS ermubete un$ batb, ti>tf 
fceranberten bie ©arberobe 1 , bie Decorationen, unb toagten 
un$ an ^crfc^iebenc ©tutfe, bie freilic^ fur einen fo fleinen 
©cljauplaj} ju wettlaufttg* toareit 

3$ Ijatte friiij gclernt, mit 3MW unb Smcal 3 umjugeijen, 
inbcm icfy ben ganjen Unterrid^t, ben man un$ in ber 
©eometrie ertljeilte, fogletd^ in ba$ $f>Jitige sertoanbte 4 , unb 
^appenarbetten 5 fonnten mid& IjodOltdO befc^aftigen. 35odf> 
btteb id& ni$t bci geometrifd&en fforpern, bei J? ajicfyen unb 
fold&cn iDtngen ftefyen, fonbem erfann mtr artige 6 Suftljaufer, 
n>elc$e mit *pilafiem, greitrewen unb flaxen 2)a$em au$ge* 
(d^mudtt ttmrben; ttotton jebod^ tt>enig ju ©tanbe fam. 

2Beit bef)arrlt$er 7 fymgegen tt>ar td), mit #ulfe unferS 
Sebienten, eineS ©c$neiber$ son ^Jrofeffton% eine diufU 
fammer au^ujiatten, tt>el($e ju unfern ©$au* unb Srauer* 
fpiclen bienen foDtte, bie tt>ir, nad&bem n>ir ben 5Puppen uber 
ben ffopf gen>a$fen tt>aren 9 , felbji aufeufufjren Sufi fatten. 
SKeine ©efrieten tterfertigten ftc§ jtt>ar auc§ folcfye Siuftungen 
unb t)ielten fte fur ebenfo fc^on unb gut ate 10 bie meinigen; 
allein id) Ijatte e$ md£t M ben Seburfniffen einer *Perfon 
betoenben laffen, fonbem fonnte mefyrere be$ fleinen «fkere$ 
mit aflerlei SRequifiten auSjtatten unb ma$te mtcfy baljer 
unferm fleinen ffreife immer notf)tt>enbtger. ©af foft&e 
©piele auf ^arteiungen, ©efec^te unb ©dpge fytnnriefen 
unb gettoljnlid) auc$ mit £&nbeln unb SSerbrug ein fd&retf> 
lidded Snbe nafymen, laft fic$ benfen. 3n fold&en gatten 
tyielten gewoljnK<$ getoijfe befiimmte ©eftnelen an mtr 11 , 
anbre auf ber ©egenfeite, ob e$ gleid& oftcr mand&cn $arteu 



38 2fu6 meinem Seben. 

tvedfjfel gab. (Sin einjiger 5?nabe, ben i$ fp^Iabc^ 1 ncnncn 
ttrifl, tterliejji nur cin einjigmal 9 , i>on ben anbern aufgefyefct, 
meinc *Partei, fonnte e$ aber faum eine SKinute auSfyalten, 
mir feinbfelig gegenuber ju fteljen; ttrir tterfofynten un$ unter 
ttielen Sljranen unb Ijaben eine ganjc SSJeite 3 treulici) ju< 
fammengefjalten. 

2)en Sugen unb ber SSerfieKung ttar id) abgeneigt unb 
iiberfyaupt feine$n>eg$ leic$tfinnig; irielmel)r jeigte ftd^ ber 
inncrc @mft, mit bem id) f$on fru^ mic§ unb bic SBclt 
betrad^tete, aud^ in meinem Sleu^em, unb id) tt>arb, oft 
freunbli$, oft and) fpottifdf), uber eine genriffe SBurbe berufen 4 , 
bie id) mir l)erau$naf)m. 2)emt ob e$ mir jioar 5 an guten, 
auSgefud^ten 8 greunben ni$t feljlte, fo roaren ttrir bad) immer 
bie SKinbevjaljl 7 gegen jene, bie un6 mit roljem 9Rutl)nriHen 
anjufec^ten 8 ein SSergnugen fanben unb un$ freilid) oft fefyr 
unfanft au$ jenen marc^enljaften, felbftgefattigen Sraumen 
aufwecften, in bie fair un$, id) erfinbenb, unb meine ©efpielejt 
tljeitneljmenb, nur afljugem tterloren. 9hm ttmrben tt>ix 
abermald gettatyr, bajji man, anftatt [xd) ber 2Bei$Iid£feit unb 
^[jantafiifc^en SSergnugungen 9 Ijinjugeben, tool)! efyer Urfad^e 
Ijabe, fic§ abjufyarten, urn bie un&ermeib(id()en Uebel *nttt)eber 
3U ertragen, ober iljnen entgegen jjt ttrirfen. 

2)a id) t>on einem fold^en 8eiben6trofc 10 gleid^fam *Profejfion 
mactyte, fo ttwd^fen bie 3ubringlic$feiten ber anbern; unb ttrie 11 
eine unartige ©raufamfeit feine ©renjen fennt, fo ttwfte fie 
micty bod) au$ meiner ©renje fyinauSjutreiben. 3d) erjafyle 
einen gall ftatt irieler. 2)er 8ef)rer toar eine ©tunbe 12 nid^t 
gefommen; fo lange fair ifinber atte beifammen waren, unter* 
Ijielten ttrir un6 re$t artig; ate aber bie mir 2Bof)foollenben, 
nad^bem fie lange genug gewartet, fyintoeggiengen unb id) mit 
brei 9Kijm>ollenben ls attein blieb, fo batten biefe mid) ju 



3weite$ 33uc§. 39 

quafen, ju befd)amen l unb ju ttertreiben. ©ie fatten midj 
einen Slugenblirf tm 3intmer fcerlaffen 9 unb famcn mit 9tutf)en 
jurudf, Me fie fic§ au$ einem gefefyttinb jerfefynittenen 33efen 
serfctyafft fatten. 3$ merfte iljre 2lbftdf)t, unb toeil idf) baS 
(Snbe ber ©tunbe nalje glaubte, fo fefcte ic§ au$ bem ©tegrcife* 
bei mir feft, midj bte jum ©locfenfd^lagc tttd^t ju toeljren. 
©ie ffengen batauf unbarmfjerjig an, mir We Seine unb 
SBaben auf ba$ ©raufamfte ju peitfd^en. 3$ ruljrte mid) 
nicfyt, fuf)lte aber ba(b, bajji i$ mi$ t>erred)net* Jjatte, unb baf* 
ein fotd)er ©d)merj bie Sftinuten fefjr sertangert. SSKit ber 
2)ulbung ttmd)3 meine 2Butf) 5 , unb mtt bem erften ©tunben* 
fd)lag 6 fufjr id) bem einen, ber fic§'$ am SBenigften tterfalj 7 , 
mit ber $anb in bie SRadfenljaare unb fturjte ifjn augenblidflid) 
ju SSoben, inbem id) mit bem £nie feinen Studfen brudfte 8 ; 
,ben anbem, einen jimgeren unb f$toa($eren, ber mid) von 
fyinten anftel, jog id) bei bem i?opfe burd) ben 2trm unb 
erbroffelte ifjn fafit, inbem id) iljn an mid) prefte. 9hm toar 
ber lefcte noc§ iibrig unb ni$t ber fd)n>ac$fte 9 , unb mir blieb 
nur bie linfe $anb ju meiner SSertljeibigung. Sltlein id) 
ergriff if)n beim ifleibe, unb burd) eine gefd^idfte SBenbung 
von meiner ©eite, burd) eine ubereilte son feiner brad)te id; 
if)tt nieber unb ftief iijn mit bem ®eftdf)t gegen ben Soben. 
©ie ikfan e$ nid)t an Seifen, Jfrafcen unb Sreten fefjlen; 
aber id) Ijatte nur meine 9tad)e tm ©inn unb in ben ©liebern. 
3n bem SSortljeil, in bem id() midf) befanb, ftief idf) fie nrieber* 
fyoft mit ben ifo^fen jufammen. ©ie erljubcn 10 julefct ein 
entfefclid^eS 3ftergefd^rei 11 , unb nrir faljen un$ balb von alien 
$au$genoffen 12 umgeben. 2)ie umljergeftreuten SRutfyen unb 
meine Seine, bie idf) von ten ©trumpfen entblofte, jeugten 
batb fur mici). Wan bereft ft$ bie ©trafe vox unb lief mic$ 
au$ bem $aufe; i($ erflarte aber, bafi tc§ funftig bei ber 



40 2lu3 meincm Seben. 

geringften Seleibigung eincm ober bem anbem Me Slugch 
au&rafcen, bte Dljren abreifen, wo nic$t gar tljn erbroffeln 
wurbe. 

2)iefer ffiorfatt, ob man ifjn gletdO, n>ie e$ in finbifd^en 
2)ingen ju gefc^eljen pflegt, balb wieber Bergaf unb fogar 
belac^te 1 , war jebodO Urfadfo bafj bic gemeinfamen Untcrrid^t^ 
ftunben feltener wurben unb julefct ganj aufljorten. 3<§ war 
alfo wieber wie sorfjer meljr in$ «£>au$ gebannt, Wo id^ an 
meiner <S$wefter Gornelia, bte nur cin 3aljr Weniger jaljlte 
ate td^ ; eine an 2lnnef)mUci)feit immer wactyfenbe ©efellfcfyaf* 
terin fanb. 

3$ will jebod£ btefen ©egenfianb nid^t fcerlajfen, ol)ne 
nodf) einige ©efc$ic§ten ju erjaljlen, wie manc&erlei Unange* 
neljmeS mir son meinen ©efpielen begcgnet: tcnn bad ifi ja 
eben bad 2eljrreic§e folder ftttlictyen 5Rittl)eilungen, ba$ ber 
9Renfc§ erfafyre, wie e$ Slnbern ergangen, unb Wa3 aucf) er 
t>om 8eben ju erwarten f)abe, unb bafji er, c6 mag ftdj ereignen 
n?ad will, bebenfe, biefeS wiberfafyre ifjm ate 9Kenfd)en 2 unb 
nictyt ate einem befonber6 ©ludflictyen ober Unglutflid^en. 
SRufct ein fold^eS 2Biffen nid£t fciel 8 , urn bte Uebel ju !>er* 
meiben, fo ifi e6 bod) fef)r bienlicfy baft wir un$ in ,bie 
3uftanbe ftnben 4 , fte ertragen, ja fte uberwinben temen. 

©ewalt ifi efycr mit ©ewalt ju fcertreiben; aber ein 
gutgefinnteS, jur Stebe unb £f)eilnaf)me geneigteS tfinb Wei£ 
bem $ofyn unb bem bofen 2Billen wenig entgegenjufefcen. 
SBenn tc$ bie Sljatlidfjfeiten meiner ©efellen fo giemlicfy* 
abjuljalten ttutfte, fo war id) boc§ femeSwegS if)ren ©ticfye* 
leien 6 unb SRtfreben 7 gewad&fen, Weil in fold&en gallen ber* 
jenige, ber ftd() ttertljeibigt, immer fcerlieren mujL @S wurben 
alfo and) Slngriffe biefer Strt, in fofern fie jum 3om reijten, 
mit }%ftfc$en ihraften jurutf gewiefen, ober fte regten wunber* 



SroetteS 33u<$. 41 

fame 1 Setrad^tungen in mir auf, bie benn nic$t o()ne Solgen 
bleibett fonnten. Unter anbern 93orjugen mifgonnten mir 
bit Uebelfooflenben auc§, bajji id& mir in einem SSerfjaltnif 
gefiel, tt>eld)e$ au6 bem ©ctyultljeifenamt meineS ©roj&aterS 
fur bie gfamilie entfyrang: benn inbem er ate ber erfte unter 
feineS ©leid&en 8 baflanb, Ijatte btefeS boc$ and) auf bie <2ei* 
nigen ni$t geringen (Sinfluf . Unb ate id) mir einmal nac§ 
geljaltenem *Pfeifergerid£te 3 etn>a$ barauf einjubilben fd^ien, 
meinen ©rojfrater in ber 3D?itte beS ©c^offenratijS, etne ©tufe 
t)btyx ate bie Slnbern, unter bem 93ilbe be$ tfaiferS gleid^fam 4 
tijronenb gefeljen ju fyaben, fo fagte einer ber tfnaben f)oljnifd&: 
id) fotlte boc§, nrie ber s 4$fau auf feine gufe 5 , fo auf meinen 
©rof t>ater fcaterlid&er ©cite Ijinfefjen, n>elcfyer ©aftgeber 6 jum 
SBeibenljof gettefen unb wofyl an bie kronen 7 unb kronen 
feinen 2lnfprud& gemad^t Ijatte. 3$ ernrieberte barauf, ba|* 
id) bason feine$tt>eg$ befc^amt fei, Weil gerabe barin ba6 
«£)errlic§e unb (Srljebenbe unferer SSaterfiabt beftelje, t>a$ alle 
Surger fic^> einanber gleidO ljalten 8 burften, unb ba£ einem 
ieben feine Sljatigfeit nad) feiner 2lrt forberlid^ unb tyxtrvooU 
fein fonne. @S fei mir nur leib, ba£ ber gute SKann fd^on fo 
tange geftorben: benn id^ Ijabe inid^ and) iljn perfonlid^ ju 
fennen 9 6fter6 gefeljnt, fein 93ilbmfi mefotate betractytet, ja, 
fein @rab befud^t unb mid^ wenigftenS bei ber Snfd^rift an 
bem einfad^en 2)enfmal feineS ^orubergegangenen !Dafein$ 
gefreut. 3d& Ijatte t>on meinem ©rof oater ttenig reben Ijoren, 
auf er ba$ fein SSilbnif mit bem meiner ©rofmutter in einem 
33efud)jimmer 10 be$ atten $aufe$ geljangen Ijatte, wtyt beibe, 
nad) Grbauung bed neuen, in einer obern hammer aufbetoaljrt 
ttmrben. 5Reme ©rofmutter mufte 11 eine feljr \d)bm $rau 
getoefen fein, unb *oon gieid&em Sllter mit iljrem 9Kanne. 
2)o$ roenbe id) lieber meinen Slidf son jenen fc^onen 



42 2luS meinem Seben. 

3ettcn l)lntt)eg: benn tter toare im ©tanbe, son ber guile 1 ber 
ffinbfyeit ttmrbig* ju foremen ! 2Bir f onnen bic f leinen ©efd^opfe, 
bie ttor un$ Ijerumtoanbeln, nid&t anberS ate mit 33ergnugen, ja 
mit Settunberung anfcljen : bcnn meift tterfpredjen fie m*ljr, 
ate ftc fatten, unb e6 fc^eint, ate mnn bie SRatur unter anbern 
fd)e[mif<§en ©treidjen, bie [ie un6 fyielt, auc§ f>ter fid) ganj 
befonberS fcorgefejjt 8 , un$ jum SBeften ju l)aben. £>ie erflen 
Drgane, bie fie tfinbern mit auf bie 2Belt giebt, finb bent 
nac^ften unmittelbaren 3uftanbe be6 @efd)tyf£ gemaj*; eS 
bebient ficij berfelben funfb unb anfpruc§$lo$ *, auf bie 
gefctyicftefte SBeife ju ben nad^ften 3wecfen. 2)a$ tfinb, an 
unb fur fic§ betradjtet, mit feineS ©(cid^cn unb in SSx^ictjun^ 
gen, bie feincn Jfraften angemeffen finb, fd^eint 5 fo fcerftanbfg, 
fo ttemunftig, bafi nid&t$ bruber gefjt 6 , unb jugleid) fo be* 
quern 7 , fyeiter unb getoanbt, bap man feine tteitere Silbung 8 
fur baSfelbe ttnmfdjen modfjte. SBud^fen bie fiinber in ber 
2Trt fort 9 , ttrie fie fic§ anbeuten, fo fatten ttrir lauter ©enieS ; 
aber ba$ 2Bad)$tijum ift nid^t btop Sntontflung ; son mam 
<btn gafyigfeiten, son mand&en JPraftaujjerungen ift nadf) 
ciner gettrijfen 3^it faum eine ©pur meljr ju ftnben. SBenn 
aud) bie menfd^tid^en Slnlagen im ©anjen eine entfd^iebenc 
Stid^tung Ijaben, fo ttrirb e6 bodf) bem grofjten unb erfafirenflen 
itenner fitter fein, fie mit 3utterlSffigfeit 10 sorauS ju tter* 
funben; bod) fann man Ijinterbrein 11 tvofy bemerfen, tt>a$ 
auf ein tfunftigeS Ijingebeutet Ijat. 

«£)ier mu£ id) bemerfen, tteld^en ft&rferen ©inftufj nad) 
unb natf) bie ifriegSbegebenljeiten auf unfere ©efinnungen 
unb unfere 2eben$tt>eife auSubten. 

3)er rufjige Surger fkfjt ju ben grof en SBelteretgniffen 
in einem ttunberbaren 33erl)altni£. ©d)on au$ ber gferne 
rcgen fte iljn auf unb beunrufyigen iljn, unb er fann fidb 



Stteited 93uc$. 43 

felbft toenn fte tyn nidjt berufyren, eined Urtl)eild, ciner 
£f)eitnaf)me l ni$t entljalten. ©c^neH ergreift cr erne $artei, 
nad)bem * if)n fefn Eljarafter ober aufere Slnfaffe beftimmen. 
Siutfen 8 fo grofe ©djjidffale, fo bebeutenbe SSeranberungen 
nafyer, bann bleibt tljm bei mand)en aufern llnbequemlid^ 
Fctten nod) immer jetted ittttte 9Ki$ beljagen, fcerboppett unb 
fc§&rft ba$ llebel meifientf)cil6 unb jerftort bad noc§ moglicije 
®uk. 3)amt Ijat er *oon greunben uttb geinben ttrirftic$ ju 
leiben, oft mef)r son jenen aid son biefen, unb er toeif* 
toeber, ttrie er feine 9feigung, nodO tt>ie er feineti SSort^etl 
toaljren 4 unb crfjatten foil. 

2)ad 3a^r 1757, bad ttrir no$ in ttollig burgerlid&er 5 
9lulje tterbradijten, tturbe bemungeadfjtet 6 in grower @emutf)d* 
betoegung serlebt. 9teid)er an 33cgebenf)eiten aid biefed toar 
vieffeid^t fein anbered 7 . 3Me .©iege, bie ©rofitljaten, bie 
Unglucfdfalle, bie 2Bieberf)erftetlungen folgten auf einanber, 
oerfcfylangen fid) unb fd)ienen ficfy aufeufyeben ; imttier aber 
fcfcioebte bie ©eftalt griebrWjd, fein -Kante, fein 9luljm, in 
ifttrjem ttrieber oben. 2)er ©ntljufiadmud feiner S3ereljrer 
ioarb immer grower unb belebter 8 , ber $a$ feiner geinbe 
bitterer, unb bie S3erfd£iebenf)eit ber Slnfid^ten, toel#e felbft 
gamilien jerfpaltete, trug nicfyt toenig ba3u bei, bie oljnefyin 
fcfyon auf mancfyerlei SBeife oon einanber getrennten SSurger 
nocty meljr ju ifoliren 9 . 2)enn in einer ©tabtnrie granf* 
furt, too bie Steligionen bie Sintootjner in brei ungleid^e 
SKaffen tf)eilen ie , too mtr toenige Scanner, felbft oon ber 
l)errfd)enben u , jum Regiment 12 gelangen t onnen, muf ed gar 
mand^en SBoIjlIjabenben unb llnterrid^teten geben, ber fidfr 
auf fidf) jurucfjieljt unb bur$ ©tubien unb fiiebfyabereien la 
fidfj eine eigne unb abgefd^lojfene (Sxiftenj bilbet. 

SRein SBater Ijatte, fobalb er oon Sieifen 3Urutfge?ommen, 



44 2lu* meinem 2eben. 

ttac^ fciner eigenen ©innedart 1 ben ©ebanfen gefajft, baf? 
er, urn fic$ jum 5)ienffc bar ©tabt fa^tg ju madjen, eind ber 
fubatternen Slemter ubernefymen unb foldjed oljne Smolu 
mente* fuljren ttwlle, toenn man ed il)m oljne Sattotage 
iiberg&be. @r glaubte nad(j> feincr ©innedart, nad) bem 
Segriffe, ben er &on fid^ felbft fyatte, im ©efu^I feined guten 
SBiUend, eine fold^e 2lud$eidj>mmg gu tterbienen, bie freitUty 
ti>eber gefefjlidfjf no<§ fyerfommlkty 8 »ar. 2)al)er, ate iljm fein 
©efudj a&gefdS>lagen tourbe, gerietlj er in Merger unb SKifc 
muifj, tterfdjwur 4 , jemald irgenb eine ©telle anjuneljmen, unb 
urn ed unmogKdjf su madden, t>erfdS>affie er fi<§ ben (grafter* 
eined faiferlittyen 9tatljed, ben ber ©ttyuttljeif unb bie aitcfien 
©ctyoffen ate einen befonbern Sljrentitel tragen. 2)aburcf) 
f)atte er ftc£ jum ®leic$en ber Dberftcn gemad&t unb fonnte 
nidjt mefjr »on unten anfangen. 2)erfelbe 33en>eggrunb 
fityrte if>n auc£ baju, urn bie aitefte £oc§ter bed ©dS>uiti)eifen 
ju tt>erben, ttoburc$ cr audjj auf biefer ©eite Bon bem dlatty 
audgefd&lojfen warb. @r gefjirte nun unter bie 3urutfgejo* 
genen, ttclc^e niemate unter fid) eine ©ocietat 6 madden, 
©ie fteljen fo ifolirt gcgcn einanber »ie gegen bad ®ani* f 
unb urn fo mefyr, ate fic§ in biefer Slbgefd&iebenljeit bad 
<Sigentf)umli$e ber Gljarafter 7 immer fdjroffer audbilbet. 
9Kein SSater module 8 fidj auf JReifen unb in ber freien 
SBelt 9 , bie er gefeljen, &an einer efegantern unb liberalern 10 
Sebendtteife einen Segriff gemadjt Ijaben, ate fie fcielleid&t 
unter feinen SDtttburgern getool)nIi<§ roar. 
• 3f)m fefjlte feine ber Sigenfd&afien, bie ju einem red&t* 
lichen unb angefeljenen Surger geljoren. 2lu$ brad^te er, 
nac^bem er fein $au$ erbaut u , feine Seft&ungen fcon " jeber 
2Ttt in Drbmmg. Sine ttortrefftictye Sanbfartenfammlung 
ber ©d^enfifd^en unb anberer bamate t>orjuglic$er geo* 



3wcite0 Su<#. 45 

grapljifd^en Statter, jene obertt&ljnten l 93erorbnungen , unb 
SSRanbate, jenc SSUbnijfe, ein ©ctyranf alter . ©eroeljre \ tin, 
©d&ranf merfttmrbiger 93enetianif$er ©lafer 8 , Scd^er unb 
folate, Sftaturatien, Glfenbeinarbeiten, Sronjen unb fyunbert 
anberc Singe ttmrben gefonbert 4 unb aufgefiettt, unb id? 
wrfeljlte ni$t, bei fcorfattenben Sluctioncn 5 mir jeberjeit 
cinige Stuftrage jur SSermeljrung be6 SSorljanbenen gu er* 
bitten. 

2lu$ ber gerne tnac^te ber SRame tftopfiodf 6 au$ fctyon 
auf un$ eine grope SBirfung. 3m Slnfang ttunberte man 
fi$, nrie ein fo !>ortrefflici)er SRann fo timnberlicty Ijeijjen 
fonne', bodj genwljnte man ftc§ balb baran unb bacfyte nid^t 
meljr an bie Sebeutung biefer ©tylben. 3n meineS 33ater$ 
SMbliotfyef Ijatte ify bifytt nur bie fruljeren, befonberS bie ju 
(einer 3eit nac§ unb nadfj fyeraufgefommenen 8 unb geriiljm* 
ttn 2)i$ter gefunben. Sllle biefe fatten gereimt 9 , unb mein 
SBater Ijielt ben 9tetm fur poetifctye 2Berfe unerl3$licfy. 
6ant& 10 , ^ageborn 11 , 2>roUinger 12 , ©eltert 13 , Sreuj 14 , 
jailer 15 jianben in fd^onen ' granjbanben in einer JReilje. 
2ln biefe fd&loffen flc$ 9teuftrd&3 Setemadfj 1 *, JfoppenS 
befreitcd Serufalem " unb anbere lleberfefcungen. 3$ Ijatte 
biefe fammtlictyen S3anbe ton Jfinbljeit auf 18 fleifng burdfc 
gelefen unb tbeiltoeife memorirt 19 , toef fyalb ic§ benn jur Un* 
tertyaltung ber ©efellfdfjaft ofierS aufgerufen ttmrbe. Sine 
fcerbrief iify " (Specie im ©egentljeil eroffnete fi<# fur mei* 
nen 93ater, ate burdfj fffopftodfe SReffiaS SSerfe, bie ifym feine 
SSerfe fd&ienen, ein ©egenftanb ber offentlid^en Settmnberung 
ttmrben. @r felbfl Ijatte fic§ tt>ot)l gefyutet, biefeS SBerf 
anjufd^affen ; aber unfer $au$freunb, 9tafy ©d&netber, 
fc^ttjarjte e$ ein n unb % ftecfte e$ ber Stutter unb ben ifin* 
bern ju. 



46 2lud meinem Sebcn. 

, 2luf Wefen gefttyaftdtljatigen * SSKann, tt>elc$er toenig lad, 
fyitte ber SRejfiad gleicty bei [einer Srfd^einung 2 einen macfc 
tigcn Sinbrudf gemacfyt. 2)iefe fo naturlicty audgebrudften unb 
bodfj fo fdfjon fcerebelten frommen ©efitf)le, biefe gefallige 
<2pra$e, noemt man fie aucfy nur fur l)armonifc$e *Profa 
gelten lief, fatten ben ubrigend trodfnen ®ef$aftdmann fo 
getDomten, bajji er bie jeljn erften ©efange, bettn &on biefen 
ift eigentlidj bie 5Rebe, aid bad Ijerrlidjjle (Srbauungdbuci) 3 
betrad^tete unb folded atte Safyre einmal in ber Sfjartood&e 4 , 
in tt>el<$er er fidj) son alien ©efd^aften ju entbinben 5 ttntfjte, 
fur ftcl) im ©tillen burdblad unb fi$ baran furd ganje 
Saljr erquidfte. Slnfangd bad)te er feine Smpftnbungen 
feinem alien greunbc mitgutfjcilen ; allein cr fanb fidj fefyr 
befturjt 8 , ate er eine unljeilbare Slbneigung t>or einem SBerfe 
oon fo foftlidfjem ©e^alt, n>cgen einer, tt>ie ed ifym fd^ien, 
gleictygultigen aujjern gorm, getoaljr toerben mufte. @d 
fef)lte, nrie fid) leid^t benfen laft, ni$t an SBieberljolung bed 
©efprad^d uber biefen ©egenftanb; aber beibe Xfyt'ik cnU 
femten fid& immer toeiter son einanber 7 , ed gab fyeftige 
©cenen, unb ber nad&giebige 9)lann lief ftd) enbtid) gefallen 8 , 
t>on feinem Sieblingdtoerfe ju fd^eigen, bamit er nid)t ju* 
gleicty einen Sugenbfreunb unb eine gute ©onntagdfuppe 9 
&erlore. 

*Profetyten 10 ju madden ifi ber naturlicfyfie SBunfcfy eined 
jeben 9Kenfd)en, unb tone feljr fanb fic§ unfer greunb im 
Stillen belotjnt, ate er in ber ubrigen gamilie fur feinen 
^eiligen " fo offen gefinnte ©emutljer entbedfte. 2>a6 ©tern* 
plar, bad er jaf)rlic$ nur eine SBod^e braudjte, tt)ar und fur 
bie ubrige 3*tt getoibmet 12 . 2)ie Stutter f)ielt ed Ijeimlicfy 
unb toir ©ef<§ttnfier bemad^tigten und bedfelben, toann 
tt)ir fonnten, urn in greiftunben, in irgenb einem SBinfel 



SttetteS 33u<#. 47 

*erborgen> bie auffaflenbften l Stetten au$n>enbig ju lernen 2 
unb befonberS bie jarteften unb tyeftigften fo gefd^nrinb ate 
m6gti$ in$ @eba$tnifi ju fajfen. 

Portia's Sraum 8 recitirten tt>ir urn bie SBette, unb in 
ba$ ttilbe &erjn>eifelnbe ©efpracty jttrifd&en <Zatan unb 2lbrame* 
te$, tt>el$e tn$ rotlje 9Jlcer gefturjt worben 4 , fatten n>ir unS 
gctfyrilt. 2)ie erfie Slolle, ate bie getoaltfamfie, wax auf mein 
$f)etl gefommen 5 , bie anbere, urn ein njenig fl&glicfyer, 
ubemaljm meine ©d^efler. 2)ie roedfjfelfeitigen, jroar graf* 
lichen, abcr bod) n>of)Klingenben 5krn>unfcJ)ungen flojfen nur 
fo &om SSKunbe, unb nrir ergriffen. jebe ©elegenfjeit, un$ mit 
bie(en't)6Uifc$en 8 9ieben$arten ju begrufcn. 

S3 toar ein ©amftagSabenb 7 im SOB inter — ber SSater 
lief fic$ immer bei 8t$t rafiren, urn ©onntag$ fruf) fid& jur 
£ird£e bequemlid) 8 anjiefjen ju fonnen — ttrir fafen auf 
einem Sc^emel Winter bem Dfen unb murmetten, n>af)renb 
ber Sarbier einfeifte, unfere fyerfommlic^en 9 glud^e jiemlic^ 
leife. -Run Ijatte aber Slbrameled^ ben ©atan mit eifemen 
«£>anben ju fajfen, meine ©d&toefter pacfte mid^ getoaltig an 
unb recitirte, jtoat leife gcnug, aber bo$ mit fteigenber 
8eibenf$aft : 
$ilf mir ! i<$ flelje bic$ an, id) bete, toenn bu e$ forberft, 
Ungefyeuer, bic§ an ! 93ertoorfner, f<J)tt>arjer 93erbrec$er, 
^ilf mir ! id) leibe bie 5)3ein be6 rac^enben ett>igen£obe$ !... 
Sormate fonnt' id& mit Ijeifjem, mit grimmigem «£>ajfe bic$ 

Ijaffen ! 
3eftt fcermag id&'S nic$t meljr! 2lud& bie$ ift fied&enber 
Sammer 10 ! 
33tef)er war alleS leiblid^ 11 gegangen ; aber tout, mit ffird^ter* 
lid^er Stimme, rief fie bie folgenben 2Borte : 
O tt)ie bin ic$ jermafatt!... 



48 2Tu6 metnem Sebcn. 

2)er gute GljirurguS 1 erfd)raf unb gof bem SSater ba$ 
©eifenbecfen in Me Sruft. 2)a gab c6 emeu grofctt 
?lufftanb 2 , unb einc ftrengc Unterfuc^ung tt>arb geljalten, 
befonberS in 33etra$t be6 UngtfitfS, ba$ Ijatte entficl>en 
Kmten, tt>enn man fd&on im Stafiren begriffen getoefen ttare. 
Urn alien 33erba$t be$ 9KutI)nrillen6 son un$ abjulefynen, 
befannten tt>ir un$ ju unfern teufltfctyen Stollen, unb ba$ 
Unglucf, ba$ bte £erameter angetid)tet fatten, teat ju 
offenbar, ate ba£ man fie nid^t aufS SReue ^attc serrufen 3 
unb ttetbannen follen. 

©o pflegen tfinbet unb 93off ba$ Orojje, ba$ (Srtyabene 
in em ©piel, ja in eine *Poffe ju ttetroanbeln; unb ttrie 
fottten fie auc$ fonfl im ©tanbe fein, e$ auSjuljalten unb ju 
ettragen ! 



grittea §ut^ 



2)er SKeujaljtdtag warb ju jener 3eit burc$ ten alL 
gemeinen Umlauf 1 son perfimlictyen ®lucfttumfc§ungen fur 
bic ©tabt feljr , bclebenb. 2Ber fonfi ni$t ieid&t aud bem 
«£>aufe fam, roarf fi$ in feinc befien ifleiber 2 , urn (Sonnern 
unb greunben einen Siugenblicf freunbii# unb Ijoflicty ju 
fein. gur und ffinber tvax befonberd bic Seftlid^fctt in bem 
«£>aufe bed ©rojftaterd an biefem £age tin f)bd)fi ewunfe^ter 8 
©enujjL Wit bem fruljflen 9Rorgen toaren bie Gmfel f$on 
bafelbfi* tterfammelt, urn bic Srommeln, bie $oboen unb 
tfiarinetten, bie ^ofaunen unb 3inUn, ttrie fie bad 9Jittitar, 
bie ©tabtmufici unb wx fonft ailed 8 ertonen Uefr $u t)ct* 
nef)tnen. 2>ie tterfiegeiten unb uberfc^riebenen SKeuiafird* 
gefd&enfe routben Don ben JEinbetn unter bie geringern 6 
©ratulanten audgetfyeilt, unb tt>ie ber Sag nm#d, fo &er* 
meljrte fidj bie Slnjaljl ber 4?onoratioren 7 . (Stfi erfefyienen 
bie Skrtrauten unb Sertoanbten, bann bie untern <5taat&* 
beamten ; bie $erren ttom Statue felbft aerfeljlten nicbt, ifyren 
©c$uitf)ei# ju begrufen, unb eine auderttaljlte 2lnjafjl ttmrbe 
Slbenbd in 3immem bettrirtljet, n>elc^c bad ganje 3af)r uber 
faum fid) offneten 8 . 3)ie Sorten, 33idcuitfuc$en, SKarjipane 9 , 
ber fufie SBein ubte ben grcpten 9teij auf bie tfinber aud, 

G. B. A 



50 2lu$ meinem Seben. 

tt>oju nod) fam, baf ber ©d()uftljei# fo ttrie bte beiben Surges 
meifler au6 einigen ©tiftungen 1 ja^rtid^ tttt>a$ ©ilberjeug 
er^icltcn, tt^eld^ed benn ben Snfefa unb *Patf)en nadfj euter 
genrijfen Slbftufung t>erc^rt toarb; gernig, e$ feljlte bicfem 
gefie im ffleinen an ni<#t$, tt>a$ bie groften ju tterfjerrlid&en 
pflegt. 

2)er SReujatjrStag 1759 fam Ijeran, fur un6 tfinber 
crttmnfctyt unb fcergnuglidf) 2 toie bic twrigen, aber ben Sttern 
^crfonen bebenflid? unb af)nung$tiotI 3 . 2)ie 2)urd^marfd^e 
ber granjofen tt>ar man jtoar gettoljttt, unb fie ereigneten 
fi<§ 5fter$ unb Ijauftg, aber bo<j) am fyaufigfien in ben lefcten 
Sagen be$ fcergangenen 3af)reg. -Rad) alter ret^ftabtifd^er 
©itte pofaunte ber Sljiirmer be$ ^auptttjurmS 4 , fo oft 
Sruppen fyeranrucften, unb an biefem 9teujaf)r6tage woflte 
er gar nic^t auftyoren 5 , n>eld^e6 ein 3ei$en toar, baj* gro^ere 
#eere$$uge »cn mefyreren ©eiten in 33ett>egung feien. 2Birf* 
lie!) jogen fte aud£ in grof eren SKaffen an biefem £age burdb 
bie ©tabt; man lief, fie sorbetyaffiren ju fefyen. ©onji 
war man genwfynt, bajji fie nur in fleinen $artieen bur<$* 
marfd^irten ; biefe aber sergrof erten fidf) nad) unb ncd), of)ne 
bafj man e$ aerfyinbern fonnte ober ttoHte 6 . ®enug, am 
2. Sanuar, nadfjbem eine Solonne burdf) ©ad^fenljaufen uber 
bie Srudfe burd^ bie Safjrgajfe bi$ an bie SonftaMerwad^e 
gelangt roar, mad^te fie £alt, uberftaltigte bag Heine, fie 
bur$ful)renbe 7 Eommanbo, naljm Sefifc von gebacfyter 2Bad£e, 
aog bie Stilt fyinunter, unb na$ einem geringen SBiberftanb 
mufjte fi(# au$ bie $aupttt)a$e ergeben 8 . 2lugenblid$* 
ttaren bie friebtidjen ©trafen in einen #rieg8fd)au))la& 
t>ertt>anbelt. 2)ort wrljarrten unb btoouafirten 10 bie Xxvtyptn, 
MS burcfy regelmafuge (Sinquartierung fur i^r Unterfommen 
geforgt tt>Sre. 



Drifted 93u#. 51 

$>icfe unerroartete, feit fcicfen 3a1)ren unerljorte Saft 
brutfte bic befiaglid^en 1 Siirger geroalttg, unb Siiemanb 1 
fomtte fie bef$roerfid?er fein ate bem 93ater, ber in (ein faum 
fcotlenbeted #aud frembe militarifd&e Seroofyner aufneljmen, 
ifynen fcine roofylaufgepufcten unb meifi serfd^loflenen ©taatd* 
jimmer 8 einraumen unb bad, mad er (0 genau ju orbncn unb 
ju regteren pflegte, ftember 2Bilffur preidgcben follte; er, 
oljnefjin preufnfd) geftnnt, follte fidfj nun fcon granjofen in 
feinen 3iiwnern belagert feljen: ed roar bad £raurigfte r 
road if)m nad) feiner 2)enfroeife 4 begegnen fonntc. 2Bare ed 
if)m jebod) moglid) geroefen, bie ©ad)e leister 3U neljmen, ba 
er gut fran$ofif$ \ptatf) unb tm Seben ftd) roofjl mit 2Burbe 
unb Slnmutlj betragen fonnte, fo fyatte cr ft<§ unb und man$e 
trube 6tunbe erfparen mogen 6 ; benn man quartiertc bei und 
ben 5?6nigdlieutenant 6 , ber, obgleicty SRilitarperfon, bo$ nur 
bie Ghnfoorfatle, Me ©treittgfeiten jroifctyen ©olbaten unb 
©urgent, ©d?ulbenfa$en unb «£>anbel ju fttyfictyten 7 f)attt. 
@d roar ®raf Sljorane, tton ®rajfe in ber ^rottence, 
unroeit 2lutibed, gebuttig, eine lange tyagre ernfle ®eftolt, bad 
©eftc§* burc§ bie Slattern feljr entftellt, mit fd&roarjen 
f-euugen 2lugen, unb &on einem rourbigen, jufammenge* 
nommenen 8 Setragen. ®kitf) fein (Sintritt roar fttr ben 
$audberooljner gunftig. 9Jlan frra$ son ben fcerfdjiebenen 
3immern, roefa^e tfyeild abgegeben roerben, tljeild fcer gamilic 
fcerbleiben follten, unb ate ber ®raf etn ©em&lbeaimmer 
erroafynen l)6rte, fo erbat er fid) gteid), ob ed fc^on 8 $latf)t 
roar, mit fferjen bte Silber roenigjiend flud&tig ju befetyen. 
<£r Ijatte an biefen S)ingen eine ubergrope greube, bejeigte 10 
fic$ gegen ben ifyn begleitenben SSater auf tot f8erbmbli#e, 
unb ate er sernafym, ba$ bie meifien tfunfller no<$ lebten, fi# 
in granffurt unb in ber 9toc$barf#aft auffyietten, fo t>er* 

4—2 



52 2lu3 meinem Seben. 

ficfyerte er, bafi er nid)t$ mef)r ttunfctye, al6 fie balbigft 
fennen ju lemen unb fie ju befd^aftigcn. 

2lber aud^ biefe Slnnafyerung &on ©eiten ber itunfi 
permodfjte nictyt bie ©efinnung meifteg SSaterS 311 anbern, 
nod) feirten (Styargftcr ju beugen. (5r lief gefcfyefjen, tt>a$ er 
nid)t tterfyinbern fonnte, Ijieft fici) aber in unnrirffamer 1 
(Sntfernung, unb ba$ 2IufJerorbentlic§e, n>a$ nun urn ifyn 
ttorgieng, roax il)m bi$ auf bie geringfte fftcinigfeit uner* 
tragtid). 

©raf Sljorane inbeffen betrug • fid^ mujkrljaft. 9?ic$t 
einmal feine Sanbfarten n>o!fte er an bie SBanbe genagelt 
fyaben, urn bie neuen Sapeten nictyt ju tterberben. Seine 
Seute toaren geroanbt, [till unb orbentlicty ; aber freilidO, ba 
ben ganjen Sag unb einen Xfyeil ber SRactyt nid)t 9iuf)e bei 
ifjm tt>atb, ba ein Slagenber bem anbern folgte, Slrreftanten* 
gebractyt unb fortgeful)rt, atle Dfficiere unb 2lbjutanten fcor* 
getaffen ttmrben, ba ber ©raf nod^ uberbieS taglid) offene 
iafel 8 tjidt : fo gab e6 in bem mafig gro£ en, nur fur eine 
ftamtlie eingerid;teten «£>aufe, ba6 nur eine burd£ atle ©totf* 
wxh untterfc^offen burdjgeljenbe Sreppe Ijatte, eine 33ewe* 
gung unb ein ©efumme ttrie in einem Sienenforbe, obgleid^ 
SlfleS feljr gemafjigt, ernft^aft unb jlreng jugieng/ 

3um Skrmittler jttrifdjen einem serbrie£lic§en, taglid£ 
meljr fid£ ljtypod&onbrifc$ qualenben «£>au$l)errn unb einem 
jn>ar toof)ftt>oHenben, aber fef)r ernften unb genauen SSKili* 
targaft 4 fanb fidfj g(udflid()ertt>eife ein beljaglid^er 2)olmetfd£er, 
ein fd)6ner, tt>of)(beleibter, Ijeitrer SDtonn, ber Surger son 
Sranffurt tt>ar unb gut franaofifd) fpracty, fid& in 2lHe$ ju 
fc^idfen tt>uf#e 8 unb mit mand^erlei Heinen Unanneljmlid^ 
feiten nur feinen ©pafj trieb 6 . 2)urd£ biefen Ijatte meine 
Gutter bem ©rafen iljre Sage bei bem ©emutljSjufianbe 



©ntted 33uc$. S3 

i^re6 ®atten ttorjieHen laffen; er fyattt bie @ac$e fo flugtid^ 1 

audgemalt, bad neue noc$ nic$t einmal ganj eingerid^tete 
«£>aud, Me naturltd&e 3urucfgejogenl)ett bed 33efifcerd 2 , bie 
Sefctyaftigung mtt ber (Srjteljung feiner $amilie, unb tt>a$ fid^ 
ailed fonft no$ fagen Uefr ju bebenfen gegeben, fo ba£ ber 
®raf, ber an feiner ©telle 3 auf bie fyocfyjle ©eredjtigfeit, 
Unbeftec$lt#feit unb el)rem>ollen SBanbel* ben grojjrten ©tol$ 
fefrte, au$ fyier fic$ aid Stnquartierter mujierljaft ju betragen 
fcornaljm, unb ed ttrirflicty bie einigen 3al)re 5 feined S)a* 
bleibend unter mand^erlei Umftanben um>erbru$lic$ geljalten 
t)at. 

9Keine SRutter befaf einige 5tenntnifi bed 3talienifc$en, 
tt>eld)e ©prad^e iiberljaupt SRiemanben 6 tton ber Scimilic fremb 
tt>ar ; fie entfcfylop fi<$ bafyer fogletcty $ranjofifc$ ju lemen, ju 
tt>el$em 3tt>edf ber S)oImetfc$er 7 , bem fte unter biefen ftur* 
mifd^en (Sreigniffen ein i?inb aud ber Saufe geljoben Ijatte 8 , 
unb ber nun auc$ aid ®et>atter ju bem #aufe eine boppeltc 
9ieigung 9 faurte, feiner ®et>atterm jeben abgemufigtcn 10 2lu* 
genblitf fdjenfte (benn er tt>ol)nte gerabe gegenuber) unb ifjr 
ttor alien 3)ingen biejenigen *Pf)rafen einlernte h , tt>eld)e fte 
perfonlid) bem @rafen sorjutragen (jabe; welded benn $um 
93eften 12 gertetl). 2)er ®raf tt>ar gef<$metc$elt tton ber 9Kulje, 
n>elc$e bie £audfrau fid) in iljren 3aljren 18 gab, unb »cil 
er einen Ijeitern geiftreid^en 3ug in feinem Sljarafter Ijatte, 
auc$ eine genriffe trodtne ©alanterie gem audubte, fo entftanb 
baraud bad befle SSerfyaltmji, unb bie tterbunbeten Oenattern 
fonnten erlangen, n>ad fie tt>oHten. 

SBare ed, tt>ie fc^on gefagt, moglicty gettefen, ben SSater ju 
erljeitern, fo Ijatte biefer tteranberte 3uftanb wenig 2)rudfenbed 
gefyabt. 2)er ®raf ubte bie ftrengfte Uneigennufcigfeit ; 
felbft ®aben, bie feiner ©telle gebufyrten, le^nte er ab j bad 



54 2fa3 mcinem 2eben. 

©eringjie, n>a$ etner Sejiedjung Ijatte &l)n(ic$ feljen ffinnen 1 , 
ttmrbe mit 3^^, ja mit (Strafe tt>ccjgctt>iefcn*; feinen Seuten 
n>ar aufS ©trengfte befoljlen, bem «§au$befi&er nid&t tie min* 
beficn Unfoficn 8 ju madden. 2)agegen tourbe un$ tfinbern 
reic$lic$ toom 9iac$tifc$c 4 mitget^eilt. Sei biefer ©elegcn^eit 
mufl ic$, urn »on ber Unfctyulb* jcner Stittrt eincn Segriff ju 
geben, anfuljren, ba£ bie SKutter im$ eine$ £age$ l)6($U($ e 
betrubte, inbcm fie ba$ ©efrorene 7 , ba6 man un$ toon ber 
5EafcI fenbete, ttoeggofr tt>jeil e6 ifyr unmogli<$ toorfam, baf ber 
5Ragen ein tt>aljrl)afte$ 8 @i$, toenn e$ au# notf) fo burcfc 
jucfert fet, toertragen fonne. 

Slufier biefen Secfereien, bie tt>ir benn bod& aDm51)H<# 
ganj gut geniejkn unb toertragen lernten, baud&te e$ un$ 
Jtinbern au$ noc$ gar betyaglid), toon genauen Seljrflunben 
unb prenger 3uc$t eintgermaf en 9 entbunben ju fcin. 2)e3 
93ater$ uble Saune naljm ju, er fonnte jic$ nt<$t in ba6 
llntoermeiblid^e ergeben. SSJtc fef)r qualte er ftc$, bie SKutter 
unb ben ©etoatter 10 , bie 9tatfy$ljerren, atte feine greunbe, nur 
urn ben ©rafen lo$ ju toerben ! SSergeben* fleflte man ifym 
toor" baf bie ©egeijmart eine$ fold&en 9Ranne$ im «£>aufe, 
unter ben gegebenen Itmftanben, eine toaljre SBoljltfyat fei, 
baf ein ett>iger 2Bec$fel, e$ fei nun toon Dfficieren ober 
©emeinen, auf bie Umquartierung be6 ©rafen folgen ttmrbe. 
#ein6 toon biefen 2lrgumenten tooUU bei iljm greifen 12 . 2)a$ 
©egentt>artige fd^ien iljm fo unertraglicty, bafj ifyn fein Utt* 
mutf) 18 ein ©glimmered, baS folgen fonnte, nid^t getter 
toerben lief. 

2luf biefe SBeife tt>arb feine Sljatigfeit gelMjmt, bie er 
fonji ljauptf&c$li<$ auf un$ ju ttenben gett>ofynt war. 2)a3, 
tt>a$ er un6 aufgab, forberte er nidfct meljr mit ber fonfiigen 
©enautgfeit, unb ttrir fud&ten, tt>ie e$ nur moglid^ f$ien, 



2>ritte$ 93u#. 55 

unfere 9teugierbe an mtlitarifd&en unb anbern offentltd&en 
2)ingen ju befrtebtgen, nictyt aHein im «£>aufe, fonbcrn and) 
auf ben ©trapen, weld&eS 1 urn fo leister angieng, ba bic 
Sag unb 9ia$t unperfctylojfene «£>au6tli)ure son ©<$ilbwac$eit 
befefct war, bie ftc^ urn ba6 ^tn^ unb SBieberlaufen* un< 
rugger iftnber m$t$ befummerten. 

2)ie manc^erlet Slngelegen&etten, btc fcor bcm 9tic$ter* 
jiuljle be6 5?onigSIieutenant3 gefc$U$tet wurben, fatten 
baburcty noc$ cinen ganj befonbem 9teij, bap et emeu 
eigenen 8 SBertI) barauf legte, feine @ntf<$eibungen jugleid& 
mit einet wtfcigen, getftreic$en, Ijeitem SBenbung ju begleiten. 
2Ba$ er befall, war jireng gered&t; bie 2lrt, wte er e$ auS* 
brucfte, war launig unb pifant 4 . St fd^ien fid^ ben <&erjog 
son £)j[una 4 jum SSorbtlbe genommen ju Ijaben. @$ &er* 
gteng faum ein Sag, bap ber 2)olmetf$er nictyt 6 eine ober bie 
anbere fold&e Slnefbote un$ unb ber 9Kutter jur 2luff)eiterung 
erjaljlte. @$ ljatte biefer muntere SRann eine Heine ©amnt* 
lung folder ©alomontfctyen 7 @ntf<$etbungen gemad^t; i$ 
erinnere mid& aber nur be6 (Sinbrudte im 2lHgemeinen, otyne 
im Oebac^tnip ein 33efonbere$* wieber ju ftnben. 

2)en wunberbaren Sljarafter be$ ®rafen krnte man 
nac$ unb nadfj immer meljr fennen. 2)iefer SWann war fie!) 
felbji feiner (Sigen^etten aufS beuttid&fie bewupt, unb Weil er 
gewiffe fyitm Ijaben moctyte, wo il)n eine 2lrt &on Unmutlj, 
«£>$)oc§onbrie, ober wie man ben bofen 2)amon nennen foil,' 
uberfiel, fo jog er ftc$ in fol<$en ©tunben, bie fic$ mand&mal 
ju J£agen serlangerten, in fein Simmtt jurucf, fal) SRtemanben 
ate feinen i?ammerbiener unb war felbji in bringenben gaDen 
nic$t ju bewegen, bap er Slubienj gegeben fjatte*. ©obalb 
aber ber bofe Oeiji son iljm gewid&en war, erfd&ien er naclj 
ttie Dor, milb, fetter unbttljatig. 2lu$ kn Steben feine* 



$6 2lu$ meinem Seben. 

5tammerbiener$ ©atnt 3ean, eine$ fleinen tyagern 9Rannc$ 
son muntrer ©utmutljigfeit 1 , Fonnte man fc^liepen, bap er in 
frufjem 3af)ren, tton folder ©timmung ubertoalttgt, groped 
Unglutf anger ictytet unb ftc$ nun ttor afynltc^en Slbroegen 2 , 
bei ctner fo ttrid&tigen, ben SBlicfen alter SBelt auSgefefcten 
©telle, ju fyiten ernjilicty ttorneljme. 

9hm aber fd&eint e$ notfyig, umjianbltd^er 8 anjujeigen 
unb begreiflicty ju madden, tt>ie i<$ mir in ber franjoftfdfjen 
©practye, bie \fy boc^ nic$t gelernt, mit mefyr ober toeniger 
33equemli$feit burd^geljolfen. Sluc§ f)ter fam mir bie ange* 
borne ®abe ju <£>tatttn, bap ic$ letd&t ben ©$afl unb 5tlang 
einer ©prac^e, ityre 93ett>egung, iljren Accent, ben Son,- unb 
n>a$ fonft son aupern (Sigentljumlid&feiten, faffen fonnte. 
3lu$ bem Sateinifd&en tt>aren mir ttiele SBorte befannt ; ba$ 
3talienifc$e ttermittelte noc$ meljr, unb fo fyorctyte ic$ in 
furjer Stit t>on Sebienten unb ©olbaten, ©d&Ubttjactyen unb 
Sefud^en fo ttiel fyerauS, bap i<§ mid^, tt>o nid^t in$ ©cfprac^ 
fflifd&en, boc$ tt>enigfien$ etnjetne gragen unb Slntn>orten 
beftefyen fonnte 4 . Slber biefeS war alleS nur toenig gegen 8 
Den. 2$ortl)eil, ben mir ba$ Sweater brad^te. 9Son meinem 
®rop&ater fyattt itf) ein Sreibiflet erfyalten, beffen ic$ mid&, 
mit SBibewitten meineS SSater^ 6 , unter bem SBeiftanb meiner 
SRutter, t&glic$ bebiente. #ier fap i$ nun im parterre 7 »or 
einer fremben SBuljne unb papte urn fo meljr auf Sen>egung, 
mimifd&en 8 unb 9tebe*2fu$brudf, ate ic$ n>enig ober nid&ts 
son bem serfianb, tt>a6 ba oben gefprod^en n>urbe, unb alfo 
meine Unterljaltung nur fcom ©eberbenfoiel unb ©prad&tcn 
nefymen fonnte 9 . SSon ber tfomobie tterfianb ii) am we* 
nigften, well fie gef<§tt>inb geforod&en nmrbe unb fid^ auf 
2)inge be6 gemeinen 10 8eben6 bejog, beren 2lu$brutfe u mir 
gar nid^t befannt tt>aren. 2)ie Sragobie fam feltner fcor, 



2)rttte$ 33uc$. • 57 

unb ber gemeffene ©$ritt, bo$ Saftartige ber Slleranbrtner 1 , 
ba6 SlHgemeine be$ 2lu3brutf$ 2 marten fie mir in jebem 
©inne fafjltd^er. @3 bauerte nic$t lange, fo nafym ic$ ben 
Stacine', ben itf) in metneS SSaterS Stbliotljef antraf, jur 
<£>anb unb beclamtrte mir bie ©tucfe nac$ tljeatrafifctyer 2lrt 
unb SBeife, n>ie fie ba$ Drgan meineS Df)r6 unb ba6 iljm 
fo genau ttenoanbte ©practyorgan gefaft Ijatte, mit grower 
2ebl)aftigfeit, oljne baf ic$ nocfy eine ganje 9tebe im 3\u 
fammentyang f)htk ^erfte^en fonnen. 3a, ic$ lernte ganje 
©tellen auStwnbig unb recitirte fie, tt>ie ein ■ eingelernter 
©pra^ogel 4 . 2)a$ tterfificirte franjofifd^e Suftfpiel toar 
bamalS fefyr beliebt; bie ©turfe von 25eStoud&e$ a , SJtari* 
t>aur 6 , 2a EljauffeV famen Ijaufig sor, unb ic$ erinner; 
mi<$ no$ beutlicfy manner <$arafteriftifc§en giguren. 93on 
ben 9Jlo lifer e'fd^en 8 ifi mir roemger im (Sinn geblieben. 
2BaS am meijien ©nbrutf auf mi<$ mac^te, n>ar bie £typer* 
mneftra von Semierre 9 , bie al6 ein neue$ ©turf mit 
©orgfalt aufgefuljrt unb ttieberljolt gegeben teurbe. $o$ft 
anmutfyig tt>ar ber (Sinbrudf, ben ber Devin du Village 10 , 
Rose et Colas", Annette et Lubin 12 auf mic$ madden. 
3$ fann mir bie bebanberten 18 Suben unb 9Jiab$en unb 
ifjre Settegungen no<$ jefct jururfrufen 14 . (§3 bauerte nicfyt 
lange, fo regte fid^ ber 2Bunfc$ bei mir, mid) auf bem 
Sweater 15 felbft umjufefyen, ttojit fid) mir fo mand)erlei 
©elegenljeit barbot. 2)enn ba id& ni<$t immer bie ganjen 
©turfe auSjuljoren 16 ©ebulb Ijatte unb manege 3*it in ben 
GorriborS, au$ n>ol)l bei gelinb'erer 3afyr$jeit 17 »or ber $ljur, 
mit anbern 5tinbern meineS 2llter$ aHerlei ©piele trieb, fo 
gefeflte fic$ ein fd^oner munterer ifttabe ju un$, ber jum 
Sweater geljorte unb ben id() in ntand^en fleinen 9toflen, 
obtoof)! nur beilauftg 18 , gefe&en Ijatte. 9Rit mir fonnte et 



5 8 Slu6 meinem Seben. 

fic$ am bejlen tterjlanbigen, inbcm itf) metn granjofifc^ bei 
iljm geltenb ju madden 1 wujfte; unb er fnityfte fi$ urn fo 
meljr an micj) 2 , a(6 fein tfnabe feineS 2ilter6 unb f^iner 
Nation betm Sweater ober fonfi in bet SRalje war. SSBir 
giengen auc$ aufkr ber Sfjeaterjett jufammen, unb felbfl 
waljrenb ber SSorfteHungen lief er mtc$ felten in 9tulje. @r 
tt)ar cin atterltebfler ffeiner 2iuffc$neiber 8 , fc^n>a^tc c$at* 
mant 4 unb unaufl)orItc$ unb toufte fo t>tel *>on' feinen 
Slbenteuern 5 , «£>&nbeln unb anbern ©onberbatfeiten ju 
tritykn, bag er mid) au£erorbentlic$ unterljtelt unb ic$ toon 
i^m, wa$ ©prad&e unb SBtttfyeilung burd) biefelbe bettifft, 
in t>ier 2Soc§en meljr lernte, ate man fic$ Ijatte fcorjieflen 
fbnnen; fo bap 9itemanb wufte, wie tc$ auf etnmal, gletd&fam 
bur<$ Snfyiration, ju ber fremben ©prad&e gelangt war. 

@6 toafyrte nid^t lange, fo entfpann fic$ aber fur mic$ 
ein eigneS unb befonbreS 3ntereffe. 2)er junge 2)erone$, 
fo will id) ben tfnaben nennen 6 , mit bem id) mein 93er* 
fyattnifj immer fortfefcte, war aufer feinen 2iuff$neibereien 
ein ifnabe son guten ©ttten unb red^t artigem Setragen. 
@r mad^te mic§ mit fetner ©c^wefter befannt, bie ein paar 
3aljre alter ate tt>ir unb ein gar angeneljmeS 9Rabc$en war, 
gut gewac^fen, son einer regelmajngen Silbung 7 , brauner 
garbe, fd^warjen «£>aaren unb 2lugen; il)r ganjeS Setragen 
tjattt tttva* ©titled, ja $raurige$. 3<§ fuc^te ifyr auf afle 
SBetfe gefallig ju fein; aHein id) fonnte il)re Siufmerffamfeii 
nic^t auf mi<$ (enfen. 

2111c tfyeatralifc^e Sttannigfaltigfeit 8 fonnte jebodfc un$ 
ffmber nic^t immer im ©d&aufpielljaufe feftfjalten. 2Btr 
fpielten bei fc^onem SBetter &or bemfelben unb in ber SWlje 
unb begiengen aHerlei Sljorljetten, weld^e befonber* an 
©onn* unb gestagen feme$weg« ju unferm Sleufjem pap 



2)rttte$ 23uc$. 59 

ten 1 : benn i<# unb meineS ©leicfyen erfd^tenen atebann, ben 
#ut unterm 2lrm, nut einem Heinen 2)egen, beffen Sugel 1 
mit einer grofen feibenen 93anbfc$leife gejiert tt>ar. (Sinjl, 
ate tt>ir eine ganje 3*it unfer SBefen getricben unb 3>erone3 
ftc$ unter un$ gemifdfjt tyitU, ftet e$ biefem ein, mir ju be* 
tljeuern, itf) fyatte iljn beleibtgt unb mujfe iljm Satisfaction 
geben. 3$ begrtff jtoar nic^t, tt>a6 iljm Slnlaf geben fonnte, 
lief mir abet feine SluSforterung gefallen 3 unb toollte jieljen. 
@r fcerftctyerte mir aber, e6 fei in [eleven gaHen gebraud^lid^, 
baf man an etnfame Derter gelje, urn bie <Sac$e beflo be* 
quemer auSmad&en 4 ju Fonnen. 2Bir loerfugten un$ beStyatb 
fytntet cimge ©d&eunen unb ftellten un$ in gefyorige ^ofitur. 
2>er 3«>cifampf erfolgte auf eine ettt>a$ tf)catrattfc^e SBeife 5 , 
bie 5tlingen flirrten, unb bie ©tofe giengen neben au$ ; boc$ 
im geuer ber Slction blieb er mit ber ©pifce feineS 2)egenS 
an ber 33anbfc$leife meineS Sugete Ijangen. ©ie toarb 
burd&boljrt, unb er serfid^erte mir 6 , baf er nun bie ttoflfom* 
menfie Satisfaction l)abe, umarmte mi<$ fobann, gletc^faflS 
xtttft tljeatralifcfy unb tt>ir giengen in ba$ nad^fte i?affeel)au$, 
urn un$ mit einem ®lafe 9Kanbelmil$ 7 *>on unferer ®e* 
mut^bewegung ju erfyolen unb ben alten 8reunbfc$aft$bunb 
nur bejio fefter ju fd^lief en. 

9iun fetflte e6 &on bem erften Sage ber Seftjjneljmung* 
unferer ©tabt, jumal 9 itinbern unb jungen Seuten, ni<$t an 
tmmewaljrenber 3erjtreuung. Sweater unb Salle, *)kraben 10 
unb 2)ur<$marfc$e jogen unfere 2lufmerffamfeit t)in unb tyer. 
2)ie lefctem befonberS nafymen immer ju, unb bad ©olbaten* 
leben fd&ien un$ ganj lufiig unb fcergnfigli<§. 

3)er Slufentljalt be* itonigSlieutenantS in unferm $aufe 
&erfc$affte un$ ben SSortljeit, alle bebeutenben 5)}erfonen ber 
franjofifd&en Slrmee 11 na$ unb na<$ ju fet)en unb befonberS 



60 2lud metnem Seben. 

tie (Srften 1 , beren 9tame fctyon burdb ben Stuf ju und gc* 
fommen tvar, in bcr 9ialje ju betrac^ten. ©o fafjejt tvit von 
Sreppen unb *Pobefien*, gleictyfam tt>ie von ©alerieen, fe^r 
bequcm bic ©eneralitat 8 bet und t>orubcrge^n. 93or 2(llcn 
erinnere id) mid) bed ^rtnjen ©oubife* ate eined fdjonen 
leutfeligen 5 £errn; am beutlictyften abet bed 9Rarfc$alld von 
Sroglto* aid eined jungern, ntd^t grofjen, aber tt>of)lge* 
bauten, lebljaften, geiftreicty urn ftdj blitfenben, beljenben 7 
sfflannrt 

@r fam meijrmald 8 jum ffonigdlieutenant, unb man 
merfte tvofyl, baj* von tvictytiqen 2)ingen bie 9tebe tt>ar. 2Bir 
fatten und im erften 93ierteljal)r ber (Sinquartierung faum in 
biefen neuen 3uftanb gefunben, aid ftyon bie Sttad^ric^t fid) 
bunfel 9 verbreitete: bie Sllliirten 10 feien im Slnmarfd), unb 
^erjog gerbinanb von 23raunfdjm>eig u fomme, bie gran* 
jofen vom 9Rain $u vertreiben. 9Jian fjatte ^n biefen, bie 
'fid) f eined befonbern itriegdglurfed tubmen 12 fonnten, nid)t 
bie grojjte 13 SSorftellung, unb feit ber ©d)Iad)t von 9?o£bac§ 
glaubte man fte verac^ten ju burfen ; auf ben £erjog ger* 
binanb fefcte man bad grofte 93ertrauen, unb alle preujnfd) 
©efinnten eroartetm mit ©eljnfud)t iljre Sefreiung von ber 
bidfyerigen fiaft. SKein 95ater tvar ettvad Ijeiterer, meine 
stutter in ©orgen 14 . ©ie tt>ar flug genug, einjufef^en, baf 
ein gegemvartiged geringed Uebel leid)t mit einem grofien 
Ungemad) vertauf^t tverben fonne: benn ed jeigte fid) nur 
allju beutfid), baj* man bem £er$og nid)t entgegen gefyen, 
fonbern einen Slngriff in ber 9taf)e ber ©tabt abtt>arten 
tverbe. (Sine Sftieberlage ber granjofen, eine gluc^t, eine 
93ertfjeibigung ber ©tabt, tvare ed auc§ nur, urn ben 3tudf jug 
ju becfen unb urn bie Srucfe ju befyalten 15 , ein SBombarbe* 
intnt 1 *, eine ^lunberung, Silled ftellte fid) ber erregten Sim 



2)ritte3 33ud&. 61 

bilbung^fraft bar unb mac^te beiben ^Jarteien 1 ©orge. 
9Ketne Wlxxtkx, n>cld^c SlileS, nur m$t btc ©orge ertragen 
fonnte", liejji buret ben 2)olmetfc$er i£>rc Surest bet bem 
©rafen anbringen 8 ; toorauf fie bie in fol<$en fallen ge* 
brau$li$e 2lntn>ort erfyiett: fie fotte ganj ruljig fein, e$ fei 
nic^t^ ju befurctyten 4 , fid) ubrigenS [till fatten unb mit 
Sftiemanb fcon ber ©ad)e foremen. 

SKeljrere Sruppen jogen bur<$ bie ©tabt ; man erfufjr, 
bajs fte bei Sergen 5 £aft marten. 2)a$ i?ommen unb 
©efyen, ba$ Sieiten unb Saufen flermeljrte fic$ immer, unb 
unfer £au$ tt>ar Sag unb Sftac^t in Slufruljr 6 . 3n biefer 
3ett f)abe i$ ben -Biarfc^all Sroglio ofter gefeljen, immer 
fetter, ein tt>ie ba3 anbre 9M an ©eberben unb 33etragen 
t>ellig gleicty, unb e$ Ijat mic$ auc§ nac^ljer gefreut, btn 
■8Kann, beffen ©eftalt einen fo guten unb bauerljaften Gin* 
brutf gemactyt Ijatte, in ber ©efcjjic^te rufymlid? 7 ertoafjnt ju 
finben. 

©o fam benn enblicfy nac§ einer unrufjigen Eijartt>o<#e 8 , 
1759 ber (£f)arfreitag fyeran. Sine grofje ©title tterfunbigte 
ben naljen ©turm. Un$ £inbern tt>ar serboten, au$ bem 
£aufe ju gef)en ; ber 25ater Ijatte Feme Siufye unb gieng au$. 
2)ie ©cfylac^t begann ; td? ftieg auf ben oberften Soben 9 , too 
id) jtt>ar bie ©egenb ju feljen tterfyinbert tt>ar, aber ben 
3)onner ber ifanonen unb. ba3 SKajfenfeuer 10 be$ Heinen 
©etoefjrS red)t gut flemefymen fonnte. $latf) einigen Stum 
ben faljen toir bie erften 3ei$en ber ©<§la$t an einer 9ieif)e 
2Bagen, auf tt>el$en 93ern>unbete in mand^eriei traurigen 
SSerftummelungen unb ©eberben fac^te 11 bei un6 ttorbeige* 
faljren tour ben, urn in ba$ jum gajaretl) 12 umgen>anbeue 
SiebfrauenHofter 18 gebradfjt ju toerben. ©ogtet<§ regte ftc$ 
bie S3armf)er}igfeit 14 ber 93urger. 33ier, SBein, 93rob, ©elb 



62 2Iu$ mcinem itben. 

warb benjenigen l)ingereic$t, bie nod) etwaS empfangen fonn* 
ten 1 . 2116 man abet etnige 3tit barauf bleffirte 2 unb ge* 
fangne 2)eutfc$e unter biefem 3ug gewafyr n>urbe, fanb ba$ 
SKitleib Feine ©renje, unb e$ fctyien, ate tt>ottte 3eber fic$ &on 
SIttem entblofjen, ti>a& er nur 33eti>eglic$e$ befafo urn feinen 
bebrangten 8 SanbSleuten beijufiefjen. 

2)iefe ©efangenen n>aren jebodfj Sfnjeid^en einer fur bie 
Slfliirten unglutf(id)en @c$lad)t.' 9Rein SSater, in feiner 
*)krteilic$feit ganj fidget, baj* biefe gett)innen n>firben, Ijatte 
bie leibenfd^aftiid^e SSerroegenljeit 4 , ben gefyofften ©iegern 
entgegen ju geljen, oljne ju bebenfen, baj* bie gefc^lagene 
*Partei erfi uber iljn ttegflieljen mufjte. @rjt begab er ftdfj in 
feinen ©arten ttor bem griebberger 5 %f)6xe, too er SlfleS 
einfam unb ruf)ig fanb ; bann roagte er fi$ auf bie Sorn* 
(jeimer 6 £eibe, tt>o er aber balb tterfd)iebene jerfireute Sftadfc 
jitgler unb £ropfnedjte anficfytig 7 tt>arb, bie fid) ben <Spa$ 
marten, nad) ben ©renjjteinen ju fcfyiefjen, fo bajs bem 
neugierigen SBanberer ba& abprallenbe 8 33Iei urn ben 5?opf 
faujie. @r f)iett e$ beSljalb boc$ fflr geratljner, jurucfjugefyen, 
unb erfuljr bei einiger 9fad(jfrage, n>a$ iljm fd^on ber ©d)all 
bed SeuernS* Ijatte fiar madden follen, ba£ 2llle6 fur bie 
granjofen gut jtefye unb an fetit 2Beic$en ju benfen fei. 
Maty £aufe gefommen, ttoll Unmutl), gerietf) er beim (St* 
blicfen ber serttmnbeten unb gefangenen SanbSleute ganj au3 
ber gen>of)nlic$en Saffung. 2luc^ er lie£ ben SSorbeijieljen* 
ben manc^erlei ©penbe 10 reic^en; aber nur bie S).eutfc$en 
fottten" fie erfjalten, tt>el$e$ nid^t immer moglic$ toax, n>cit 
bad ©d^idffal greunbe unb geinbe jufammen aufgepacft 1 * 
Ijatte. 

2)ie SKutter unb ttrir tfinber, bie ttrir fd^on frufjer auf 
bed ©rafen 2Bort gebaut 18 unb beStyalb einen jiemlid^ be* 



SSritted 93u<$. 6$ 

rufyigten $ag Ijlngebrad&t fatten, toaren Jjodjlid^ 1 crfreut ; 
n>ir tt>imf<$ten unferm SSater glei^en Olauben unb gleid)e 
©efinnung, tt)ir fd^meic^clten if)m, road ttnr fonnten 2 , tt>ir 
baten iljn, ettt>ad ©petfe ju fid) ju nefymen, bie er ben ganjen 
Sag entbefyrt 8 ^attc ; er fcerroeigerte unfre Siebfofungen* unb 
jeben @enu£ unb begab ft$ auf fein 3immer. Unfre greube 
tt>arb inbeffen nid^t geftort ; bie ©a$e tt>ar entfdjieben 8 ; ber 
ifonigdlieutenant, ber biefen Sag gegen feine ®en>oljnf)eit ju 
SPferbe geroefen, Fcfjrtc enblid^ 6 jurucf ; feine ®egenn>art ju 
#aufe tt>ar nStfjiger aid je. 333 ir fprangen if)tn entgegen, 
fujsten feine $<mbe unb bejeigten 7 ifjm unfere greube. @d 
fd^ien ifjm feljr ju gefallen. „2Bofjl 8 !" fagte er freunblid&er 
aid fonft, „i$ bin auc§ urn euerttoillen 9 flergnugt, liebe 
Jtinber ! " (Sx befall foglei($, und 3udfertt>erf, fufjen 2Bein, 
uberfjaupt bad S3efie ju reid)en, unb gieng auf fein Simmer, 
fd^on fcon einer grofen SBajfe 2)ringenber, gorbernber unb 
SBittenber umgeben. 

2Btr fyielten nun erne fojHid)e Gottation 10 , bebauerten 
ben guten 11 SSater, ber nic^t Zi)dl baran nefjmen modjjte 18 , 
unb brangen in bie SButter, if>n fyerbei ju rufen ; fie aber, 
fluger aid tt>ir, nm^te ftofjl, ftie unerfreulid) ifym fold^e 
®aben fein n>urben. Snbeffen Ijatte fie ettoad 2lbenbbrob 18 
jured&t gemad)t unb fyatte iljm gem eine portion auf bad 
3immer gefd&idft, aber eine folctye Unorbnung 14 Hit er me, 
au# nid^t in ben aufjerften gallm ; unb nac^bem man bie 
fuj* en ®abm bei ®dk gefdjjafft 16 , fucfyte man U)n ju bereben, 
Ijerab in bad gett>6Ijnlt($e ©peife3immer ju fommen. (Snblicfc 
lie£ er fic$ bemegen, ungem 18 , unb nrir afyneten 17 nidjjt, 
melted Unveil nrir iljm unb und bereiteten. 2)ie Xxtppt 
lief frei burti^d ganje $aud an alien SSorfalen corbel. 2>er 
SSater mupte, inbem er IjerabfHeg, unmittelbar an bed ©rafen 



64 Slu3 meinem Seben. 

3immcr t>orubergef)en. ©em SSorfaal jlanb fo cotter 1 Seute, 
bap ber ®raf fic$ entfctylop, urn 5Rel)rere$ auf cinmal abju* 
ttyun, IjerauSjutreten ; unb biep gefc^a^ Icibcr in bem 2lugen* 
blidf, ate ber SSatcr fyerabfam. 2)er ®raf gieng iljm Ijeiter 
entgegen, bcgruftc il)n unb fagte: „3l)r toerbet un3 unb 
euc§ ®ludf ttmnfd&en, bap biefe gefaf)rltd?e ©ac$e fo gludfltdf) 
abgelaufen 2 ijl." — tf eine$tt>ege6 ! fcerfefcte mein SSater nut 
Sngrimm 8 ; icfynjollte, fie fjitten eu$ jum Seufel gejagt 4 , unb 
tt>enn ic$ ljatte mitfaljren 5 fotten. — 2)er @raf fytelt einen 
Slugenblidf inne, bann aber fufyr er mit 2Butfj auf: „3)iefe3 
foUt ifjr bupen!" rief er; „3l)r follt ni$t umfonfi ber gerec^ten 
©ad)e unb mir eine fold^e S3eleibtgung jugefugt Ijaben ! " 

2)er SSater ttar inbep gelaffen 6 Ijeruntergeftiegen, fe^te 
fid) ju un$, fd^ien Ijeitrer ate bteljer unb fieng an ju effen. 
2Bir freuten un3 baruber unb roupten nid&t, auf tt>eld()e 
bebenfli^e SBeife er fid? ben ©tein &om «£>erjen gen>alj$t 
ljatte 7 . ihtrj barauf tt>urbe bie 9Kutter IjerauSgerufen, unb 
ttnr fatten grope Suft, bem SSater au$jupfaubern, n>a6 un$ 
ber ®raf fur ©upigfeitfcn 8 t>erc£>rt l)abe. 2)ie Gutter fam 
nid)t jururf. (§nblic§ trat ber 2)olmetfc§er herein. 2luf 
feinen 2Binf fd&icfte man un$ ju 93ette ; e$ war f$on \pat, 
unb tt)ir geljorc^ten gem. Wad) einer rufyig bur$fc$fofenen 
9tac$t 9 erfuljren tt)ir bie gewaltfame 33ett>egung, bie geftern 
?lbenb ba$ «§au$ erfctyutteri ljatte. 2)er tfonig&ieutenant 
fyattt fog(et$ befoljlen, ben 93ater auf bie 2Ba$e 10 ju fufyren. 
3)ie ©ubalternen 11 nmpten tt>of)l, bap ifym niemate ju ttiber* 
foremen tt>ar ; boc$ fatten fie fic$ manc^mal 2)anf serbient, 
n>enn fie mit ber 2fa$ful)rung jauberten. £>tefe ©efinnung 
ttmpte ber ©ettatter 3)oimetfd?, ben bie ®eifte$gegentt>art 
niemate tterltep, auf$ £eb{jaftejle bet tynen rege ju madden 12 . 
2)er tumult tt)ar otynefyin fo grop, bap eine 3&gerung ft($ 



2)ntte$ Sucty. 65 

son felbji fcerjtecfte 1 unb cntfd^utbigtc. @r Ijatte meine 
Gutter IjerauSgerufen unb iljr ben Slbjutanten gleid^fam in 
bie <£>anbe gegcben, baf fie burc$ SBitten unb SSorjleCungen 
nut* einigen Sluffd^ub eriangen mod^te. (Sr felbfi eifte 
fcfjnell fjinauf jum ©rafen, ber ftc$ bet bet grofen 33c{)crr? 
fdjung feiner felbft 8 fogleid? in$ innere 3i^»wcr jurucfgejogcn 
l)atte unb ba$ bringenbfte ©efd^aft Ueber einen Slugenblicf 
ftodfen lief, ate baf er ben einmal in if)tn erregten bofett 
SRutlj an einem Unfc^uibigen gefufylt* unb eine feiner SBurbe 
nad^t^eilige Gmtf<$eibung gegeben tyatte. 

2)ie Slnrebe be$ 2)olmetf$er$ an ben ©rafen, bie 
guljrung be$ ganjen ©efprad&S 6 l)at un$ ber bidfe ©chatter, 
ber ftc$ auf ben glucfitd&en @rfolg nidjt toenig ju ©ute tfjat 8 , 
oft genug ttneberljolt, fo baf ic$ fie au& bem ©ebac^tnif tt>of)l 
noc§ aufjeid^nen fann. 

2)er 2)olmetf<$ fyatte gewagt, ba$ Cabinet ju eroffnen 
unb tyineinjutreten, eine ^anblung, bie f)o$ft flerpont 7 ttar. 
/f 3Bad ttoUt 3fyr?" rief iljm ber ©raf jornig entgegen. 
„#inau$ mit (£u<$! «£>ier l)at 9Jiemanb ba$ dttfy, fyereinju* 
treten, ate Saint Sean 8 /' 

So fyaitet mic$ einen Slugenblicf fur (Saint Scan, uerfefete 
ber 2)o(metfc^. 

„2)aju gefyort eine gute* ©nbilbungSfraft. Seiner 10 
gn>ei madden no$ nictyt einen, tt>ie 3f)r feib. Sntfernt (Sud) !" 

#err ©raf, 3f)r ijabt eine grofe ©aie fcom «£)immel 
empfangen, unb an bie appefltre ic§. 

„3l)r benft mir ju fd^meid^eln ! ©laubt nictyt, baf e$ 
Suc$ geiingen tterbe." 

3f)r tjabt bie grofe ©abe, £err ©raf, auc^ in Slugen* 
Widen ber ?eibenf<$aft, in Slugenbiidfen be$ 3oxn$ bie ©efm* 
nungen 2lnbcrer anjufjorcn. 

G. b. 5 



*G6 2lu3 memcm Seben. 

„2Boljl, rootyl! 93on ©efinnungen if* eben Me 9tebe, 
bie i# ju lange angetyott l)abe r 3$ toeif nur ju gut, ba<j 
man un$ l)ier nid&t debt, baf un$ biefe 33urget fd&eel anfeljn 1 ." 

Wfyam 

,,ee^rtrieleKSBa$! biefe ©tabter, 9teic$*flabtet toollen 
fie fein 1 ? 3^rcit itaifcr fyxben fie tt>al)fen unb ftonen feljen, 
unb toemubiefer, ungered&t angegriffen, feme Member ju 
aerlieten, unb einem Ufurpator 8 ju unterliegen ©efaljt lauft, 
ttenn.er g(udf(ic$ertt>eife getreue Sllltirtc finbet, bie ifjr ©elb, 
'-ifc&lut ju fetnem SBort^eil ttewenben, fo tt>ollen fie bie 
geringe/Saji nid&t ttagen, bie ju iljrem $l)eil 4 fie trifft, baf 
ber 34eic$$feinb 6 gebemiitljtgt toerbc." 

greUid^ fennt 3^r biefe ©efinnungen fc$on lange unb 
fyabt fie ate em roeifer 9Rann gebulbet; auty iji e3 nur bie 
geringere ^atji 6 . SBenige, ttetblenbet 7 butd& bte glanjenben 
(Sigenfd&aften be$ geinbeS, ben 3l)t ja felbji ate einen aujjer* 
orbentlicfcen SJiann fdfc&fct, twnige nur, 3l)r n>ijjt e$ ! 

„ 3a n>of)I ! ju lange (jabe . t$ e$ gettmf t unb gebulbet, 
fonft Ij&tte btefet ft# nic$t unter jianben 8 , mtr in ben be* 
beutenbjien Slugenblitfen fold&e 33eleibigungen in$ ©eftctyt ju 
fagen. S3 mogen fein, fo &iel ifyrer toollen 9 , fie foKen in 
biefem iljrem fuljnen Steprafentanten gejiraft toerben unb fi$ 
merfen l0 , tt>a$ fie ju ertoarten tyaben." 

ftur Sluffdjub, £ert ©raf ! 

„3n getoiffen SHngen farm man nid&t ju gefd&toinb »er* 
fasten." 

•ftur einen furjen STuffd^ub ! 

„ 9tad&bar u !. 3f)r benft mi$ ju einem falfd&en ©d&ritt M 
ju tterlelten ; e$ foK @u$ ntd&t gelingen." 

SBeber fcerleiten tt>tU ic$ @u# ju einem falfd&en ©d&ritt, 
nod) fcon einem falfd&en jurucf tyalten ; Suer Sntfd&luji ift 



2)ritte* 33ud). 67 

gercd&t : er gejiemt 1 bem gfranjofen, bem # onigSlieutenant ; 
aber bebenft, baf 3f)r aucty ®raf Sljorane feib. 

„35er Ijat Ijier ntctyt mitjufored&en V 

5Ran follte ben bra&en 9ttann 3 bod& auc$ tyoren. 

„ SRun, tt>a$ ; nnirbe . er benn fagen ? " 

#err tf imigStieutenant ! nnirbe er fagen, 3$r tyabt 
lange mit fo ttiet bunflen 4 , ummttigen, nngefd^irften SJlcn* 
fdjen, ©ebulb gefyabt, toenn fie e6 @ud& nur nid&t gar ju ar$ 
marten 6 . 2)iefer ljat'3 freitid) fetyr arg gemad&t; aber 
aennnnt e$ uber @u$ c , $err itomgStieutenant ! unb jebcv - 
mamt'ttrirb @u$ be$tt>egen toben unbpreifen. 

„3fyr nrift, baft ic$ Sure *Poffen 7 manc^mal letben fann ; 
aber mifjbrauc^t ni<#t mein 2Boi)ttt>ollen. 2)iefe SDtenfd&en, 
finb fie benn ganj tterbtenbet 8 ? $htttn nrir bie ©d&ladbt 
fcerloren, in biefem SlugenbtidE tt>a$ Mrbe ifyr gd&icffat fein ? 
2Bir fd&lagen un$ bis ttor bie $l)ore, tt>ir fperren bie ©tabt, 
tt)ir fatten, ttrir fcertljeibigen un$, urn .unfere Sietirabe 9 ubcr 
bie Srucf e ju becfen. ©laubt 3f)r, baf ber ftemb bie #<mbc 
in ben ©c$ooj* gelegt I)&tte 10 ? @r nnrft ©ranaten unb n>a$ 
er bet ber «£>anb u l)at, unb fie junben, tt>o fie I onnen. Dicfer 
«£>au$beftfcer ba, tt>a$ toitt er 12 ? 3n biefen 3immern ftier 
plafcte 18 je<jt ttoljl cine fteuetfugel, unb' eine anbere folgte 
l)interbrein ; in biefen 3itttmern, beren flermatebeite 14 *Pefing* 
Xfytttn itf) gefd^ont, mic$ genirt Ijabe, meine Sanbfarten 
nidjt " aufjunageln ! 2)en ganjen £ag 16 patten fie auf ben 
ffnieen liegen foUen." 

SBie ttieie fyaben ba$ getfyan ! 

„©ie fatten foflen ben ©egen fur un$ erfteljen, ten 
©eneraten unb Dfficieren mit (Styrcn* unb greubenjeid&cn, 
ben ermatteten ©emetnen mit (Srquidfung entgegen geljcn. 
Slnfiatt bejfen serbtrbt mir ber ®ift 17 biefe* *Parteigeifie$ bie 

5—2 



68 2lud meinem Seben. 

fdjonfien, glucfiic^jien, bur# fo t>ict ©orgen unb 2tnfiren> 
gungen ertoorbenen Sfugenbttdfc meined Sebend ! " 

@d ifi ein *|?arteigeift ; aber 3l)r tterbet ifjn burd) bic 
Sefirafung biefed 9Ranned nur wmeljren. 2)ie mit il)m 
©leidjgefinnten toerben (Sufi) aid einen 2^rannen, ate cinen 
SBarbaren audfdjreien * ; fie tterben it)xi ate cincn SRarfyrer 
betracbten, bet fur bie gutc ©a<$e gelitten l)at; unb felbft 
Me anberd ©efinnten, bie jefct feine ©egner ftnb, tterben in 
ibm nur ben SRitburger feljen, toerben if)n bebauern unb, 
intern fie @ud) 9?ec$t geben, bennocty finben, bafi 3l)r ju fyart 
wrfafyren feib. 

n 3$ Ijabe @u<$ fctyon ju lange angeljort ; mac$t, bajj 3f)r 
fortfommt ! " 

©o Ijort nur noc§ biefed! Sebenft, bafi ed bad liners 
fyortefie ift, tt>a$ biefem SDtanne, tt?a6 biefer ftamilie begegnen 
fonnte. 3ljr fyattet nictyt Urfad&e, fcon bem guten SBiHen bed 
4?audf)errn erbaut* ju fein; aber bie #audfrau ifi alien 
(Suren SBunfctyen^uttorgefommen 8 , unb bie Jtinber Ijaben @ud) 
ate iljren Dfjeim betrac^tet 4 . Sttit biefem einjigen ©ctylag 
twrbet 3ljr ben grieben unb bad ©lucf biefer SBofjnung auf 
ettng jerftoren. 3a, i<$ fann" rooljl fagen, eine 33ombe, bie 
hid $aud gefaflen tt)5re, tufirbe nid)t grojjere SBewmfiungen 
barin angerictytet fyaben. 3d) Ijabe @uc$ fo oft fiber (Sure 
gaffung bettmnbert 5 , #err ©raf; gebt mir biedmal ©elegen* 
l)eit, Ghitf) anjubeten 6 . Gin ffrieger ifi efjrtourbig, ber fid) 
felbft in geinbed #aud aid einen ©afifreunb betrad&tet ; fyier 
ift fein geinb, nur ein 93erirrter. ©etoinnt ed ubcr (Bud), 
unb ed toirb @u<$ ju etoigem Stuljme gereictyen ! 

„ 2)ad mujjte nmnberlic^ jugetyen," t>erfcfcte ber ©raf mit 
einem S&c^cln. 

9?ur ganj natfirficfy ewieberte ber $ofmetfd&er. 3d) 



Sritted 33ud&. 69 

1)abe Me Srau, bic tfinber nid&t ju @uren gufen gefcfyirft : 
benn idfo tt>eif, baj$ Su$ foldfoe ©cenen t>erbrteplid^ finb ; aber 
itf) tviU @u# bie $rau, bie SEinber fctyilbern, tt>ie fie @ud) 
banfen: idf) ttrill fie (Sud) fd^ilbern, n>ie fie fi# jeitfebend son 
bem Sage ber ©d&ladjt bet Sergen unb son (Surer ©rofjmuti) 
an biefem Sage unterfjalten, tx>ie fte.ed iftnbem unb 5?tnbe& 
finbem erjaljlen unb au<$ gremben iljr Sntereffe fur (Snd) 
etnjuflSfen toifferi: etne ^anblung biefer 2lrt fann nid;t 
untergeljen ! 

„3ijr trefft metne fc$n>ac$e ©eite nid&t 1 , 2)olmetfc$er. 2(n 
ben 9?a#rul)m pfteg' id) nicfyt ju benfen, ber iji fur Slnbere, 
nid^t fur mid); aber im Slugenblidf red^t ju tljun, metne 
$fK$t ntd&t ju tterfaumen, meiner Sljre nictytd ju fcergeben, 
bad tfi meine ©orge. 2Bir fyaben fc^on ju \>iel SBorte ge* 
mad)t ! jefct ge^t fyin — unb lap t (Bud) son ben Unbanfbaren 
banfen, bie id) wrfd&one!" 

- £er 2)olmetf(fy burcty biefen unertoartet 2 (fludflid&en Slud* 
gang uberrafcfyt unb betwgt, fonnte fic§ ber $l)ranen nicfyt 
entljalten 8 unb tooflte bem ©rafen bie £anbe fuffen; ber 
®raf nried iljn ab unb fagte ftreng unb ernji : „ 3ljr ttri|5t, baj* 
id) bergleid&en ni#t leiben fann ! " Unb mit biefen SBortcn 
trat er auf * ben SSorfaal, urn bie anbrtngenben ©efd^Sfte ju 
beforgen unb bad Segeljren fo fcieler toartenben 5Kenfc§en ju 
tternefymen. ©0 toarb bie ©a#e beigelegt, unb tt>ir feierten 
ben anbern SDtorgen, bei ben Ueberbleibfeln ber geftrigen 
3ucfergefc$enfe, bad SBorubcrgefyen eined Uebeld, beffen 2fa* 
broken tt>ir gludflicty fcerfd&lafen 6 fatten. 

Di ber 2)olmetfc$ toitflid^ fo toeife geforod&en, ober ob er 
fidfo bie Scene nur fo audgemalt, nrie man ed tooljl nadfo einer 
guten unb gludflid&en £anbtung ju tl)un pftegt, toill id) ni$t 
entfd&etben ; toentfljiend §at er bei SBiebererjafylung berfelben 



70 2lu6 mcinem Seben. 

nkmate variirt 1 . Oenug, biefer Sag bfinftc il)m, fo tt>ic bet 
forgenvollfte, fo anct) ber glorreid&jk feineS 8eben6. 

3)er ifonigSlieutenant ttofjnte no# immer in unferm 
4?aufe. @r tyatte fein SBetragen in ntd^t6 gcanbert, befonberS 
gcgcn un6 ; aflein e$ tt>ar mertticfy unb bcr ©chatter 33oI* 
metf$ ttwjjte e$ un$ noc§ beutlic^er gu mac^en, bafj cr fein 
Sfuit ni$t meljr mit bcr #eitcrfeit, nic$t meljr mit bcm @ifcr 
vcrvoattete »tc anfangS, obgleic$ immer mit berfelben $lttf)U 
fdjaffenljeit unb Xxtut. ©ein 2Befen unb Setragen, ba$ 
efyer ctncn ©panier ate cincn ftrangofen anfunbigte*, fcinc 
itounen, bie boc$ mttunter (SinjTu^ auf etn ©efd^Sft fatten, 
feinc Unbicgfamfeit gcgcn bie Umjianbe, fcine Steigbarfeit 
gcgen 2ltte$, \va$ fcine $erfon obcr Sljarafter 8 beruljrte, biefeS 
gufammen modfjte iljn bo$ gmocilen mit fcincn SSorgefefcten 
in SonfUct bringen. «$icgu tarn nocfy bafj cr in cincm 2)uell, 
n>elc$c$ fi# im ©d&auftiel entfoonnen Ijatte, verttmnbet 
nmrbe unb man bcm JtonigStteutcnant ubel naljm, baf cr 
felbji cine Verponte 4 ^anblung ate oberfler ^oligeimcijier 5 
bcgangcn. Silled biefe$ mo#te, ttne gefagt, baju beitragen, 
baj? er in ftc§ gegogner 6 Icbtc unb Ijier unb ba ^iellcic^t toeni* 
gcr energifcty verfuljr. 

@r verfiejj bie ©tabt unb erljielt ,ftufentt>eife T noc§ ver* 
fcfyiebene Sljargen 8 , boc§ n>ie man ^>6rte f nictyt gu fcincr 
3ufriebenfyeit. Sr Ijatte inbej* bad 93ergriugen, bie fo cmfig 
von iljm beforgten (Scmfilbe in bcm ©<$(offe feincS ©rubers 
gludflic$ angebrad&t gu feljen, fd^ricb einigemale, fenbetc 
N JJiaaj$e unb liej* von ben oben genannten itiinftlcrn 33er* 
fcfyiebeneS nad&arbeitcn. (Snblid^ vernaljmcn ttrir nic§t$ tt>citcr 
von iljm, aujjer ba£ man un$ natf) meljreren 3af)rcn ver* 
fidjern toolite, er fci in SBefMnbien, auf elner bcr frango* 
fifc^en X olonieen, aid ©ouvcrncur gejiorben. 



NOTES. 



Title. 

The motto prefixed by Goethe to his autobiography is derived from 
the fragments of Menander, a Greek comic poet who flourished in the 
second half of the fourth century B.C. (see Comic.gr, fragm. ed.Meineke 
IV « 35 2 ); Hugo Grotius, a famous Dutch scholar of the seventeenth 
century, has thus expressed this line in a Latin verse : nude eruditur 
Hit qui non vapulat It should of course be understood here in a wider 
sense as applied to the 'sweet uses of adversity'. 

I have followed the example of Mr G. H. Lewes in adding Goethe's 
well-known lines as an appropriate motto of the experiences of his boy- 
hood. 

ba« $u$ren=bte Burning, 'the guidance'; compare the phrase, tv 
futytt cin guirt Sefcen, he leads a good life. 

lit 8to$natur is a compound far more expressive than lit fro$e Statue 
would be; it denotes a cheerful, merry temper. — The dim. 9ftiittcrct>eh 
expresses affection. Though in the record of his life Goethe speaks of 
his father much oftener than of his mother, it is well known that he 
cherished and loved his mother with much greater affection. It may 
almost be said that the elaborate description he gives of his father's 
manners and intentions conveys an impression as if Goethe in his later 
years, when he came to write his life, endeavoured to do justice to a 
father whose severe and austere rule had been distasteful to the im- 
petuous boy. 

fafcultren, lit. 'to invent fables', is used in a wider sense of poeti; 
invention. 



72 GOETHE S BOYHOOD, [Bk. I. 



Page i. 

i. rati fcem ©focfenftyfage 3n>olf, when the clock was just striking 
twelve; precisely at 12 o'clock. 

2. We say both auf and in fcie SBcIt fommen. — We may add that 
Goethe's parents had been married on Tuesday, the 20th August, 1748, 
when his father was thirty -nine, and his mother eighteen years old. 

3. The sentence begins with the general pronoun man, but goes on 
in the pronoun of the first person plural, hrir. Though it would, per- 
haps, have been preferable to say at once tt>enn hrir un6 erinnern toottcn, 
we should observe that Goethe varies his style in this manner in more 
than one passage, and there is indeed a certain ease, if we may say so, 
a grata neglegentia, in this construction which does not disgrace a great 
Writer. 

4. in einen %aU fommen, to come into a position. 

5. anftyaum means 'to behold', to look at something with much 
attention; hence the adj. anftyauticty, that which becomes quite clear 
on ocular inspection, lucid; et $at unS tie @a<$e tntt met 3lnf<$auftc$fctt 
auftctnanbet gefefet, he has explained the subject with much lucidity, very 
clearly. Slnftyauente <Srrfa$rung may, therefore, be translated by ' direct 
experience'. 

6. o$ne$in, as it is, after all. 

7. burd^efcroc^en, * broken through'; doors had been broken through 
the intervening middle wall, and the two adjoining houses had thus 
been thrown into one. Observe the difference between burc$btec$en (v. 
trans., i<$ Breeze bur4 in the original, mechanical sense) and t>ur$Brec$en 
(k$ luttyhv&fyt which is used metaphorically) ; the first forms the past 
participle but$ae&ro<$en, the second butc$bwc$en, though this may also 
be formed from butc$fcrec$en ; e.g. Grimm explains the present passage 
in his Worterb. 2, 1592 by adding man ^attt fcie SBanbe burctyfcrotyen, arid 
ib. 159 1 he quotes from Goethe: fcie tefcte SRauerecfe butc$bwc$en jcigt cinen 
anmut$ig Befcjjatteten Sttajienftfc, 'an aperture broken (made) in the farthest 



Bk. I.] NOTES. 73 

edge of the wall shows a pleasant seat shaded by acacia-trees'. But it 
is only possible to say, cr f)at aUt ©<$ranfen Ui 2lnftanfce* burtyftroctyeii, 'he 
has broken through all restraints of decency', because this is metaphori- 
cal ; and again, in the reflective, the only possible form is t>ur$geBro($cn, 
e. g. ter $te& f)at fi$ feur$ge&roc$cn, * the thief has broken out.' 

8. tijttroiartig, lit. 'tower- like' ; the stair-case was spiral, as is often 
the case in towers. 

9. unjufammen^Angenb, 'disconnected', Le. the rooms were not on 
the same level. 

10. aiiSgleictyen, lit. 'to make even 1 , is often used metaphorically of 
'smoothing over* a difficulty or 'remedying* a defect. 

11. cine ifingere @<$toej**t: Goethe's sister Cornelia, who will be 
mentioned again below, was born on Dec. 7, 1750; she married a 
clergyman, Schlosser, in 1773 (Lewes b. in ch. 4) and died in 1777 
(ib.'b. IV ch. 6); in 1779 Goethe, who was then travelling with his 
friend Karl August, Duke of Saxe- Weimar, visited her grave at 
Emmendingen (ib. b. v ch. 3). She was a gentle creature, and very 
dear to the poet's heart. 

12. weitUuftig, very extensive, spacious. In this word the t before 
the suffix is not justifiable on etymological grounds, and indeed the more 
correct form remains toeittAufig; but besides Goethe, such writers as 
Klopstock, Lessing, Wieland, and others have used the form with 
the t. 

13. (SHttertoetf, lit. 'framework'; (Sitter is, perhaps, more frequently 
used of an iron trellis-work, an iron gate. There is also another form, 
@atter, which evidently approaches the English gate. 

14. afogettauer, 'bird-cage'. The word Bautt (commonly m. % less 
correctly n.) is the same as the E. bower: M.H.G. der Mr, A.S. 
bdr, in Gothic probably bdurs, from the verb bduan 'to build'. It will 
thus be seen that the word originally denotes a kind of aviary, in which 
the birds can build their nests. 

15. 'In one corner of the hall there is a kind of lattice, opening by 
an iron or wooden grating upon the street This is called the Gerams 
etc.' Lewes, Life of G. b. I ch. 1. This peculiar Southern word 
consists of the common prefix ge + 9ia$men 'a frame'; v. Loeper quotes 
the cognate words CfengetAmft (from Kurz) and (Eifentreml (from £. 
Auerbach). 

16. tefen is used in the sense commonly borne by the compounds 
belefm, au«fcfcn, 'to pick*. 



74 GOETHE S BOYHOOD. [Bk. I. 

1 7. tin f&btt$c6 9nfe$en, a southern look ; the streets then resembled 
the streets of a southern town, where much business is transacted out- 
side and in the open air, while in northern towns all is limited to 
indoor life. 

18. m ftci fityten, to feel free and easy. 

Page 1. 

1. IteB genunnen, to become fond of some one. — gar is more collo- 
quial and affectionate than fe|r. 

2. €>c$utt$eif denotes the highest magistrate of the city — of the 
dignity itself we shall hear more below. The word is a genuine old 
Teutonic term, derived from ©<$ulfc (O.H.G. scult) and Jhe verb 
ytijitn, orig. one who orders that duties be fulfilled. 

3. In £. we should say, 'in whose house we properly dwelt', or 
rather 'whose house it properly was in which we dwelt*. Comp. 
the phrase Bet 3emanben jut 3Riet$e wotynen, 'to rent a house (or tene- 
ment) of some one'. — Goethe's grandmother, Cornelia, was 81 years 
old at the time of the birth of our hero. 

4. finten $inau6, looking towards the back. 

5* $in is, strictly speaking, unnecessary, but it enforces the meaning 
of bt* much in the same way as usque does that of ad. 

6. gteictyfam, as it were, if I may say so. 

7. ^oget is more than 'thin' or 'spare 1 ; it means 'tall and thin' 

8. $irf$gta&en, not 'Stag-Ditch*, but rather 'Stag-Foss', <8rabtn 
meaning the 'moat defensive of a town'. This old moat had been dried 
up in 1333, and converted into a kind of park, in which deer were 
kept. The custom mentioned by Goethe was abandoned about the year 
1556. 

9. 'We wished to get an explanation of this expression.' 

1 a untertyaltcn, to keep, maintain. Observe the omission of the 
verb fettn or n>Arcn. 

11. (etoatyren, to preserve. The technical expression for this is, 
however, ' y egen\ 

12. lai £&fommen, the tradition, custom. 

13. Observe the full form of the past participle, instead of which it 
would, however, be more common to say verfpcifi. The verb vcrfrcifeii 
means to eat deliberately and in a dignified manner, while eflen is the 
same process in its everyday aspect. 



Bk. I.] NOTES. 75 

14. bum is in reality a mere expletive; we may, however, translate 
'thus, therefore'. 

15. mnn au$, even if, though. 

16. 3agbbefugnif , right of chase. 

17. Mtfummern, to injure, to spoil; from &uiumer,< sorrow, grief. 

18. tooffi gar, it might be, even. x 

19. cine ja^me 2Btfbba$n, a park of tame deer. (The 'Zoological 
Gardens' opened at Frankfort-on-the-Maine in 1856 may now be said 
to fulfil this desideratum.) 

20. It is, perhaps, more usual to say, ju unftrcn 3eiteu or in unfere? 
3eit. 

Page 3. 

z. The boy was fond of this room, because it awakened in his 
breast longings (<5e$nfuc$t) for the open country that could be espied 
from it. 

2. ©ommerSjeit is a somewhat rare employment of the accusative, 
instead of gut @ommer§eit (omitting also the * in the compound). Sanders 
( Worterb.) quotes from Bahrdt (a writer of the eighteenth century) : nur 
©ommerSjeit ttmtben fte auf ben freien $la$ gcfu^rt, ' only in summer-time 
were they led out into the open space* ; and from Zinkgraff (17th cen- 
tury): tin @c$aft gieng ffiintetSjett fiber tie ®afj, 'a roguish fellow was 
walking across the road in winter-time*. 

3. ein ©emitter £bwarten, to wait until a thunder-storm is over. ab» 
in the compound means ' to the end'. 

4. ftc$ an tfmai fatt fe$en, to look one's fill at something, to satisfy 
one's self with looking at something. 

5. n>anbeln=uifrn>anbetn, to walk (pace) up and down (for the sake of 
enjoyment and recreation). 

6. beforgen is said emphatically of ' tending' the flowers. 

7* fi$ ergefcen, ' to enjoy oneself, is now commonly both spelt and 
pronounced with an instead of e ; but we have thought it right to 
preserve Goethe's own mode of spelling, which is, moreover, borne out 
by etymological reasons. 

8. The student will do well to observe that Goethe is fond of using 
the neuters of adjectives instead of abstract nouns — which is indeed 
a peculiarity of the German language as well as of the Greek 
(t6 xakov, boi e^Bne, which Lord Lytton ventured to translate 'the 



76 ' GOETHE S BOYHOOD. [Bk. I. 

beautiful'.) — ba« StynungSwtte means a tendency towards presenti- 
ments, a presaging mind. 

9. tie golgt = bu Sotgcjeit, is especially used in the phrase we have in 
the text The citations in Grimm's Worterb, 3, 1873 show how fond 
Goethe was of this word. 

10. bet $rofpect, here 'the view*. 

11. fcer SBotcr is more stately because less usual, than mctn 
35ater. 

1 a. tin @ti$ means 'an engraving'. 

13. Storgftnger, 'predecessor'; but 'successor* is Slatyfotget. There 
is no word Sftactygftnger; a similar word, 9la$tretcr, denotes a servile 
imitator, who follows in the track of another. 

14. 'The Roman painter Giambattista Piranesi (or Piraneze) pub- 
lished a splendid work Le Antickita Romarie (Rome 1756, 4 vols, fol.) 
with the designs of IJoman buildings and monuments, and with explana- 
tions of them.' Von Loeper. Piranesi, a celebrated architect and 
engraver, was a native of Venice, but resided at Rome during the 
greater part of his life. 'He was remarkable for a bold and free style 
of etching... he worked with such rapidity and diligence, that the magni- 
tude and number of his plates almost exceed belief, and they are 
executed with a spirit and genius which are altogether peculiar to him... 
Antic hitd. Romane comprised in 2 18 plates of atlas paper, commencing 
by a topographical view of ancient Rome, made out from the fragments 
of a most curious antique plan of the city found in the pavement of the 
temple of Romulus, and now preserved in the museum at the Capitol,... 
The exact time of his death we have not been able to learn, but it is 
supposed to have happened in, or near, the year 1780.' From the 
Biographical Dictionary (1798), vol. XII p. 243— 245, where 12 great 
works of Piranesi are enumerated. 

15. ft<$ auf tttoai verfieyen, to be skilful in something. These men 
were masters of perspective and architecture. 

16. 9fcabel=9tabirnabcl, etching-needle. The etchings of these 
masters were very clear and valuable, i.e. they were valuable on account 
of being so very clear and distinct. 

17. The Piazza delPopolo ('Place of the People') is a large open 
place at Rome, at the foot of the Monte Pincio. From this place three 
streets diverge, which are among the most frequented of modern Rome, 
especially the Corso and the Strada Ripttta. 



Bk. I.] NOTES. 77 

1 8. Coliseo is the "modem appellation of the immense amphitheatre 
erected by the emperor Vespasian (70 — 79 a. d.). Now 

A ruin — yet what ruin! from its mass 

Walls, palaces, half-cities, have been reared; 

Yet oft the enormous skeleton we pass, 

And marvel where the spoil could have appear'd. 

These words of Byron's (Childe Harold iv 143) contain an allusion to 
the fact that Pope Paul II. employed the stones of the Coliseo for erect- 
ing part of the Palazzo di Venezia at Rome ; in the same barbarous 
manner, the ruins of the Coliseo were despoiled for the erection of the 
present Palazzo Farnese and of the Cancellaria. In the middle ages, 
these extensive ruins served as a kind of quarry for the feudal nobles of 
Rome — and after all these spoliations they are still immense ! 

19. tie (Peter*fir4e, St Peter's Church at Rome, the most important 
monument of the architectural style of the Renaissance, commenced 
under Pope Nicolas V. in the middle of the fifteenth century according 
to a design by Rossellini, recommenced in 1506 under the direction of 
Donato Bramante, and then after various interruptions finished by 
Michel Angelo and his successors, though the present immense building 
was not completed before the 1 7th century, the last parts having been 
carried out by Bernini in a very doubtful taste. 3)er $etettyta$ is in 
front of the church. The proudest Church of Roman Catholicism may 
at the same time be said X.o have not a little contributed to the Reforma- 
tion, inasmuch as Luther's indignation was roused by the impudent and 
impious manner, in which the indulgences granted by Leo X. were sold 
and hawked about in Germany by a monk of the name of Tetzel — the 
profits of which shameless traffic were to go towards the erection of 
St Peter's Church. 

10. fcie ©ngcWBurg, Castel San Angelo. the modern name of the vast 
structure originally erected by the emperor Hadrian (117 — 138) as his 
sepulchre; in the middle ages it served as a kind of stronghold for the 
Popes in their numerous feuds with the Roman nobles and citizens, and 
was finally converted into its present shape under the direction of the 
architect Giuliano da San Gallo {di fiartolo), who had also a certain 
share in the erection of St Peter's Church. The name is derived from 
the figure of the angel loftily surmounting the whole fabric 

ii, lafonifty, laconic, originally denoting the brevity and tersenes* 
of expression peculiar to the Lacedaemonians (AcUwves). The well- 



78 GOETHE S BOYHOOD. [Bk. I. 

known Greek writer Plutarch (second century after Christ) has left us 
a collection of such 'Laconic' sayings. 

22. ©cfaHigfeti, 'kindness'. Grt t$ui tmr. tic* ja ©efatten, he does 
this to please me, as a favour. 

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1. oitfgefytfxtycit, 'pronounced'; the German bearing all the different 
shades of meaning of the English word. 

2. Retortion denotes the careful and detailed correction and elabora* 

» 

tion of an original rough sketch, ftefeactcnr is in German frequently 
used to denote the editor of a newspaper or journal. —We may add 
that Goethe's father had travelled in Italy in 1740. 

3. $efrw«fe, 'one book after the other'. $«ft is a number of sheets 
stitched together (jufamimn ge$eftet); hence <$efit is often used in the 
sense of the French cahier, 'a copy-book', and for the numbers of a 
publication (livraison, SUfcrung). 

4. The German editor v. Loeper observes that no Italian teacher 
of that name has hitherto been traced by the Frankfort scholar?, who 
have been very careful in their investigations concerning this period. 
But I should suspect that Giovinazzi was merely the 'sobriquet* by 
which the merry old man was known in the Goethe family: 'a youth'. 

5. Instead of fcaran, it would perhaps have been more usual to say 
tabti. 

6. ft$ tantemen ttmaS gu t$uit means that you must needs do some- 
thing for certain considerations which you would not have done of your 
own free will. 

7. Goethe has preferred the foreign expression to the German 
ftrgteiteti, which we use in the same sense. 

8. Goethe alludes to a stanza by Metastasio, a famous and fertile 

Italian poet of the 18th century (born at Rome Jan. 6, 1698, died 

April 12, 1782), who wrote many opera-books. The stanza is as 

follows — 

Solitario, o bosco ombroso, 

A te vien T afflitto cor, 

Per trovar qualche riposo 

Nel silenzio e nell' orror. 

'O shady bushes, to your solitude comes the sad heart, to find some 
rest in your silence and in your awe.' This was a favourite song of the 
period. 



Bk. I.] NOTES. 79 

9. By means of the suffix tyaft we form adjectives denoting tendency, 
bent, inclination : *te$r$aft, inclined to teach, of a didactic nature ; IcB^aft, 
inclined to live, lively, vivid, etc. 

10. Goethe means that his father had not much real work to do, 
and was therefore glad to find an occupation to fill up his time. 

n. toiffcn denotes the theoretic, and vmnogcn the practical side of 
his accomplishments. 

12. notyburftig, 'just enough for urgent necessity'; she acquired just 
enough to satisfy her husband's expectations, not a whit more. 

13. bie Sretjlunbe, leisure-hour, leisure-time. ' 

14. $intAngftc$, 'sufficient'; eft fangt means 'it suffices, it will do'. 

15. Compare the Latin phrase finis coronat opus. 

16. H&uWcnftrict, 'puppet-show'. We have still many of the puppet- 
plays that used to be exhibited on the stages of these theatres : they have 
been collected by Carl Engel, Deutsche Puppenkoniodien^ Oldenburg, 
Schulze. ($PtW by itself means 'a doll'.) It may be interesting to 
know that the beaux restes of the $uM>enfiriel which the good grandmother 
presented to her .grandsons, at Christmas, 1753 — the last she lived to see 
— are still to be seen among the curiosities of the Public Library at 
Frankfort-on-the-Maine. 

1 7. nac$f tingen denotes the weaker vibrations of the sound, after the 
chief tone has passed away. The use of the prep, in with the ace. is 
peculiar, to denote the result into which the sounding is finally resolved. 
A very free, but still not an incorrect translation would be 'which con- 
tinued to vibrate with a great and lasting effect'. (Oxenford). 

18. ba$ fhimme (JJerfonat, 'the mute (speechless) personages' are the 
dolls {mariotiettes), by means of which the plays are acted. Observe 
that $erfonat, being a foreign word, is pronounced with the accent on the 
last syllable. 

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1. bramatiftye SBerefomg, 'dramatic vivification'; by being employed 
for acting, a kind of life was breathed into the 'lifeless actors' of the 
puppet-show. 

2. muftc should be translated with an adverbial expression ('of 
necessity, of course'), and the infin. fein should become the finite verb. 

3. Frau Cornelia Goethe was born in 1668, and died on March 28, 
1754, about three months after she had so greatly rejoiced her grand- 



So GOETHE S BOYHOOD. [Bk. I. 

children's hearts by her last Christmas present, at the advanced age of 
86 years. 

4. SBftycibtit is (like 'departure') an euphemism for 'death*. 

5. * My father had abstained from making even the very slightest 
change or renovation.' We have heard before that the house belonged 
by right to the grandmother during her life-time. 

6. $aupttau, here: a great building design, a sweeping scheme of 
building. In other places, the word means ' the principal part of a 
building*. 

7. ttxoaS veniremen, to take a matter in hand. In this sense we say 
also, etoa* in Hngriff ne$men. 

8. It should be observed that in mtf)xntn atten ©ttetrn means in 
compluribus antiquis urbibits* 'in several (many) old cities'; in pluribut 
(' in more*) would be in mc$t alien Stattcn. 

9. ' Whenever people erected wooden structures.' 

10. Instead of this, Goethe might have used the German word fltaum. 

11. It would be more correct to say @t0&werfcn. ©it ®tode means 
'the sticks', but the oblique cases may also, though rarely, be used in 
the sense of ' stories '. 

12. upttoauen, to build so that part of the building projects into the 
street. This is afterwards called ^ttauixudtn. 

13. twin is a mere expletive; cf. p. 2, 14. 

14. fcefonbet* qualifies the adiective cnge: 'streets which were es- 
pecially narrow'. 

'5» ftngftUc^ commonly means 'anxious'; here, however, it should 
be understood in an active sense = angfUu$ ma^cnb or oeftngfHgcnfc 'narrow- 
ing up', 'oppressive'. 

16. cin (Skfrft gctyt fcurcf), a bill (law) is passed. 

17. toon ©nmb auf, futtditus, 'from the foundations'. 

18. There are still many old houses of this description to be seen 
at Frankfort-on-the-Maine. 

19. fi$ urn erwa* befummern, to trouble one's head about, care for, 
something. Urn ttruai Bcforgt fcin, which follows directly, expresses the 
same notion. 

40. autfui<$t (or BuSwcg) denotes an expedient (evasion) by which 
something unpleasant is avoided. 

71. untetftufcen is here used in its original sense 'to prop up, to 
underprop'; but it has more frequently the metaphorical sense ' to help, 
aid, assist'. Hence the subst. Unterjiuftung (fern.), 'assistance'. 



Bk. I.] NOTES. 8 1 

11. einftyaften, to insert. 

13. getotffermafen, 'in a manner', is used as an adverb, though it is 
originally a genitive plural. 

14. gawj is the adverb ' totally*. If it were adj., it ought to be ganje. 

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1. b«tf £e<$mf$c=bie te$mf$e ©ette, * the technicalities'. 

I. wentg crfrculic^, 'not at all pleasant'. 

3. bet @ang, 'the passage' (in a building). 

4. bte$«tfe, 'the hatchet*. * 

5. Bimmermann, 'carpenter', still preserves in its first part the 
original meaning of dimmer ^timber. The same appears in the verb 
jimmmt. 

6. von bee 3ugenb=voii unS fttngen £eut$en, 'by the young people'. 
3ugenb is used as an abstract, a concrete, and a collective noun. 

7. ©pietomm, lit. 'space for playing'; they were allowed to play 
about more freely and were not confined so strictly as before. 

8. f<$aufeln, 'to swing'; hence 'a swing' is called erne &tyauUX. 

9. ft<$ auf Srettern §u ftynringen, ' to play at see-saw with the boards'. 
(O.) 

10. aotragen, lit. 'to carry away' (e.g. dishes from the table); then 
in general 'to remove'. 

II. otyngeatytet is used as a kind of preposition, and joined with the 
genitive; it means 'notwithstanding, in spite of. 

11. uoergeftxrant is 'stretched over'; but u&erftxmnt has the meta- 
phorical sense of 'excited, exalti\ 

13. The carpets (Xtppxty) had been turned up and did the service of 
tarpawling. 

14. ooglety ungetn, though much against his wish, reluctantly — in 
Homeric phrase, iicdv dticorrl ye OvjjlQ. 

15. tvo^fooKenb, kind. 

16. tttoa.9 getoa^r toetben, to become aware of something; to become 
actually acquainted (familiar) with something. 

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1. immer freier, with ever increasing freedom. 
1. bet Qefyiete, a playfellow. The prefix ge* is, as usual, the same 
as co and con, 'he who plays with another'. 

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82 GOETHE S BOYHOOD. [Bk. I. 

3. tnit ettoaS aorgretfcn, to anticipate something. 

4. The present editor feels all the more interest in explaining the 
descriptions of Frankfort localities, as his own boyhood was spent in 
that city, and as these names remind him of many happy hours, and, 
above all, of his own school-time. 

5* The great bridge over the Maine, which connects Frankfort with 
the suburb of Sachsenhausen, was built in the year 1342; it rests on 
14 arches, is 945 feet long, and 27 \ feet broad. From it a splendid view 
up and down the river may be obtained. 

6. c«, i.e. baS SBautoerf ; it might also have been fir, sc. bie fBrudt, 

7. Observe the prepos. nacty, in place of which most Germans 
would probably have written auf. But Goethe means to express that 
the eyes of the beholder follow the course of the river, hence the river 
draws the eyes after it. 

8. Srutfenfreuj (a compound omitted in Grimm's Worterb)^ the 
cross erected on the bridge. The golden cock has occupied a place on 
the bridge ever since the earliest times, though it is difficult to settle 
what it is meant to indicate. It had been gilt anew in 1750, and has 
since then remained in the same state as when Goethe admired it. 

9. etn tfreujet is (or was) a small silver coin, worth \ of ,a penny. 
The name is derived from the cross which appeared on the earliest 
coins of this description, which were struck in the Tyrol in the 14th 
century. 

10* gat fce$agli<$, with very great enjoyment (S3e$agen). 

11. bet 2Bctnmatft is before St Leonard's gate, close to the Maine, 
so-called because wine was always sold and drunk there. 

12. bet Stvafyn, the crane, is seen on the ancient plans of Frankfort./ 

13. fca8 QJiarftftytff appears to have been a very primitive communi- 
cation by river with the cities of Hochst and Mayence. It has, of 
course, long since ceased to ply on the river. 

14. bet Bnatyof is still one of the most conspicuous buildings by the 
riverside. Lewis the Pious, who erected the original building, lived in 
it during the winter of 823, and Charles the Bald was born in it* The 
Carlovingian, Saxon and Hohenstaufen Emperors often resided in this 
palace, but in the 17th century it fell into private hands, and was 
magnificently rebuilt at the beginning of the 18th century. 

15. ©etoetbflabt, 'the merchant's town', the original and oldest part 
of the town in which most business is transacted even now, and in which 
the half-yearly fairs are held. 



Bk. L] NOTES. . 83 

16. SWarfttageS is the genitive of time, used adverbially, like Sbent*, 
SftorgcnS and many others. We might also say, an einem SRarfttage. 

1 7. St Bartholomew's is more commonly known as fcct 2>om. Part 
of the great tower (which had never been completed) and of the build- 
ing itself was seriously injured by a fire in August 1867. 

18. Slnftalt means in the first place 'arrangement', then also more 
commonly 'institution, establishment'; here we should translate it as 
equal in sense to SSetanftaltung, Ginric$tung, 'arrangement'. 

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1. ba« SPfarreifen denotes the part adjacent to the Dom on the town- 
side, where an iron gate appears to have once shut in the cemetery 
which originally surrounded the church. 

1. bet. JBafcen was an old coin = 4 tfteujet ; Grimm explains it 'num- 
mus ursi typum gerens\ from the bear which appeared on the earliest 
coins of this kind, struck at Berne. This coin is but very rarely seen 
nowadays. 

3. motytt man is not the same as fonnte man ; the little people did 
not often feel inclined to push their way through the crowded and dirty 
market-place. 

4. Stfciftybftnfe, shambles, meat-stalls. These stalls which excited 
Goethe's horror and disgust more than a hundred years ago, continued 
to disgrace the city of Frankfort a few years ago when I last visited it, 
nor do I doubt their still being there. We boys often passed them with 
much disgust on our way to school. 

5. fcct SRometberg, is a large place not far from the Maine, with the 
elegant Sfticolatftrctye on the south side, and the StSmer (or Townhall), in 
which there is also the Emperors' Hall (£atferfaal)~wirh the full-length 
portraits of all the German Emperors from Conrad I. down to Franz II. 
The name is most probably derived from the fact that the Roman 
Emperors of the German nation first presented themselves as such from 
the balcony of the 9l5mct. 

6. ©pajtctplatjt, a place for walking, a promenade. 

7. arctyitcrtontfcfy is the adv., which it would, however, be impossible 
to render in English by one word. We may translate: 'architecturally 
speaking', or 'in the way of architecture '. 

8. alt denotes the old city, such as it was founded originally. It 
was subsequently extended and enlarged. Hence we find in many 
German towns separate parts designated as SUtjtafct and Sftcuftabt. 

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84 GOETHE S BO YHOOD. [Bk. I. 

9. fcejei^nen, lit. 'to seive as a. token (3ei$en) of something'; hence, 
to define, designate. 

10. toeitepfin should be taken in its original local sense : 'farther on'. 

1 1. • All still showed (but) too plainly. ' 

12. fceiter and ftyoner are adverbs: 'the new streets which had been 
laid out so as to be broader and more beautiful'. 

13. bic SO&itffur, lit. 'arbitrariness'; personal fancy, caprice. 

14. In this phrase we commonly use the compound : Grinem (or cinnr 
©a$e) feinen Urfotttng wrbanfen. 

15. 9tat$$au6, 'TownhalT, hdtel de villc. The German name in- 
dicates that the City-Council (bet 9tat$) holds its meetings in the building. 

16. gen>dlfeAtynft$, 'vault-like'. Grin ©ettdtbe is a vaulted room or 
hall. 

17. The expression ftty vetfteten ('to lose one's way') is of course 
somewhat exaggerated instead of meandering or wandering about. 

18. Instead of the half-foreign compound, Goethe might have said 
^ifcungSjimmcr. But he seems to have preferred the pedantic appella- 
tion actually applied to the room at that time. 

19. getafett, 'panelled'. 

70. flBolfcung, vaulted (arched) ceiling. 

41. Goethe has quoted the inscription from mere recollection. It 
actually runs as follows : 

(Stynft man6 rcbbe tin $a!Be rebbe 
man fal fie tttti$ »er$&ten Bebe. 
' One man's speech is half a speech ; they should in justice both be 
heard.' The corresponding Latin maxim audiatuf et altera pars is 
well-known. 

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1. aftertyumti$ft, 'most antique'. 

i, SSettafcumg, lit. the 'over-panelling', the inseparable prefix Mr- 
being in many cases the same as 'over', both in sense and origin. 

3. fagteifen, to comprehend, understand. 

4. ftnfet £anb is an adverbial use of the genitive, =Xinf«, or gut 
ginfen, 'to the left'. Compare what follows directly afterwards. 

5. The more usual expression is, tie gegenu&et liegenbe <8&t. 

6. bet ®$offe (pi. bit ©ctyoffen) denotes a counsellor of plebeian origin, 
while the dtatfjfytxxtn were those of patrician origin. Both 'benches' 
were equal in number, fourteen each. Gtyoffe is an old German word, 



Bk. I.] NOTES. 85 

derived from the Old High German scafan ( = modern G. ftyaffcn), 'to 
award justice'. 

7. For ©c$utt$eif* see n. on p. 2, 2. 

8. eiti Heme* £if<$$en is, in a' certain sense, a tautology, the dim. 
£if$$en expressing something small by itself without the adj. fteiit. 
But the sense may be ' a very small table'. 

9. bie Scnflcrfeite is that side of the room where the windows are. 

10. ttunmefjr, then. 

11. ftc$ jte^en, here : to extend, run. 

I*, ber fProtofottfu^rer, 'the registrar', who takes down the minutes 
of the proceedings of the Senate. In this sense we also say bet tyxoto* 
fotlifl. The word ba« $totofott is of Greek origin, t6 irpunoKoWov (irpuhos 
and KoWa) which denotes in Byzantine Greek 'a paper containing the 
substance of a legal instrument, to be filled with names, date, and so 
forth' (Sophocles, Lex. ofByz. Greek, p. 958). 

13. This is a shortened conditional clause =toenn tott einmal in bem 
hornet fearen. 

14. too^t denotes repetition : 'we would mingle '. 

15. Goethe has the old form, in which the u remains without modi- 
fication, also in Hermann and Dorothea: bet tourbige JButgemcifiet 4, 21. 
The modern form is 33firgetmeij*er. 

16. bet @<$tief*et, lit. he who turns the key on something (compare 
bie £$ute ftyfiepen), i.e. a keeper. 

17. bie £aifetttewe, the grand staircase, had been made in 1742, 
when the frescoes were also painted. 

18. The 'election-chamber' joins the 'KaisersaaT; it is still in the 
same state as when the boy Goethe beheld it with respect and awe. 
4 The allegorical and jocular representations which are painted on the 
ceiling and over the doors, and in which pretty little angels are seen 
playing at hide-and-seek with the insignia of the empire, date from the 
year 1740, like the rest of the outfit pf the room.' (Badeker.) — ©otb» 
leiflen are gold borders; these are said to be in curious (strange, fantastic) 
arabesques (@<$notfel). 

19. bie X$firftiUfe are 'the paintings over the doors'. In this sense 
@rfi(f is also used in the expression ein tfnieftut! (a half-figure portrait). 

20. Betaflet expresses that the insignia seem to be too heavy a burden 
(Sajt) for their tiny bodies. 

21. eine tounbetft$e 8igut fyieten, to cut a strange figure. 

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S6 GOETHE S BOYHOOD. [Bk. I. 

All would be clear, if it were cine flronung ju erteBen unb mtt (eigenen) Sluge* 
ju fe^en. Young Goethe's wish was fulfilled, and the coronation he 
witnessed is splendidly described in the fifth book of his Autobiography. 

23. $tneinftytityfcn, to steal in. . 
* 24. tote SBrujttUber, i. e. the half-length portraits of the Emperors, 
which Goethe saw were not the same as those seen by the present visitor. 
The old portraits were in 1840 either removed or covered over with new 
ones executed by the principal painters of Germany. 

25. moctyte, who felt inclined to tell us something. 

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1. Charlemagne (768 — 814) was crowned Roman Emperor by Pope 
Leo III. on Christmas-day, 800. 

2. mdrcfyenfyaft, fabulous. 

3. JRubofyty son £afcgfcurg was German Emperor from 1273 till 1291. 
Compare Schiller's famous ballad * JDcr ®raf son «§afcsfcurg\ 

4. The 'great disorders' alluded to are the troubles of the period 
called 'the interregnum' (1250 — 1273), m which the 'robber-knights' 
(StauBritter) had carried on their depredations without the least fear of 
punishment. 

5. SLaxl IV. (1346 — 1378) of the House of Luxemburg, King of 
Bohemia and Emperor of Germany, had determined the mode of election 
of his successors in the famous act called bie golbene Suite, a copy of 
which is still shown at the JRomer. This document dates from the year 
1 356, and has received its name from the golden capsule attached to the 
parchment. 

6. Goethe makes a strange mistake in ascribing the 'order of 
criminal law* given by the Emperor Charles V. (15 19 — 1556) to 
Charles IV. who lived nearly two centuries before. For the exact sense 
of the adj. J>etntic$, see our note on Hermann and Dorothea 1, 73. 

7. tin ©egenfaifer, an Emperor elected in opposition to another. 
Giinther von Schwarzburg was opposed to Charles IV. in 1349, but 
died very soon afterwards on June 19 of the same year, not without a sus- 
picion of having been poisoned. He lies buried in the Dom at Frankfort. 

8. Grtnen ttxoaS entgetten taffen, to visit something on some one, 
make him suffer for it. The verb entgetten is generally construed with 
the accusative of the person: e.g. 3($ lajfe e8 bicty nictyt entgetten. But 
Loeper quotes two instances of the dative, one from Lessing : SQBarum foil 
ify meiner ©efunb^eit feine Orofctyeit entgetten taffen? and another from 



Bk. I.] NOTES. 87 

Thiimmel : ben ©nfetn eutgetten taffen. In the Frankfort dialect, the dative 
is very commonly used after cntgeltcn. 

9. Maximilian I. of the House of Habsburg, the grandfather of 
Charles V., reigne/l 1493 — 1519. He is commonly called bet Jefcte Slitter. 

10. Observe the quaint omission of the final verb if*. 

1 1. Charles V. was the son of Philip of Habsburg and Johanna of 
Castille, the daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella, of Spain. He had 
become king of Spain in 15 16. 

12. Francois L, king of France, 15 15 — 1547, the powerful and 
valiant adversary of Charles V. 

13. bebenfluty, lit. thoughtfully ; with some anxiety. 

14. umge y cn, lit. to go about, to circulate. 

15. Compare the expression, cfi fdttt in bie Sugen, it strikes the eye. 
Hence augenffttttg is 'obvious*. 

16. <5ine« is spelt with a capital, because it denotes i only one*. — In 
Goethe's boyhood there seemed to be only room left for one more 
portrait, that of Joseph II. By removing a clock between the windows, 
room was made for Leopold II., and subsequently even Franz II. was 
provided with accommodation. But now the hall is actually quite full. 

17. bie SPatrtotiftygefinnten, men of a patriotic mind. 

18. fetnen Umgang fatten, to make one's circuit. 

19. The sepulchral monument of Gunther was not seen by Goethe 
in its original place, i.e. the choir of the Dom, but in a place by the 
side of the choir, to which it had been removed by Charles VII. in 
'7431 in order to gain more space in the body of the church. It is for. 
this reason that Goethe uses the expression, e^mat* directly afterwards, as 
the stone had been removed from the grave itself. 

20. Conclave is the Latin term, a German equivalent of which would 
be bie £B&$tf<tyette. 

1 1. <5titHTbung«fraffc, 'imagination'. Instead of this German term, 
we often use the foreign word bie $yantafte. 

Page ii. 

i; bie mActytigften fturffrn should be understood of the most powerful 
princes of the Holy Roman Empire, i.e. the electors. 

1. tourbig, becomingly, in a manner suitable to the importance of 
the place. 

3. ofcenein, 'moreover'; i.e. besides its being not at all properly 
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88 GOETHE } S BOYHOOD. [Bk. I. 

' 4. bad ©erufl, a scaffold. 

5. bad ©efperr, is the collective of fatten, a beam, a rafter. The 
word is not very common. 

6. ttriinjiaften, to disfigure. » 

7. This is a good instance of the peculiar German use of the dative 
of the personal pronouns equivalent to a possessive. Goethe might also 
have said unfcr $erj in the same way as he has unfere Ginfcilbungdfraft 
before, but he preferred to vary the construction. 

8. In E. we might invert the relation of the words by translating 
'narrow patriotism*. The expression means properly that there was 
something patriotic in thus limiting oneself to the accurate study of one's 
native town. 

9. bie SReffe means (1) 'the mass 1 (from the expression 'ite, tnissa 
est concio'), (2) a great market, fair (F./oire); an intermediate sense 
'a feast-day 1 (which explains the transition from (1) to (2) has now gone 
out of use. 

10. in ben fdmmttu$en tfinberfoj>fen=in ben STotftn fftmmttttyet £inbet. 

11. (Sprung, lit 'fermentation', is often used metaphorically, like 
the English word. 

12. bie ©rBauung is (1) originally: building up; (2) metaphorically: 
edification (of the soul). Here it appears, of course, in its original sense. 

13. A more usual phrase is in furjet or in getinger 3eit. 

14. SBogen is frequently used of the waving and rolling of a large 
multitude. SEreifren is 'the going on': compare xoaS treifcft bu ba? What 
are you doing there ? 

15. Jtnfcejttringttty is an adverb, but in E. we shall prefer translating 
it, as if we had two adjectives before us. 

16. finbifc^et SSeftfc denotes those things which children are fond of 
possessing. 

1 7. mit toa$fenben 3a$ren is an elegant expression to denote that he 
gradually grew older. 

18. We might also have said bie SSotjiettung wn all' bem, toad bie SBelt 
^eroorfringt. But atted is often put in the relative clause, which thus 
receives a wider sense, corresponding to whatever, quodcunque. 

19. gegen einanber=bad eine gegen bad anbre, mutually. 

20. »urbiget=e^ttourbiger, solemn, dignified. 

2 1. wrgegentotatigen is to exhibit something as present which properly 
belongs to the past 

22. bad ©eleit, 'escort'; hence also the verb gefcitcn. 



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23. The 'Fahrgasse* leads from the 'Zeil' (the principal street of 
Frankfort) to the old bridge, and passing this, w« reach the suburb of 
Sachsenhausen situated on the left side of the river Maine. 

24. frcfefct, 'occupied' by lookers-on, spectators. 

Page 12. 

1. ben Sag u6et=h>A$«nb be* $ag8. 

2. c8 fommt auf et». an, something is of importance. Here we may 
translate 'that which was of chief importance to them'. 

3. erfl corresponds to the English * not... until*. — mil ftnfenber 9iactyt, 
'by nightfall'; thus we say bet 2l6enb and bte Slaty ftn!t $erafr. 

4. The sense is ' it was more a matter of imagination than an actual 
beholding with eyes'. 

5. The writer means the middle ages. 

6. na$ f&tlxtUn, just as he pleased. <$* Betiefct mtr, I have a liking, 
a fancy. The expression natfy Sufi (which follows directly) has the same 
sense. 

7. ba* JRetyt is a subst. 'right, law'; ba* JRetyte is originally an adj. 
and, being used as a subst., bears a wider sense : i aequum\ 

8. It should be observed that the sing, is bet <£anbetimann, but in 
the plural we do not say £anbet3 manner. Compare our note on Goethe's 
Hermann and Dorothea, 3, 106 (Sltfcettileute). 

9. ein SBegefagetet, lit. a 'way layer', a highwayman. 

10. Jrfagen unb platfen is an alliterative phrase which has to some 
extent a proverbial character. 

1 1. mit getoaffnetet $anb is a phrase which might, in a certain way, 
remind us of the Latin manus in the sense of 'force' and 'power'; it 
means 'with an armed escort'. 

12. i$ ttergefce mtr et»., I make some concession; properly, I give 
away something belonging to me. The citizens of the imperial town did 
not wish to make a concession that might be interpreted to involve some 
sacrifice of their rights and privileges — one of these being that no armed 
troops of another Estate of the Empire were to enter their territory. 

13. gar, even. — ©einen Gintrttt ne$men is a somewhat unusual phrase, 
instead of einjiefcen. 

14. $o$e ^pctfoncn is a frequent expression to denote princes and 
other persons of rank. 

15. In the word 2Ba$ttag we should take the second part not as 



9 o GOETHE S BOYHOOD. [Bk. I. 

'day', but as 'meeting*. Thus we say, einen ®ew$t«tag fatten, to hold 
a court (of law). 

16. (5« fommt 311 &$dtlic$feiten, the' affair comes to blows. 

17. jeitljer, 'some time since'. (Lit ti toat cine Beit $et, baji man 
SJcttyanbtungen g. $.) 

18. cine 93er$anb(ung pfiegen, to carry on a negotiation. 

19. (bet) SReceji (from the Lat. recessus) is a law term meaning the 
same as the German word $ergleic$. 

20. 3»ifl is connected with jwei ; compare the verb ft<$ entjtoeim, to 
(be divided by a) quarrel, ©men 3»iji (or ©tteit) fceitegen, means to 
'allay* a quarrel, to compose it. 

21. We do not say einen 3wijl fu^ren, but we do say einen ©ircit, 
Stantpf, or $Ptojcfc fuljren. 

22. Instead of the definite article, we should more commonly use 
the possessive pronoun i$ren. 

Page 13. 

1. They were well (i. e. liberally) received and treated. 

2. Instead of jogetn (' to delay'), another writer would perhaps have 
used teartcn in this place. 

3. See the passage explained at p. 12, note 4. 

4. We have here an instance of the figure called zeugma, i. e. one 
verb is made to govern two nouns, though properly only one of them 
agrees with it idiomatically. Here, e.g., the phrase fi<$ auf ban $fetbe 
et^altcn is quite legitimate ('to maintain oneself on the horse'); but fein 
$fetb er^alten would be quite different in sense from what is meant here. 
The fact is that we should rather understand fein $fetb fatten, 'to 
restrain (manage) one's horse'. The liberal welcome accorded to the 
guests had powerfully affected many a city knight's brains, and seriously 
interfered with his balance and firmness of grasp. 

5. We might also say burcty Hi 28ru<fent$or tyetetn, and this we read 
directly afterwards. 

6. The very last of all. 

7. 2Ran tragt ftd> mtt bet SRebe (bent ®etu$t, einem (Sebanfen) means 
that a rumour, or idea, is entertained by the people. 

8. jeberjeit (adv.), always. 

9. ©ttajjeniungen are vulgar lads, and (so far as the expression is 
applicable to a German town) 'street- Arabs'. 

10. getten is the same word as the E.ydJ, Compare also bte Sta&* 



Bk. I.] NOTES. 91 

ttgatt, 'nightingale 9 , this being the bird which utters its loud note 
(* yells') at night-time. See Aue, p. 234. 

11. It might also be ofcgtcicty man, and this would be even more in 
accordance with common usage. 

. 13. bi« @tnne scttmrtcnb, lit confusing the senses, bewildering. 
This is a very strong expression. In the same sense, Schiller uses 
Scftnnung rauBenb in his ballad £>ie SLvamty be* 3(tyfu6. 

13. Instead of JDrang, it would, perhaps, have been more usual to 
say either ba« JDrdngen, or ba« ®cbrang, or bcr Hnbrang. The simple word 
bet ©rang is commonly used metaphorically, of a vehement inclination, 
e. g. et gctgt gtojien SDrang ju brn g«le$rtcn ©tuticn. 

14. The position of the verb at the end of the sentence shows that 
bcSwegen should be understood as the relative, though we should more 
commonly say tt>c«rocgcn. In modern German the whole sentence would 
be expressed in this way : unb beStoegcn (and for this reason) tturben au$ 
bic nftctyflcn £aufer ». b. 3. a. 2fl. gefuctyt. 

15. The expression am $cllen $age ,('in broad daylight') is the 
opposite of the one used in the preceding page, mit ftnfenber Sftac^t. 

16. etfte Betten is said in the sense of frutyejic 3eittn. Or we might 
express the same sense by omitting erjlen, and inserting the adverb guetjt 
in the relative sentence. 

17. too m'ctyt, if not, unless. 

18. Bcbiirfen takes both the genitive and the accusative. See our 
note on Hermann and Dorothea 4, 248. Here only the genitive is ap- 
propriate, as an enduring, and not merely a passing want and require- 
ment is denoted. 

Page 14. 

1. The ©ctyutttyetfi was originally entrusted with looking after the 
taxes and tolls due to the Emperor. He thus appeared in this ceremony 
in his genuine old character, though Goethe does not seem to have been 
aware of this. 

2. getegentti<$, when occasion served. 

3. For the sake of decorum, ie. in order to make the ceremony 
more solemn and impressive. 

4. Observe the idiomatic use of the preposition ju in the phrase 
311 <8eri$t ftfcen. 

5. gefefct instead of the compound eingefefct. 

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92 GOETHE'S BOYHOOD. [Bk. I. 

7. uratt is 'very old*. For the inseparable! prefix ut», see Aue 

§ *77, 4 (p. 234). 

8. The day before Ladyday. 

9. umf($ranft=tnit ©ctyranfen umgeBcn, railed in; timfctyrdnfen is not a 
very frequent word, and einftyrftnfen is now always used metaphorically: 
'to limit, confine, restrain'. Of this the past participle is eingeftytdnft, 
e. g. fie tcSen fe$r eingeftyrdntt, they live in very reduced circumstances. 

10. er$o$t = auf einem er§d§ten @i$e. 

11. SSottmactyt is literally 'full power', and is often employed of 
legal power to represent some other person (icty $afce itym SSottmat^t ffir 
mic$ gegefcen, I have appointed him my representative); hence Be»»olt* 
mft<$t*igcn, to grant representative power. 

1 2. It is more common to use the compound auffparen in the sense 
of 'keeping and reserving' for a certain time. 

1 3. ttmnt>etti#, ' strange, singular ' ; ttmnberfcar, ' admirable, wonderful '. 

1 4. voriget = vergangener. 

15. ©cfyalmei still bears in its accent the traces of its Romance 
origin: Yx.chalumeau, derived from the Lat calamus (originally it was 
caramel). The English shawm (which is a further corruption of the 
German and French terms) is explained by Webster as 'a wind instru- 
ment of music, formerly in use, by some supposed to have the form of 
the clarionet, by others, of the hautboy'. In German we also use 
J&irtcityfcifc, J&irtenflote. 

16. 23ap is used in the sense of the Fr. basson, a fagotto, bassoon. — 
$ommer is quite an obsolete expression nowadays. 

17. ttetfrrftmett, to trim. 

18. We may take this either as a kind of absolute construction 
('the ambassadors... following behind'), or as a second subject of the 
verb toaren aitfgejogcn. The latter is, perhaps, more probable. 

19. jpunft 3e$n, just when it struck ten o'clock. 

Page 15. 

1. tic ©tatt, totlty btefeften barfcractyte. 

2. In the olden times, the amount of toll to be paid was always 
expressed in pepper (this being then a most valuable article). Hence 
the custom, which Goethe does not appear to have explained quite 
correctly. — $ofat should be pronounced with the accent on the last ; it is, 
of course, a foreign word, from Lat poculum. 

3. Ufttpptn and Bequafhn are rare words, quoted by Grimm only 



Bk. L] NOTES. ' 93 

from the present passage. The first he explains acu praetexere, the 
second cirris ornare. 

4. The 'white staff* was an emblem of the judicial privileges of the 
city. 

5. The small silver coins were called ein 2lt6u*, or em SBeiftyfenntg 
( = 2 kreuzers and 8 'heller', not quite an English penny). 

6. einttfen, to redeem. 

7. bet SBlrtuo*, from the Italian virtuoso, which merely denotes an 
artist See, on this degradation of a noble word, Archbishop Trench's 
observations in his Lectures on the Study of Words, p. 86. 

8. ble SWtifUbt is a word doubtlessly formed by Goethe himself 
after the analogy of SRUftrieter, SJHteffet, etc. It means a city in the same 
predicament as Nuremberg. 

9. £>rt unb ©telle is a frequent phrase, in which two synonyms serve 
to express one idea very forcibly. 

10. noc$ fet&igen JEag, the very same day. Compare Schiller: unH 
•etUjj t fte jut feftigen ©tunbe (£>er J&anbftyu$). 

1 1. eine (Seaurglabe, a spice-box. 

Page 16. 

1. The omission of the indefinite article ein before ©tafcd&en is 
contrary to the general rule, because the noun used in the first place 
is of different gender from the second. 

2. It would be more in accordance with strict grammar to say 
$anbftyu$e. 

3. dMberaftttf, the coin was so called from the emblem it bore. 

4. ^ewotjaufcern, to reproduce by magic. 

5. SUrootbetn is a good old term=9Borfa$rett, ancestors. 

6.. lufiretcty, a compound adjective readily understood, but not very 
commonly used. We should perhaps use »ergnugtt<$, SSergnfigen Jringenb, 
crfreufte}. 

7. imterjtofltt*, going down (the river). 

8. ctn @(^icefet6ntnnett, a sulphurous spring. 

9. Compare the description of the well in Hermann and Dorothea, 

5t 151— 158. 

10. The popular name of the place described by Goethe is bet 
$tttTeut$of. 

11. A more studied writer than Goethe would have said ein urn btefec 
Ouette Britten e^matt txbautti $oftnta1. — It is a large farm nowadays, but 



94 GOETHE S BOYHOOD. [Bk. I. 

still belongs to one of the charitable foundations of the city, which lets 
it out at a considerable rent. 

12. bie (Scmeintocibcn corresponds exactly to the E. * commons' (lit. 
common pastures). 

13. 2)Mfc($cit has here the meaning of 'sweetheart \ 

14. Goethe uses the strong term UngejogenI;cit in the sense of 
9lu$getaffen$cit, free, extravagant, unrestrained conduct. 

1 5. ©cmemte£{a§ means the same as ®cmeinn>cibe before. 

16. We have here the full phrase ju gleic$et 3cit, instead of which it 
is, perhaps, more usual to say jugtcicty. 

17. wtbteictyt is 'turned pale' of human beings, but Dcrfctitycn is used 
of colours (ber Olanj biefc* ©toffeS ijt »crbUc$en) and of dead persons (ber 
J8etMid;cne, the departed man). 

18. ityte Sftauern denotes the Orphan Asylum, which is surrounded 
with high walls. 

19. fotlcn signifies the decree of fate ; it was ordained that not until 
a later time should people conceive the idea. . . 

20. The Latin word bie tfreatut (with the accent on the last) is 
commonly used in German with an addition of pity and compassion ; 
e. g. bie fhimme tfreatur, the poor, dumb beast 

Page 17. 

1. Ijegen is used in its original sense of confining within an enclosure 
(bie £ege, bet and ba« £ag). Hence bie -Segejcit is the time during which 
game must be spared. 

2. Observe the alliteration in SHenen unb JDutbcn. Compare the use 
of the verb bulben in Hermann and Dorothea 9, 117, 121. 

3. Urfa$ is more colloquial than Urfactye. 

4. »on tfinfccSbetncn an is another colloquial phrase, instead of which 
many writers would no doubt prefer .wn ityrer £inbl;eit an. 

5. Instead of ©eltfummc, we may use the simple word bie ©iimmc in 
exactly the same sense. 

6. ficty fcetyagticfy fuljten, to feel at ease. The noun is ba8 93e$agen. 

7. The usual order of words would be gctjafct Ija&en mogen. 

8. fetter is a favourite word of Goethe's ; he uses it very frequently 
in Hermann and Dorothea. 

9. SSorfatc denotes the passages which are said to be airy. This 
use of the word SSorfaal is, as Loeper observes, Thuringian, and not of 
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i a Ornamentation, and decoration. 

ii. Goethe uses the German 38uc$e*fammtung, instead of the foreign 
word bie* SBiMiotfref. 

12. Sranjfranfc, 'bound in calf. The literal meaning is, bound in 
the French manner, ftranj having here the same sense as in Brrangtuaitn 
and Standoff. 

13. There are two sets of Dutch editions which may be meant 
here: either the series issued by the famous firm of Elzevir, or the 
Variorum editions published by Blav and Wetstein. We are inclined 
to think that the latter are meant here, as they are often found in quarto, 
while the Elzevirs are famous for their smaller size. 

14. The more elegant, riot strictly technical parts of jurisprudence. 

15. Tasso (Torquato), an illustrious Italian poet, the author of the 
greatest epic poem of Italian literature Gerusalemme liberata, born at 
Sorrento 1544, died at Rome, Apr. 25, 1595. His love for the princess 
Eleanor of Ferrara forms the subject of a noble tragedy by Goethe. 

16. For the verb fccjctgcn see our commentary on Hermann and 
Dorothea. 

Page 18. 

1. Ctcfy ein SSergnugen aui ctro. madjen, to find pleasure in something. 

2. Keyssler*s Sfteucfte Sleifen butcty 5>eutftytanb, 93.o$mcn, Ungarn etc. ap- 
peared in two vols. (2nd ed.) at Hanover, 1751, 4to. — Nemeitz is the 
author of a work entitled Sijour de Paris obct Slnleitung, wic JReifenbc f ity 
in (Paris ju »er$attcn yafccn, 1717, 4th edition, 1750. — Both these writers 
are now forgotten. * 

3. It would be more correct to say 2B5rterMc$cr Ut verjtytetoenen 
<5pra$<n. 

4. JReattejtifon is a frequent title of encyclopaedias, inasmuch as they 
are lexica rerum (not verborum). 

5. We should observe the very idiomatic phrase fty fRatyi cr^olcn, 
to consult. When using the simple verb $ofcn, it should be fic$ 9lat$ 
Ijofc n. In the same way we say ftc$ SRedjjteS ctljolen ; see Grimm, Worterb. 

3» 8 54- 

6. etne SRanfarte, an attic, so called from the French 'la mansarde', 

a raised roof; a word coined after the name of the architect, Francois 
Mansard (1598 — 1666). 

7. &la$f$affcn is a somewhat rare word, meaning continued ac- 
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96 GOETHE S BOYHOOD. [Bk. I. 

8. <5inreu)en, putting (the new books) into the proper row, arranging 
them. 

9. ©etaffenf eit, quietness, composure. Goethe's father was method- 
ical in everything, and did not like to hurry himself with anything. 

10. bte getc^tten &njeigen denotes the critical reviews which were at x 
that time often published in journals bearing that title. Goethe him- 
self contributed to a journal called ftranffurtct ®ctc$rtc Stojetgen (see 
Hempel's edition of his works, vol. xxix), and there is still a respectable 
critical paper issued under the title of ©ottingcr ®cte$rte Slnjrigeit. 

11. In this sense the compound wrwcnbcn is perhaps even more 
common than the simple verb. 

12. totnn tynen gtet$=toenngtei<$ (although) i$nen. 

13. Compare p. 17, n. 7, according to which the usual order of 
words would be $eworgefcra<$t toetben fonnten. 

Page 19. 

r. faitttigcn (lit. 'to steady') = ocfejUgen, Beflarfm. 

I. The compar. Bfterd is frequently used in the sense of fe$r oft. 

3. ti ifi mix m<$t fcange, I am not afraid. So also the verb fcangen, 
ti fcangt mtr, i$ Bange urn tyn. 

4. Instead of the phrase employed by Goethe : man ftyritt . . . . mit 
©ottenbimg bet uBrigen dimmer... toettet, a modern author would probably 
say fu$r mit bet SSoffenbung .... fort. 

5. @piegelf<$eu3en, panes of plate-glass. 

6. J&cttigf ett strikes a modern reader as an obsolete word ; we should 
probably prefer $ette. 

7. toegcit meijt runber 8?enf*erfc$etBett=toctl bie 8?enfterf<$et&cn mcift tunb 
getocfen toaren. 

8. @cnauigfett=©orgfaft, genaue 2lrJ6eti. 

9. It would be more common to say fi<$ benftn, or if we omit the 
dat of the personal pronoun, we should use erbenf en. 

10. SBcttetetgnif (a compound probably first formed by Goethe) 
means an event of universal importance, which affects and interests the 
whole world. 

II. bte <§kmftt$6ru$e=ba* rufjtge <Semut$. 

1 2. Instead of im SHcffien we should more usually employ ouf 6 £iefjte. 

13. The world which had quite accustomed itself to rest and peace. 

14. Seftb^nj always means in German a princely residence; e.g. 



Bk. 1.1 NOTES. 97 

Starmjiatt ijt bic Stefitenj brt OrojtycrjogG von $efien. Hence also 'Reft- 
DeitjjlaW. 

15. imgett>arnt = o$ne cine sottyctgcgangenc SGBarnung. 

16. jufammcnfc^Iagen, here : to be dashed together. 



Page 20. 

1. The more familiar arrangement would be nrirb gum Xfy\l. 

2. The statement is exaggerated; according to Voltaire in liir 
Pricis du sikU de Louis XV. (chap. XXXi): 'il y perit pres de 30,000 
personnes'; but in his Art de verifier les dates he states the number as 
low as 1 5,000. See also Lord Mahon's History of England, chap. xxxn. 

3. gejlattet = vctftattct. 

4. fottnmt^en, to continue raging. In this way we may form a 
considerable number of compound verbs with fort, e.g. fortftrennen, fort* 
leuctyten, fortge^en, forttefen etc 

5. The words directly subjoined serve to explain that the ex- 
pression fonfl ttrBotgen means here 'kept out of sight* by imprisonment 

6. fctofigejWlt=au3gcfc|)t, $rci8gcgeoe?t. 

7. SUrteutungen, indications. 

8. It is equally common to say Sanberffretfen. 

9. Alexander v. Humboldt says in his Kosmos (vol 1. p. 217): 
'The great earthquake which destroyed Lisbon in 1755, was felt in the 
Alps, on the Swedish coast, in the Antilles, the great lakes of Canada, 
as well as in Thuringia, and in the plains of the north of Germany, in 
small inland waters of the Baltic plain. The springs of Teplitz dis- 
appeared for a time. Distant springs discontinued to flow. — It has been 
calculated that on Nov. 1, 1755, a space of the earth four times as large 
as the surface of Europe was shaken.' 

10. It would be more correct to say immer. me$r unfc immer umfiont* 
lictyete Sftac^tictyten. — meljrerc means 'several', [comflures), me$c 'more' 
(plures). 

Page 21. 

1. Goethe means ju feiner anbcren Beit. 

2. unt>erfe$en6, ' suddenly '=c$ne tap man i$ feeffcn &crfe y cn $attc 
The expression is very common. 

3. Stbenb is more dignified than SBeftcn. In the same way, SRorge* 
is used for Often, and SKiitag for @uten 

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98 GOETHE'S BOYHOOD. [Bk. I. 

4. We say more commonly unlet Sonnet unb S3fi$, or Sonnetn unb 
Sttfeen (in which latter phrase we should see an instance of the infinitive 
used as subst). 

5. The common modern form of the plural is fete SRofcel (like the 
sing.), not bit SRofcetn. 

6. f<$afttare=tejttare. Directly afterwards toert$e==n>erty>oue. 

7. 'The servants quite beside themselves' with fright A more 
usual phrase would be auflet ft$ gcbtadjt or getat$en. 

8* fi$ faffen, to compose one's mind ; gefaf t fetn, to be calm, composed. 

9. ftenfietfluget denotes the two halves of the complete window, 
which are so made as to move sideways on their own hinges like folding- 
doors. 'English* windows are but rarely seen in Germany. Compare 
3$utffttgeL 

10. Stegenguf , torrent of rain. (<5ft gtefjt wm J&imrael, the rain comes 
down in torrents. ) 

n. na$ enbft$et <Srr$oumg=ate man fty enbli$ (von bent ©c^reden) 
tt^oft %tftt. 

12. bit Sfolge ('sequence') denoting a methodical and connected 
series, is a favourite word of Goethe's; see Grimm, Worterb. 3, 1872 (4). 

13. einmal (or still more emphatically, nun einmal) may be translated 
'once for all'; it expresses the fixed and constant purpose which cannot 
be shaken. 

14. Coburg, the capital of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg in Thuringia, 
a charmingly situated place. Goethe's father was entered in the books 
of the Coburg School in 1725, in his fourteenth year. 

15. fi$ einet @tubium« Bcfleifien is the technical and official phrase of 
pursuing a certain branch of study. 

16. promotoiren, to take a degree. 

17. 8le($t$le$rct, a professor of law; 9lcc$t«gete$rtet, a jurist (in a 
wider sense). 

18. ein ftommet SBunfty frequently denotes a wish highly laudable 
in itself, but not likely to be successful. 

Page 22. 

1. e* ge$t mtt etoa6 aft, I am wanting in something. 

2. tcatifttt=wrtmrfli4>t. 

3. The form ungefa$r is more common in modern German. 

4* nuften, 'put to use' (very common in the compounds aufanfecii 
and at'Mtfcen); nufcen, to be of use (with the dat). 



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5. eigentttdie Se^rmeifler, professional teachers. 

6. fccquemer and mittx are adverbs. 

7. unfflglidj (lit 'not to be said'), is always used in the sense of 
'immense, very great'. 

8. &n$altfamfctt seems to be a word of Goethe's coinage ; Grimm 
quotes a sufficient number of passages in which he uses it, most of them, 
however, from the Autobiography. A modern German would saf 
SluSfcau'et. 

9. It is, perhaps, more idiomatic to say in Graft unb ©<$«$. 

10. 'If he had possessed my talents.' 

1 1. ftebetftcfc is the correct spelling, not tuterti$. The word means 
'slender, graceful* in Middle High German, but has long since lost that 
sense; it means only 'light, loose, dissolute 1 in our modern language. 

12. 2Rtt cincr ®afyt tt>trt$fc$aften=baimt tyauft^aften, a very idiomatic 
phrase, which is, however, more frequently used with an adverb de- 
noting careless, than with one expressing laudable conduct 

13. ©rgreifen is 'apprehension'; S3erar&ettcn denotes the full 'diges- 
tion' and comprehension of the subject; fttftfyalxtn (more emphatic than 
83e$aften) means exact recollection. 

14. Begtunbet, well-grounded. 

15. auf^eben (lit 'to lift up') is often used of abolishing and in- 
validating a law (cin ®efefc auf$e&en=a&ftyaffen). 

r6. bet gemmte ange^enbe fiateintt is Cellarius's Latinitatis liber 
memorialise a school-book much used in the eighteenth century. The 
traces of the 'rhymes' of this book may still be found in. the current 
Latin grammars cf Germany. 

17. @ebdd?tnitwcc8 is a mere translation of the Latin versus, me- 
tnorialis. 

18. ofcgeftymacft, insipid. 

19. Dber#g)ffel is a province of the Netherlands. 

20. The doggerel expresses that the land is good enough of itself, 
but being so very marshy, it becomes unpleasant 

Page 23. 

1. SBenbungcn are turns of phrase (not inflections, as Mr Oxenford 
has it;. We should understand ©ptactytocnbungen, compare dtcbettenburigci:. 

2. (Sine Gtyrie (from the Greek x/rcfa) is a rhetorical scheme of treat- 
ing a subject in an exhaustive manner {Quis, quid, cur, contra, simile ct 
paradigmata, testes), ^ ^ 

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ioo GOETHE S BOYHOOD. [Bk. I. 

3. His sister Cornelia. 

4. fiBer bo« S3u$ »eg, pretending to study his book, but really 
listening to something else. 

5. SBwctyung is ridiculously translated by Ozenford as 'softening', 
as if it were derived from the adj. totity; it means 'deviation', from the 
verb tortyen, 'to recede'. Thus we say, bie* ivetyt von tar JRegel aB, this 
is an exception to the rule. The clever boy considered Italian merely 
a funny deviation from Latin. 

6. On the (adj. and) adv. Be$enb, see our note on Hermann and 
Dorothea, 2, 19. 

7. Srityjeitigf etten is an unusual plural = Salle ( Stiftiete) finer fru^eitigrn 
Grntotrf thing. Goethe formed the German word after the analogy of the 
Latin praecocitas, or rather the French pricocitt (compare a precocious 
boy, 'praecox ingenium'; lit matured, cooked, by the sun before the 
usual time). 

8. in a&futyt auf = in Sejug auf. 

9. genmn=gemeinf$aftUc$. 

jo. Le. bie babmty in fritter 3ugenb frritymt getoorben fin*. 

1 1. auf fttabemie ge$en without the article is an unusual phrase ; we 
say auf bit Untaerftiat getyen, §uc U. aftgefeii. 

12. sc f)attt. 

13. The plural is usual in this phrase on account of the two chief 
branches of law : Roman Law and Canon Law. Hence also the title 
iuris utriusque doctor, Doctor of Law, LL.D. 

14* Wetzlar (on the river Lahn) was at that time the seat of the 
9tei$6fammergeri$t. Goethe subsequently spent there a considerable 
time, and found the subject of his Werther at that place. 

15. ftegenttarg was the seat of the permanent Diet of the German 
Empire. 

16. boraul=im SotauS, utcrft. As one word, wraufife^en means 'to 
foresee '. 

Page 24. 

1. 3ugenbgang is formed like £eben*gang, p. 22, L 9. 

2. According to the modern standard of correctness it ought to be 
wib feme fonfiige 2ro<fen$eit, on account of the difference of gender. But 
Goethe is frequently somewhat arbitrary in this detail. 

3. tyeityaft (or more commonly t$eil$afttg) governs the genitive, like 
particeps in Latin. 



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Bk. I.] NOTES. ioi 

4. vrobuctren does not mean bring forth in this place, but 'show,' 
exhibit* (like the English produce); but this is the rarer sense of the two. 

5. More commonly in Untune verfcfcen. 

6. Other phrases of the same meaning are ficfc iti$t gmnget t>cr* 
tamen; ftc^ ntc$t toemget ein&Ubctcn. 

7. More commonly ton fcinem $ofmeifler. 

8. tt fdCCt mir (ftyfttr) auf« $etj is a colloquial phrase; lit 'it op- 
presses my heart, it weighs upon my mind*. 

9. It would be more correct to say nrie. We should use aU after 
a comparative, and tote with a positive. 

10. <5« fommt mir fo »ot, it appears so to me. 

11. ^nnjetc^en, lit. cm 3et($en, tocran man cine ©a$c exfennt; a good 
German rendering of the Greek criterion (icpiTrjpiov). 

12. #ett)orbrtngungcn is a German expression instead of the more 
usual foreign term, tie $robuctionen. 

Page 25. 

1. auB town ©tegtctf may well be translated 'on the spur of the 
moment', seeing that ©tegtetf originally denotes the stirrup, and that 
the phrase would thus mean 'without getting out of the stirrup 1 . It 
often means impromptu, ex improviso. 

2. ber = btefct. It should therefore be pronounced with greater 
emphasis than the article. 

3. 'Orbis sensualium pictus, von Joh. Amos Comenius. Hoc est, 
omnium fundamental ium in mundo rerum et in vita actionum pictura et 
nomenclature.' Nuremberg, 1658. Comenius's original name was 
Komensky. His work has been frequently imitated and modernised, 
and is in one guise or other still in the hands of many children. 

4. SRerian (Matthew) published in the seventeenth century many 
volumes of topographical engravings, works on geography, and collec- 
tions of plates in sacred history. 

5. 'Jo. Ludovici Gottfridi $iftortf($e Chronica, ©bet SBeftyreuWng bet 
ffurnemfien ®ef$i$tcn, fo ft$ wn Slnfang ber SQBeft, Bif? auff unfere dttten 
jugetragen: 9ia$ 2lufjt$eiumg ber vie* 9Ronar($ten, unb oetgeffigtct 3a^rte<$nung, 
aup fleijftgfie in Ortnung georac^t, unb in 2E$t %fyiU aBget^eifet; mtt oiel 
fdjoncn Gonttafatctuten unb @efc$t<$tmdfjtgen Jtupfferftucfen, gut Smoeifung bet 
J&ijtotien gejteret, an Sag gegeBen unb wtegt, bur$ Mathaeum Merianum. 
Qfithrudt ju ftranffutt am Sftatyn, 3n fiBolffgang $offmannet 2Bu$btu<fetel 
3m 3a$t naty GtyrifH ®eBurt, M.Daxxxxii.' fol. 



to2 GOETHE S BOYHOOD. [Bk. L 

6. Peter Lauremberg's Acerra philologies Le. *oo aatecfcfcae, ai}* 
li^e, Isftiae nnb fccnteftttiae ftfbric* nnb 3>i*anfc aif ben texi$artc#cn 
4riec$tfe)en nnb Iatetntf<$en ecrifcenten {nfammeaaefrracyt. Softaf, 1633. In 
the later editions the number of tales was increased to 700. There is 
also an Acerra philologiea by Ursulas, and the new Acerra pkiL by 
Hoysen, Halle, 17 15 — 1723. * vols, 

. 7. The plur. SRytgebsien in the sense of 'mythological fables' is 
rather unusual. 

8. Ovid's Metamorphoses. 

9. There is also the compound Sangtoeile, of the same meaning. 
1 o. tnunerfott = fottiv&^tcnb. 

. 1 1. nriebcr jer^Dttnaen, to reproduce. Loeper appropriately quotes 
a passage in WUhelm Meister** Lehrjahre (8, 6), in which an ancient 
library in some old castle is described as consisting of cine ©tbel U %doa, 
tifottfrieb't Gfrnrait gisct SAnbe Theatrum Europaeum, bie Acerra philo- 
logiea, <Shtyb$ii Ctyriften, nub no$ rinige mtnber nri($ttae 9n$et. 
11. mUnnter^bttoeUen, $in nnb nrieber. 

13. ftlteftynmltyfeitcn is an attempt to give a German equivalent of 
the Latin antiquitctes (Stntiquttoten); we now say bit (gtta$tf<$ea nnb 
Tomif^en) Stttctt^umer. 

14. Fenelon (1651 — 1715), archbishop of Cambray, the famous 
author of the didactic romance entitled La Aventures de TBhnaque, 
which was first published in 1669. Neukirch's translation of this work 
is in verse (3 vols. Ansbach 1727—39), and cannot, therefore, be an 
exact reproduction of the graceful style of the French original, which is 
in prose. 

15. Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe was first published in 17 19 — 
one of the most widely read of novels. It appeared in a German trans- 
lation not long afterwards, and was, moreover, imitated in a great many 
similar novels (ftobinfonaben). One of these was SDie 3nfet Selfenfarg, b. i. 
SBnnberltye ffota einigct @eefa$tcr, aBfonbertty SUBerti 3utii, rince geBorneu 
<&adfftn, entoorfen von GBer$arb 3uUo, bem 2)rn<f uBergeBen von (Sifanbenu 
Nordhausen, 1731 — 43. 

16. Lord George Anson left England about the middle of Sep* 
tember, 1740, with a fleet of five ships, doubled Cape Horn in March, 
1 74 1, arrived off Juan Fernandez in June, stayed about the coast of 
America till May, 1742, crossed the southern ocean with only one ship 
(the Centurion), sailed to China and stayed there until the beginning of 
1743, then cruised near the Philippine Islands, and set sail for England 



Bk. I.] NOTES. 103 

in December, 1743; on the 15th of June, 1744, he arrived at Spithead. 
Lord Anson's Voyage round the World came out in 1748, being the work 
of the chaplain of the Centurion, the Rev. R. Walter, and of Benjamin 
Robins ; four large impressions were sold off in a twelvemonth. This 
work was translated into most European languages, but no German 
translation has hitherto been discovered anterior to that by Stolpe, 
Gottingen, 1763. If Goethe actually read this work before his tenth 
year, there surely must have existed some earlier translation. (See also 
Voltaire, Precis du stick de Louis XV., chap, xxvn.) 

Pa&e *6. 

r. mit ben ©ebanfen=in unfcrcn ®ebanfen. 

2. The adj. att is often added to SGBeft; compare also the very 
idiomatic phrase: 2Ba* in alter SBeft t$uf* bu ba? What on earth are you 
doing there t 

3. ftamtluttfyajierfa^rt, family-drive. 

4. »etbriejjlt($ has here an active sense : annoying, vexatious. 

5. The more usual form is 3a$re*gett (trisyllabic). 

6. bad 5ru$te&en=ba* Sugenbte&en, bte £inb$eit, a word peculiar to 
Goethe, and quoted by Grimm only from the present passage. 

7. This is one of those popular tales current among the people even 
in our own time. It was also hawked about in England as a chap-book. 

8. SRif Be^agcn, indisposition. 

9. $o(fen, small-pox. 

10. It was Lady Mary Montague who first recommended the pre- 
cautionary process of * ingrafting' small-pox (her own expression) such 
as she had seen it in the East ; see Lord WharnclifFe's edition of her 
Letters and Works, vol. 1. p. 308. 

1 1. JproMematifty, problematical, i. e. doubtful, a subject about which 
doctors had not yet been able to agree. ('Vaccination' was not em- 
ployed by Dr Jenner before 1796.) 

12. fajjti$, intelligibly, comprehensibly; compare ct fafit eine 6a$e 
fe$r ftyneK auf, he comprehends very readily. 

13. toorgretfen means to anticipate, forestall — as if the spontaneous 
action of Nature were forestalled by artificially producing an illness. 

14. Instead of bod fefte £anb, we also have the compound, bat 
SfejKanb, the continent. 

15* 9*9*" frequently denotes the price given in exchange for some 
service, e.g. gegen'eine S3etgutung null i$ et fcjon t$un, in which sentence 
we might also employ the prepos. fur 



io4 GOETHES BOYHOOD. [Bk. I. 

16. Ibujctl is a strong expression (much more powerful than 'mis- 
chief); it is the negation of £ctf, whence the rerb fctles 'to heal', and 
the adj. jetGg 'holy', are derived. 

17. tana) denotes extent ; the illness did not spare a single family. 

18. 'In a variety of cases.' 

19. In this sense we generally use the simple verb trrfcm, eg. in 
the familiar phrase, ntty fa* cm fltyhKix* lingua* gctxvjfen. — 6* tetxaf ««fer 
4<ntf might also mean 'it concerned our house'. 

to. i^ttn—^mnym. 

11. ' Whatever alleviation was possible.' 

12. The German phrase is exactly like the Latin, Ter. Phorm. 68, 
modo nan montis auri pollicms. In French it is promdtre merits tt 
merveilles. 

23. t$, L e. n\ty in rrtfat nnfc frozen. 

Page 27. 

1. f<$&rfen = venne^ren, jietgero. 

2. =n<u$tem cine 3eit in tranrfoet 2Brife verflojfen war. 

3. gurucfgelajfen, sc. y&tten. 

4- Sfcgttteret, idolatry, from ttt 3Uwctt, an idol ; com p. Judges xviii. 
14 : SDtffct tyt aiu$, fcof in fcufen $ftufern tin SetBraf, ^eifigtyiim, S3iltnip un» 
Sttgrtt ftnb ? 

5. garfltg is a colloquial word* very common in the Frankfort 
dialect; it means the same as $&flta). In old German Setter is fre- 
quently used instead of 9leffe (nephew). So also in English cousin, e. g. 
our cousin Hamlet and our son. 

6. The pronoun (St is nowadays only employed in addressing persons 
of very inferior station. 

7. 0uAtgeift, 'a tormenting (tricksy) spirit'. 

8. Scrftytrn takes both the dative and the accus. in this meaning, 
but with the accus. it also has the sense of insuring. 

9. ftamiftenteiben means here a disease befalling all the members of 
the family. The common sense of the word is an hereditary illness of 
a family. 

jo. 'We could never get to be on good terms.' 

11. The brother here mentioned was called Hermann Jacob ; he 
died at the tender age of six years and six weeks, and was buried on 
Jan. 13, 1759. 

13. »a<$fleforen means here 'bora after the writer'. 



Bk. I.] NOTES. 105 

13. bte is said in accordance with the natural sex, while according 
to grammatical gender it ought to be b<tf. See our note on Hermann 
and Dorothea, 5, 86 sq. 

Page 28. 

1. etnfcringen = eiit^oten, make up for. 

2. =un6 Bet ttnfetct ©enefung, or tocnn wit faum gencfen ttaten. 

3. The author has varied the construction in order to avoid com- 
mencing a second sentence with a conditional clause and toeniu 

4. enbU$ appears to be used in its primitive sense, =*am (£ntc; 
reaching the end of that narrow passage you would get into a court. 

5. ungleu$, uneven, irregular. The buildings were of different 
height and architecture, not designed to harmonize with each other. 

6. anfe y tili$ is an adverb. 

7. We also say, bet ©arten tft gut ge y atten. 

8. bat Stefigelanber (a collective noun), 'vine trellises'. Loeper 

quotes from a poem $crbjigefu$t (Goethe's Works, Hempel's edition, 

voL 1. p. 54): 

Setter grime, bit Saufc, 

&m Ste&engeldnber 

$ter mein Sennet $etauf! 

9. bie Sta&atten is still a common expression of gardeners, denoting 
small beds on either side of the footpath, and before the larger beds, 
Fr. plate-bandes, and E. platbands. 

10. Perhaps more commonly benufct, or vettvcmbt. 

1 1. (SenAftyigfeit is not the common term, but rather 9iaf$$aftigfcit. 

Page 29. 

1. For una&fe^&ar see Herm. and Dor. 1, 107 (una6fe$li$). 

2. unft, in our estimation. < 

3. S>aS Stfoitx is a peculiar adaptation of the French la riviere (Ital. 
rwiera), which means the 'river-side', but has in German passed into 
the general sense of 'district', and in a limited acceptation 'a hunt- 
ing-district*. The word belongs to the earliest importations from 
the Romance languages, seeing that it is in Middle High German die 
riviere. 

4. &e$agti$e ©cftydfttgf eit is a phrase in Goethe's most racy style, one 
might almost say, a kind of oxymoron. 2Be$agU$ 'comfortable' almost 
suggests the idea of leisurely work, while (Skfty&ftigfeit 'activity' implies, 



106 GOETHE S BOYHOOD. [Bk. T. 

after all, some bustling. A writer other than Goethe would probably 
have said in (etyagttyer tBeftyafrigung. 

5. tin 0Mfenfltot, a bed oi flowering pinks. 

6. fA<$erarttg=na$ 9rt bet grader. 

7. flDatyf tyttm is more commonly used as a neuter, and so Goethe, 
too, has it in other passages; here the word has, moreover, the same 
sense as the infin. to* SQBo^fen. 

8* The construction might also have been continued in accordance 
with the preceding nouns : von toctttxmttcn <&eu>a<$fen. 

9. Ocutiten, to inoculate. 

10. Always three pairs at once. 

x i. Alcinous, the king of the Phaeacians, and Laertes, the father 
of Ulysses — both well-known from Homer's Odyssey. In the 24th book 
of that poem, Ulysses goes to visit his old father, who has retired to 
a suburban estate, and finds him busily engaged tending his garden, with 
gloves on his hands (xecptffat r M xe/txri pdrtav iveica, «. 230). 

13. More correctly »le. 

13. tie Wegljttanbe fcinet $roponenben, a book in which he used to 
register the things he proposed to do each day ('registrum eorum quae 
sibi agenda proponebat'). 

Page 30. 

x. nicfen is a familiar expression for having a short nap. 
a. <8rof flul)t is used in the sense of (Srogwiterfhityt 

3. unwtoructytUt), that which must never be broken. 

4. ffltatcriattentydntter, a druggist. This is in Germany quite distinct 
from a chemist's or apothecary's pursuit. The apothecary must have 
studied at a University, and is admitted by the State, while ein £Ka* 
tcriattcn$Antter carries on his business without any previous examination 
or legal admission. 

5. gcUdngtcfl=t»o tat gtdfte OctoAnge tsar, most crowded. 

6. We should understand in n»t(t)e€ nrir fd)tuten uns ju vertieren. 6i$ 
TxtTtmn means ' to lose one's self, one's way 1 ; but ftyeuen is not commonly 
used nowadays instead of fid) ftytuen. Loeper quotes from Goethe's 
Gtyrityc, no, 583: ein oft rafengttt ftceis f<x}cut fid) jn airmen, in which 
sentence fid) belongs to ttdrraen. 

7. rognikglty is less common than wtgnugt 

& 3cttfcta is a small round cake; bet Bcttt is still used in Bavaria, 



Bk. II.] NOTES. T07 

and appears also in Middle High German. The origin of the word is 
unknown. 

9. oxA* unb einfltef en is a peculiar phrase for the outgoing and in- 
coming of articles of sale. 

io. meine SRutter gefiel flc$, my mother was pleased with herself, 
This is no doubt originally a Gallicism. Compare se plaire, 

n. eine gute (=geraume) SBetfe, a considerable time. 

Page 31. 

1. eine gute $artie, here : a good deal 
1. einet=lrgenb 3emanb. 

3. 3$ n>etj* mir toiel mtt etoag, I boast of something. 

4. Charles VII. (of Bavaria) was elected German Emperor in 174* ; 
he died 1 745. 

5. tin $tottfietn, a corner-stone, commonly called (Scfftei*. Loeper 
quotes a place in which Goethe uses this word to translate the French 
la borne. 

6. gar=fetyr is conversational 

7. finb tyt . . . ftyutbig gen>orben=-toetbanfen tyt. 

8. Goethe apparently means to say im @inne befl ftanj5ftf$en Sweater!. 
The characters of Homer s poems were doubtless represented in the 
costume of the age of Lewis XIV. 

9. fi$ etftctf »ergegen»artt9eii=fu$ eitoa* leB^afk (att gegentoArtig) t>or. 
fatten. 

Page 32. 

1. ftumpf seems to stand in the sense of ' abruptly '. 

2. Cittern (Senftge t$tra=genugen, satisfy. 



3tt>ette$ 33uc$. 

Page 33. 

1. SBortragen is a more stately and solemn expression than cqtylem 
or fceri$teiu 

3. Here koo^l is actually the ad verb, of gut, while two lines before it 
was used in the sense of 'probably*. 

3. $anbet unb SBanbel is an almost proverbial expression, denoting 
activity and commercial pursuits. 



10S GOETHE S BOYHOOD. [Bk. II. 

4. We might also say grembe jlnben, bap e* t$r Ocmtnn ift (tyncn 
©:roinn Bringt), ba auS* unb cinjugc^cn^ 

5. A shortened conditional clause =n>enn anty (although) f. St. !. n>. 
©. be$errf$en. 

6. 2Bo v l$aMgfeit is now a somewhat antiquated word=2Bo$Iftanb. 

7. The plural bie 3$eitnal)men is not used now, but occurs in other 
places in Goethe and Schiller. 

8. toocgangig=t>ot v etgc$enb, previous. 

Page 34. 

1. unge^euer is a strong word, 'monstrous* or 'atrocious'; to invade, 
a country without a previous declaration of war seemed to be a flagrant 
violation of all established laws and rights. 

I. The world was called upon to be not merely the spectator, 
but also the judge of this proceeding. 

3. Franz I. (of Lorraine), husband of Maria Theresa of Austria, 
was recognised as German Emperor after the death of Charles VII., 
and reigned from 1745 till 1765. 

4. $immet is sometimes used to denote a canopy, e.g. etn §tmmeH>ett, 
a canopy-bed. In the present passage, £ronung«$tmmct serves as a Ger- 
man rendering of the foreign word 99alba<$ht, a canopy borne over the 
head of an emperor at his coronation. 

5. genrictyttg is here used in its first sense, 'weighty' = ityn>et toiegenb ; 
it is, however, more frequently found in its metaphoric application as 
denoting something or somebody of weight, i.e. importance. 

6. gemut$U($ here = in fetncm ®emut$e; as an adj. the word means 
' easy- tempered, good«hum oured '. 

7. 3Ri^eaig!eitcn=3er»urfniffc / @treitigfcttcn. 

8. ft$ fifcettoetfen, to quarrel 

9. The expression man fc^tmeg means that the person in question 
found it difficult to restrain the expression of his dissent, but at last all 
the anger kept back for some time broke forth — Itaty To*. 

10. tuftyen or tuftyen is an old word meaning to quiet, allay, suppress ; 
in Middle High German it is tiitzen; compare the English interjection 
tush, which means 'be quiet! don't speak of it'. 

I I. We also say »on enuag toegbtei&en. 

12. For the construction ft<$ eincr ©a$e frcuen see Aue § 347. 
. 13. atte«=riebc«. 

14. The usual expression is bet St eft bed 3a$tet. 



Die. II.] NOTES. 109 

1 5. 91 jit at ton is here employed in a passive sense, just as we say in 
English, 'a state of continued agitation' (Le. of being agitated); in 
German the active sense is, however, more common. 

16. Frederick II. occupied Dresden (the capital of Saxony) on 
Sept 9, 1756. 

17. In the battle of Lowositz (October, 1756) Frederick beat the 
Austrian Marshal Browne. The capitulation of the 14,000 Saxons in 
the camp of Pirna was the immediate result of this victory. See 
Carlyle, Frederick the Great, book xvu. ch. 6 and 7. 

Page 35. 

1. The members of the family who belonged to the opposite party 
(the Imperial side). 

2. Compare the opening scenes of Shakespeare's tragedy. 

3. Srifctfty, a ludicrous formation from the popular name of Frede- 
rick : bet grof e ftrifc. 

4. toirfen = @influjj auSuBcn. 

5. platt in the same sense sis plat in French [un plat sujet), 

6. (Patjje, here: godson. 

7. ftyeifen should here be taken in the limited sense of dining. 

8. It would perhaps be more common to say in feet ganjen 2Bod>e. 

9. Compare the phrase, c8 fftttt in tie Slugen (or in ba« Sluge), lit. it 
strikes the eye, it is obvious. 

Page 36. 

1. boc$, after all. 

2. Those of the same opinion (mind) with him. 

3. 3$ laffe ctn>a8 gelten, I fully admit (allow) something. 

4. Cinem ettoa* »etargen, to grudge someone something. (Compare 
the verb, ftc$ fiber ttxoai atgern. Both are derived from the adj. org, from 
which also we get ber Merger and ba8 Slergetnij}.) 

5. Daun was a very able general, though he is here contemptuously 
styled eine ©<$tafmufce, 'a sleepy old fellow*. On June 18, 1757, Daun 
obtained a splendid victory over Frederick II. in the battle of Collin 
(Carlyle, book xviii. ch. 4), but on Dec. 5 of the same year the 
Prussian king revenged himself in the battle of Leuthen {jbid^ book 
xviii. ch. 10). 

6. =ba &ranfrei$ an bent Jtriege £$eil ne$me. 

7. ber £rieg*ftyaiu)tafe t$ut ft$ auf is a phrase clearly derived from 
a stage (Sctyaurtafc, comp. &$au&u$ne) which opens to the view. 



no GOETHES BOYHOOD. [Bk. II. 

8. See above, p. 4, 16. 

9. %\a% denotes merely the seats at a theatrical performance, Soam 
expresses that there was sufficient room for the spectators to more and 
expand. 

10. This is a colloquial phrase; rt Paft m u)nt, it is in his nature, 
it cannot be got out of him. 

1 1. attenfaft*, if need were. 

Page 37. 

1. titobavte, dresses. 

i, tocttUitfttg, extensive. See note on p. 1, 12. 

3. Compass and ruler. 

4. in bo* SyOtige wtwenben is a peculiar phrase : 'to pat into practice, 
to apply'. A more familiar expression would be in kit 3$at mnfefcen, 
ttfottagen. 

5. $aM>arfcettrn (=2tr&eitra in $aypc, pasteboard) would probably be 
more common than the form employed by Goethe. 

6. arttg, neat, pretty. 

7. bVparttidi, constant, persevering.' 

8. wm SProfefffon, 'by trade'; this servant had originally been a 
tailor, but had given up his trade to become a footman. 

9. (Sinem fiber ben £opf »ao)fen is an idiomatic expression denoting 
'to outgrow somebody', to become too big for him. 

10. More correctly n>ic. 

1 1. We say also ju (or frei) Ginem fatten, or e 3 in it (Sincm fatten. 

Page 38. 

• i. Pylades, the faithful friend of Orestes. Comp. Goethe's tragedy 
of Iphigenia, 

2. More commonly fin eingtgeg *ElaL 

3. eine ganje SBeile is a colloquial phrase : 'a considerable time'. 

4. Utbct ttmaS (or toegen etner ©ac^e) (Jrincn Berufen, lit to call some- 
body to account for something, is a fiequent expression for blaming or 
charging somebody with something. 

5. cB...j»ar, although. 

6. auigcfuc^t, lit. exquisite^ i.e. excellent. 

7. 9ttinber$<u)t=2Rinotitdt, which, being a foreign word, has been 
avoided by Goethe. 

8. anfed)ten is a more general term than angrcifen; it means in 
general to worry and annoy. 



Bk. II.] NOTES. in 

9. S3etgniigungen does the duty of a plural of bat SJetgnfigen. 

10. ber Setbenttrcfc, a new compound denoting %tq$ gcgen Sett en. 

1 

1 1. tote = la ja, since. 

12. This is a very free use of the accusative. The usual phrase is 
tine ©tunbe gcben, to give a lesson, and in accordance with this we find 
cine ©tunbe fommen, to come for a lesson (in order to give it). The 
master missed his lesson. 

13. SMijtoottenb is not a common expression; the usual term being 
Wthriflig or ubel gefinnt. Below, p. 41, Goethe uses Uebeltoottenb. 

Page 39. 

1 . beftyomen = beftyimpfen. 

2. The common phrase would be, fie gotten mi$ e. 51. im 3immet 
aftcin gelaffen. 

3. The phrase out bem ©tegteife has been previously explained (p. 25, 
n. 1). In the present place it means 'at the prompting of the moment'. 

4. ft$ toerrec$nen, to miscalculate. In this compound the inseparable 
prefix ttt* denotes something erroneous ; compare Aue, p. 237 (5). 

5. We should understand as if it were, je metyt t$ gu bulben $atte, 
befto me$r toutyi mcinc 2But$. 

6. When the first stroke of the hour sounded. 

7. t* should in this phrase probably be taken as tantamount to 
a genitive, as we say ficty etnet ©ctctye nic^t t>erfe$en, not to look for some- 
thing. It would perhaps have been more correct to say, ft$ beffen ni$t 
tetfo^. 

8. btu<fte=niebet briicfte, gu 23obcn Vreflte. 

9. nnb nictyt is very emphatic here, = abet nic$t. 

10. Both er$ub and er$ob are correct forms of the imperf. of et^eben, 
though the latter is probably more usual nowadays. See note on 
Kohlrausch, p. 59, 3. 

1 1. 3eter is an exclamation denoting that violence is offered to some 
one. Hence gctctn and geter f$reien, and the subst. bod 3etergcfc$i:ci, a loud 
call for help. 

12. $au*gtno{Ten=$autben)o$ner, inmates of the house. 

Page 40. 

1. <5toa* be(ac^en= fiber eine @a$e tac$en. 

2. That it is merely the common fate of man to suffer such things, 
and that there is nothing exceptionally fortunate or unfortunate in his 
life. 



H2 GOETHE S BOYHOOD, „ [Bk. II. 

3. A shortened conditional clause, =»cnn au$ ein folded UBiffen mdit 

*Ut tififct. 

4. ftc$ in cttoaS ftnben, to rest content with something. 

5. fo jtemltd^, pretty well. 

6. ®tic$eleien, taunts (derived from fled^cn, as if they were sharp, 
pointed words). 

7. aJitf»trt>en=nuj?toottctrt>e (see p. 38, n. 13) Steben, malicious words. 

Page 41. 

I. tounbetfam, strange, peculiar. A more usual phrase would be, 
ftc regten mu$ ju nmnberfamen SBetcatytungcn an. 

a. 'Primus inter pares.' 

3. In common German, einmal (einfl) na<$bem bad $pfeifetgcrt($t ab* 
gc^alten toorben toax. 

4. gldc^fam, as it were. His seat was not a throne, but resembled 
one (gtidj ctnem SEfrone). 

5. The expression is easily understood to be proverbial. The 
peacock is often used as the emblem of vain and shallow pride. 

6. Oafigcoer and ©aftljafter are antiquated expressions, instead of 
which we now prefer (Stajtoirty. 

7. The modern form of the plural is bte S^rotie, not bte kronen. In 
the present instance kronen seems to be preferred as rhyming with 
.Kronen. It should be added that the ordinary phrase is, cinen 9nfpro$ 
auf ctmaft macfyen (or tttyebtn). 

8. fatten =ac$ten (compare in Latin habere— ducere, and so 'to hold' 
in English). 

9. fcerfdnttcty, while he was still alive. 

1 o. bag JBcfuc^jimmer, the drawing-room (into which visitors, ©cfucfi, 
are conducted). 

II. muffen often denotes a cogent conclusion. 

Page 42. 

1. bie flfttfe bet &tnb$eit means the abundant (plentiful) impressions 
of childhood. 

2. tourtig, becomingly, in a manner worthy of the subject. 

3. sc $afce or %tttt. The phrase, (ftacn $m fficfteit fjaben, 'to make 
fun of somebody', is conversational 

4. The child uses the organs it has received from nature, without 



Bk. II.] NOTES. 113 

any art and without much pretension, and yet in the way most con- 
ducive to its immediate purposes. 

5. f$eint = erf($etnt, appears. 

6. Compare the Latin, ut nihil supra, 

7. Easy (without an appearance of constraint). 

8. ©titling = &u8bilbung. 

9. forftt>a$fen, to continue (go on) growing. 

10. 3in>erldfJtgfrit = a&foliite @ic$tr$ett, so that we could rely upon his 
judgment (ft$ ouf cttt. wrlaffen). 

n. 'Post factum, eventum.' 

Page 43. 

1. The indefinite article has here the same general sense as irgenfc 
einrt. 

1. ncu$toem=ie nactytcm, according as. 

3. A shortened conditional clause = totnn .... tud en. 

4. warren in its original sense, 'to guard, defend*. It is etymo 
logically connected with guard (Fr. garder)\ compare also the compound 
fee»n>a$ren. 

5. 6urgerU$e £Ru$e denotes such quiet as the citizens of a large 
town generally enjoy. Compare the saying, 9tu$c ijl bte erjte £8ftrgerpf!i$t. 

6. There is also another form, befjenungcactytet, which is perhaps 
more correct. 

7. In the year 1757 the numbers of Frederick's adversaries were 
strengthened by the addition of Sweden and the German Empire. The 
war against the French was carried on by Frederick's allies, the English 
and Hanoverian troops, while he himself defended his country against 
the Russians and Austrians. On May 6, the victory of Prague was 
obtained, though with the loss of Schwerin's valuable life, but on 
June 18, the Prussians were defeated in the battle of Collin. On 
Nov. 5, the French army was splendidly beaten in the battle of Rossbach. 
On Dec. 5, the Austrians were beaten at Leuthen, though the Prussian 
force amounted to scarcely one-third of the Austrian army. 

8. UUbtex is more emphatic than the ordinary term letyafter. 

9. A German word of the same sense is toereinpln. 

10. The three 'religions' represented among the inhabitants of 
Frankfort are the Lutheran, the Reformed or Calvinistic, and the 
Roman Catholic. In our own day we should have to add the Jewish 
persuasion, which is very largely represented in Frankfort now, and, 

G. B. 8 



ii4 GOETHE S BOYHOOD. [Bk. II. 

no doubt, was so then; but in those days the Jews were not counted, 
as they were restricted to the ^udengasse', and did not mix with the 
Test of the population on equal terms. 

ii. The predominant religious confession at Frankfort was and is 
the Lutheran. 

12. junt JRegtment = jur JRegtetung. We also say an bie Stegierung, but 
* only 3ur $etrftyaft getangen. 

13. SicBtyaBereten, favourite pursuits. 

Page 44. 

1. nacy feinet eigenen @tnne8art, in harmony with his own way of 
thinking. 

2. The foreign ©motumcnte is adopted as the legal and technical 
term. The same remark applies to the term Sattotage* 

3. Neither legal nor traditional. 

4. (5t»a8 serftyrooren means to take an oath (vow) not to do some- 
thing. 

5. Gtycirafter denotes a mere title, to which neither emoluments nor 
duties are attached. The verb »erf(tyaffen insinuates that this distinction 
could be procured by money. 

6. There is no reason why the German ®efettf(|>aft should be avoided 
here. — Instead of mac$en, a verb perhaps more common in this phrase 
would be Bitben, or we should use the compound au«mac$en. 

7. The modern form of the plural is tie (S^ataftere. 

8. moctyte denotes a very probable hypothesis. 

9. tie freie SBctt means the wide world which is open to all. 

10. liberal is used in the Latin sense of a style of living conducted 
on a more liberal (gentlemanly) scale. Compare 'a liberal education'. 

11. This should be understood of the renovations previously de- 
scribed. 

12. The preposition might be omitted. 

Page 45. 

1. oBerfe&$nt is antiquated instead of often ertoft$nt. 

2. More commonly cin ©ctyranf vott alter ®e»e$te 

3. Venetian glass is still famous for its wonderful finish and 
elegance. 



Bk. IL] NOTES. 115 

4. fonbcrn=orbncn, to arrange separately (gcfonbett aufjUKex). 

5. More commonly, tocnn etnc Auction »otftet (juty roignetc). 

6. • The first German poet that discovered again a lofty theme for 
poetry, and t thereby inspired even the great and the princes with 
reverence for the German language and mind, and filled the noblest of 
his contemporaries with admiration for his works, was Friedrich Gottlieb 
Klopstock* (R. Boxberger), — born at Quedlinburg, July 2, 1 724, died at 
Hamburg, March 14, 1803. His principal work is the grand epic poem 
3)er £DiefjU6, in twenty cantos — a work, however, more praised and ad- 
mired than read. To the modern generation he is better known 
through his Odes, some of which belong to the finest productions of 
German poetry. 

7. According to the Frankfort dialect, the poet's name resembles 
the word JHotfjtorf (there pronounced .Rlopftotf), a stick for hitting (ftofcfen). 

8. $e*auffomnun is apparently used of poets who rise and acquire 
reputation. The term is not, however, very common in this sense. 

9. All had employed rhymed metre. Klopstock wrote his poem 
in hexameter verse. 

10. Friedrich Rudolf Ludwig von Canitz was born at Berlin, 
Nov. 27, 1674, and died there, Aug. n, 1699. He is chiefly known as 
a lyric poet, but 'his lyric poetry is cold and prosaic, and though 
planned in an intelligent manner, it lacks depth and power of sentiment ; 
it is easy to see that the utmost of his endeavour is to make rhyme and 
reason go together*. (H. Kurz.) 

xi. Friedrich von Hagedorn, bora at Hamburg on April 26, 
1708, died there, Oct. a8, 1754. His poetry lacks depth and warmth, 
but his style is always clear and sprightly, and some of his poems are 
still read with pleasure. 'Hagedorn is always natural and true, and 
chimes in the proper tune.' (Kurz.) 

12. Carl Friedrich Drolunger, born at Durlach, 1688 — 1743, 
1 a poet remarkable rather for his sound theories on poetry than for any 
performances of his own.' (Kurz.) He was, however, opposed to the 
employment of rhyming verse in German. 

13. Christian Furchtegott Gellert, born at Hainichen near Frei- 
berg on July 4, 17 16, died at Leipzig, Dec. 13, 1769 — one of the noblest 
men of his time. His fables and religious hymns still maintain their 
place in German literature, and some of the latter (notably the one 
beginning 2Bte grot? if* be8 Sttma^t'gcn (SJute) are among the finest hymns 
of the German Protestant church. 

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1 1 6 GOETHE S BO YHOOD. [Bk, II 

14. Friedrich Carl Casimir von Creuz, born at Homburg in the 
Taunus mountains, Nov. 24, 1724, died Sept. 6, 1770. His Odes were 
first collected in the Frankfort edition of 1 750 ; they are melancholy in 
many places, and the author appears to have been influenced in them 
by the Night Thoughts of Young. 

15. Albrecht von Haller, born at Berne, Oct. 8, 1708, died 
there, Dec. 12, 1777, a very learned man and excellent poet, though 
most of his works are now antiquated. 

16. Neukirch's Telemachus has been mentioned in a previous 
note (p. 25, n. 14). 

17. For Tasso's epic poem see p. 17, n. 15. 

18. Another phrase is wn Jtinb$ett an. 

19. Instead of metnoriren, we might employ the German term 
airtwcnbig terncn. 

20. ' Full of annoyance. * 

21. einfcyttftrpn, 'to smuggle in*; a word derived from tic ©ctyttdrjf, 
which appears in German argot as early as the 14th century as a term 
for 'night*. The word is often used metaphorically of importing clan- 
destinely. 

Page 46. 

1. gefc$Afi«tyattg=t$attg in <0cf<$ftfiten, busy, active. 

2. The first five cantos of Klopstock's Messiah appeared in 1751. 
The first ten cantos appeared in two volumes 1755 and 1756. 

3. tin Grt8auung6feu$, a book of devotions; erfcauen is 'to edify*. 

4. tie <5$arn>o$e is the week before Easter, in which Good Friday 
(Gyarfreitag) is celebrated. <S$ar corresponds to Old High G. char a > 
'lamentation*, the same word as the £. care, Anglos, cam. 

5. entbint*n=fret mac$en, aBlofeit. 

6. More commonly, er mar feyt Bejtfirjt. 

7. The more they discussed the subject, the greater their difference 
of opinion turned out to be. 

8. He was at last content to... <fr toft t» fi$ gefaffen means 'he 
puts up with it'. 

9. @onntag<fuWe is a quaint phrase denoting a Sunday dinner. An 
old-fashioned way of inviting for dinner is : tootttn ©ie eincn Soffet &ufpt 
tmt un6 eficn? 

ro. $rofety'ten, 'converts*, from the Greek vpocffKvro^ lit one who 
joins the faithful (d TrpwrepXQfwos rots run oh). 



Bk. III. J NOTES. 117 

ti. J&etfigen is said in agreement with the ecclesiastic term $rofetyteu. 
The 'saint' in question is, of course, Klopstock. 

1 2. The copy was at the service of the family for the rest of the 
year. 

Page 47. 

r. auffattenfe, striking. 

2. See p. 45, n. 19. 

3. Portia's dream may be read in the Messiah vn. 366 — 497. 
Portia is the wife of Pilatus. 

4. The passage here alluded to is in the tenth canto, v. 96 — 146. 

5. 'Had fallen to my share.' Another phrase of the same sense is, 
teat mir ju 3$cil geroorten. 

6. $5Hif$, because used by demons (Satan and Adramelech). 
Compare teuflifty, below. 

7. ©amfiag is the southern appellation, @onnabenb the one used in 
the north of Germany. Compare Fr. samedi= 'sabbati dies'. 

8. fcequemltd? is the adv. of frequent; see Aue § 240, 2 b. 

9. $etfdmmli$, usual ; according to custom and tradition (<§erfommen). 

10. Instead of jietyenber, Klopstock subsequently adopted the read- 
ing tyerrftyentoer, which is now found in the editions. 

11. letoitc$, pretty well, tolerably. 

Page 48. 

1. (S$trurgu8 is an honorary and complimentary title applied to 
a mere barber. It commonly denotes a surgeon. 

2. Slufftanb, lit. a 'standing-up', denotes here 'a commotion \ 

3. ttetrufen means 'to bring into bad repute', to decry. 

DtitteS 8uc$. 

Page 49. 

1. bet Umtauf=fca8 Um$erge$en, circulation. 

2. fic$ in Jtletber werfen is a common phrase instead of 'donning one's 
clothes'. Thus we say, ft$ in fcinen beften @taot toerfen, to don one's best 
clothes. 

3. ettounfcfjt, acceptable. 

4. bafetbjt is somewhat antiquated instead of bort. 



u8 GOETHE $ BOYHOOD. [Bk. III. 

5. »cr fonji alle8, whoever else — denotes that besides those men- 
tioned there was a considerable number of others not specially enu- 
merated. 

6. Those of lower rank who came to congratulate and to receive 
their usual new year's gifts. 

7. $onotattorcn is the technical designation of persons of rank and 
station in some town. 

8. Rooms which were scarcely ever opened during the rest of the 
year. 

9. aftarjtyan, 'march-pane', a very sweet kind of confectionery 
{panis marcidus .?). 

Page 50. 

1. @tiftung often denotes an endowment, an institution. 

2. »ergnuglic$, pleasurable. 

3. 'Full of thought and foreboding.' 2tynung«»ott is used em- 
phatically instead of aoH Sofer ?I$nungen. 

4. The 'principal tower' of Frankfort meant here is the tower of 
the Dom or St Bartholomew's Church, bet $farrt$urm. 

5. It seemed as if he would never have done blowing his trumpet. 

6. Goethe insinuates that the troops were allowed to enter the town 
with the connivance of the authorities. Modern research has proved 
that Goethe's own grandfather Textor was at the bottom of the whole 
transaction. 

7. The small detachment which escorted them through the town. 

8. The • GonjtoBterroac^e ', near the Bornheim Gate, was under the 
command of Major Textor, the Schultheiss's brother; the 'Haupt- 
wache' (at the upper end of the 'Zeil') under that of the Lieutenant von 
Klettenberg. 

9. 2lugen6U(fS (an adverbial formation from SugenMtdf, compare Stag*, 
Stac^tt, etc.), 'in an instant'. 

10. Bbouafiren is a peculiar instance of an original German word 
having been modified by the French, and reimported into Germany : 
'bivouac, a l'origine bivac, mot venu de l'allemand Seitoac^e, et introduit 
a l'epoque de la guerre de Trente ans'. A. Brachet, Diction, itym. de 
la langue Jrancaise, p. 92. 

Page 51. , 

1. fce$agli$ expresses that the citizens were fond of their comfort, 
and discontented to have it disturbed by soldiers billeted upon them. 



Bk. III.] NOTES. 119 

2. Stiemanb is the dative, in which case we may also say jftiemauben. 

3. @taat8j{mmcr = $runfjtmmer, rooms of state. 

4. fo »ie er ftc$ btc @ad>e bac^te. 

5. mogen = fimn*n. Or we may explain, fo $dtte er f«£ unb un« 
mogTi($ct SBctfc manege trube @tunb< erfoart. 

6. ber £imig6tieutcnant is very popular in Germany, both on account 
of Goethe's vivid description of his character, and of Gutzkow's drama 
which bears this title, and is founded on Goethe's account. 

7. fd[>H(|>t<n, 'to arrange', connected with fc$lc($t and f$tuf>t (E. 
slight); compare the phrase fc$le($t unb rcctyt, 'honest and right'. 

8. gufammengenommen = jurwf $altenb, reserved. 

9. ob c§ f c$on = obfdjon e8. 

10. We should now probably say er jeigte ft$ fe$t verBinbtty. 

Page 52. 

1. unrotrffam, without working or interfering himself, merely passive. 

2. Slrrcftanten is, strangely enough, used in a passive sense, meaning 
persons arrests/. 

3. offene Xaftl, access to which was open to all. 

4. amtitflrgajt = mtlitdrifaer ® a ji. 

5. ficf> in cine ©a($e fd^icfen, 'to adapt oneself to something'; compare 
the noun bad ®efc$ttf and the adj. geftyidt. 

6. He could turn small annoyances into a joke. 

Page 53. 

1. Hugti$ is the adv. of ftug, compare p. 47, n. 8. 

2. The retirement which was in the nature of the master of the 
house. 

3. on fciner ©cite=feinctfcit«, merely 'on his own part* (not as Mr 
Oxenford has it, 'in his capacity'). 

4. flBonbel is often used to denote tne whole conduct of life. 

5. In modern German, cintge is but rarely used with the def. article, 
in which sense we now prefer bie roentgen. 

6. Sftemanben is the dative, in which case we may also say Sfctemcmb 
(p. 51, n. 2), but should avoid the neologism jfttemanbem. 

7. 3)olmetfdf> and ©olmetftyet are words of foreign origin, denoting an 
'interpreter'; compare Polish tlumacz. 

8. (Sin Ainb cm* bet Saufc $eben, lit to hold a child over the baptismal 



120 GOETHE S BOYHOOD. [Bk. III. 

font, is a common phrase for standing godfather (or godmother) to a 
child. Hence Q&eoattex directly afterwards. 

9. Sfceigimg = $in* or 3unetgung ; he was now twice as favourably 
inclined to the family. 

10. aomiifKgen, 'to spare, save'; compare the* instance given by J. 
Grimm : bu iannjt bid) »»o$l etnen 2lugenbli(f von bent ©ctyret&en aomiif tgen, 
perhaps you may just spare a moment from your writing; and in the 
same manner Goethe says aUt abgumuf igenben Sage unb ©tunben in freter 
Suft jufcrtngen, to spend all the days and hours he could spare in the open 
air (quoted by Grimm, Diet. 1, 79). The expression is not however 
very common. 

11. ©inem ettoaS etnterneri (or etnftubieren) = ©inen et». letyren. The 
latter phrase is however expressive of methodical and theoretic teaching, 
while the one employed by Goethe denotes coaching and cramming. 

12. We may also say auf bat SSefte. 

13. Though she was already at an age when languages are not so 
easily acquired as in early youth. 

Page 54. 

1 . Presents which might possibly be interpreted as intending bribery. 

2. »egv»eifen is a stronger expression than afcroetfen or the mere 
vjrtoei^etn. 

3. Unf often is merely a more' emphatic word than Jtofien. 

4. 9la$tif<$, the mensae secundae of the ancients; lit. that which 
comes after the proper dinner, the dessert. 

5. Unftyutb = ©infa^eit, simplicity. 

6. $5c$ttc|>, the adverb of $0$. 

7. It is more usual nowadays to say baft CSri*. 

8. *»a$r$afit=nrirfttc$; compare the French viritable. 

9. einigermaf? en, to some extent. 

10. (Smtter (a word already employed before) denotes the kind 
interpreter. His proper name was Diene. 

11. ©tnem (etftaft) sotftetten or SBorftettungen ma$en, to represent 
something to somebody (by adducing arguments and reasons). 

12. S)o6 nritt ni$t Bei u)m gretfen means 'it won't prevail with him, it 
is useless with him'. 

13. Uiimut^, 'ill-humour*. 



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Bk. III.J NOTES. 121 

Page 55. 

1. As the relative refers to a complete sentence and not merely to 
one word, it would be more usual now to say n>a$ than toelc$e6. 
a. More commonly $in* unfc $crlaufetu 

3. eigen = etgentpmU$, fcefonfcer. 

4. ptfant preserves the trace of its foreign (French) origin (from 
piquant) in its accent which is always laid on the last syllable. 

5. 3)er ^crjog »on Offuna was the famous, witty, and cruel viceroy of 
Naples in the beginning of the 17 th century. His witticisms were 
greatly renowned at that time. 

6. ba§ nicfjt — ofjne bafj. Compare the Latin quin. 

7. Compare 1 Kings ill. 16 — 28. 

8. cin SBefonbettf, i. e. a special instance of his Solomonic judgments. 

9. We might also have employed the simple infinitive (2lubienj gu 
gebett) without any difference in sense. 

Page 56. . 

1. Another writer would perhaps have said »on munteter, gutmut$tgct 
SRatur. 

2. SIBtocg is a path (3Beg) which leads away {ah) from the true road, 
hence an 'aberration', a wrong step. 

3. ttmftdnt>tt($er, in a more circumstantial (detailed) manner. 

4. gragcit unfc 2lntworten befictyen is said after the analogy of the 
phrase cut Gbcamen fcefietyen, to pass an examination. Compare also (Sinem 
iRcb' unfc Slnttoort fietyen, to answer someone's (detailed) questions. 

5. gegen, 'compared with'; a frequent meaning of this preposition. 

6. mit SGBtbewriu'en mcineS SSaterS is not a usual phrase, though readily 
understood. It expresses that his father did not exactly, approve of the 
boy's using this free admission, but still did not actually forbid it ; in 
this way the phrase differs from the common (fefcr) gegen ten SBillcn 
mctncfi SBoterf, which would involve actual disobedience to his father's 
explicit commands. 

7. ba« partem is the only current term for the pit in a theatre. 

8. mtmifdj), 'mimic', from the Greek /xifie'iffdai, to imitate; hence 
also ber SJiimc, the actor, instead of the ordinary @c$auftncler. 

9. The only possible way in which the boy could derive amusement 
from the performance was by guessing at the meaning of the play by 
accurately observing the gestures and the inflexion of the voices and the 
tone of the actors. 



122 GOETHE S BOYHOOD. [Bk. III. 

10. gemeta = getwf ntt<$, * everyday life '. 

it. More commonly we should say fur toetyc (or toofur) mir He 
fluftruifc gar ni^t fcefannt ivaren. 

Page 57. 

1. bet 2Ucrantriner, & win Alexandrin, is the common metre of 
French tragedy and comedy, e.g. 

Mais cependant ce jour il epouse Andromaque. 
The origin of this name is unknown. 

2. ' The general character of the expressions'. 

3. Jean Racine, born Dec. 22, 1639, ^^ m r ^99» perhaps the 
greatest of the French tragic writers {Andromaque 1667, Britannicus 
1669, Jpkigenie en Aulide 1674, Phldre 1677, Athalie 1691), but also 
the author of a satirical comedy in the style of Aristophanes, Les 
Plaidmrs (1668). 

4. tin etngelernter @pra<$voget = fin SSogcl, ben man bal Gpre^en getcfrt 
$at. See before (p. 53, n. n) our note on etnlernen. 

5. Nericault Destouches, born at Tours in 1680, died 1754. 
During his sojourn in England (1717 — 1722) he became familiar with 
English literature, and subsequently endeavoured to raise the moral 
tone of the French comedy of his time by his own productions. Com- 
pare Lessing's Hamburgische Dramaturgic, p. 101 sq. (Hempers 
edition). 

6. Chamblain de Marivaux, 1688 — 1763, was likewise influenced 
by English literature. His journal Le Spectateur Francois was to some 
extent an imitation of Addison's Spectator. He wrote for the comic 
stage during nearly fifty years, his first piece dating from the year 17 12. 
The number of his comedies amounts to more than thirty, the most 
famous being Le Jeu de V Amour et du Hasard, La Surprise de V Amour, 
Le Legs, Lesfausses Confidences, VEpreuve. His novels are still more 
famous : La Vie de Marianne, and Le Paysan Parvenu. See CEuvres 
choisies de Marivaux, 2 vols. Paris, Hachette, 1862. 

7. La Chausse" e, 1693 — 1754, 'ecrivait des comedies larmoyantes' 
(Demogeot, Histoiredela lit. franc, p. 505). 

8. Jean-Baptiste Poquelin de Moliere, born at Paris, Jan. 15, 
1622, died there, 1673. He was the greatest comic writer of French 
literature, and perhaps of all ages {Le Misanthrope, Tartuffe, VAvare, 
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Les Fethmes Sav antes). 

9. Lemierre (1723— 1793), poite et auteur dramatique; compare 



Bk. III.] NOTES. 123 

Demogeot 505, 694. His Hypermnestre was first acted in Paris in 1758, 
and was quite a novelty at Frankfort at the time spoken of. 

10. Le Devin du Village is an opera by Jean- Jacques Rousseau 
(17 12 — 1778), which was successfully performed at Fontainebleau in 
1752 (Plotz, Manuel, p. 364). 

11. The mention of Rose et Colas in the present place seems to be 
due to some mistake. The book of this little opera was by Sedaine, the 
music by Monsigny and Gretry. But it was not performed in Paris 
before 1 764, so that Goethe would appear to have first seen it at some 
subsequent period. 

is. Annette et Lubin, comedie en un acte et en vers libres, melee 
d'ariettes et de vaudevilles, by Madame Favart, was not performed at 
faris before Feb. 15, 1762, and appears likewise to be mentioned here 
owing to some mistake on Goethe's part. 

13. fccfconbcrn, to dress out in ribbons. 

14. Compare the French phrase : jepeux me les rappeler (instead of 
je nten souviens), of which this would seem to be an imitation. 

15. *S^eater denotes here more particularly the stage, bie 39u$nc. 

16. In the phrase used in the text ganjen is properly speaking 
superfluous, as au6$oten by itself means to hear to the end. 

17. We should commonly say, in ber gelinbeten 3a$ttfycit. 

1 8. fcctftlufig = getegenttt$, casually. 



Page 58. 

. 1. <5rtn>a8.fcei Grtnem geltenb mac$en, to employ something with some 
one, turn it to (good) account with him. 

a. The expression is not a very common one. We should say 
nowadays, et ftybf ft<$ um fo me$r an mt$ an. 

3. 2hifftyneibct is a very idiomatic term for a braggadocio. The verb 
auffc$netben is used in the same sense. 

4. claimant ( = Fr. charmant) is conversationally used instead of the 
German cntjiicfcnb or retjcnb. 

5. afrcnteuer, * adventure'; the two words being the same in origin, 
though the German is merely a corruption of the French aventure (in 
M. H. G. it is aventiure). 

6. The name of Derones would seem to be a mere fiction. No 
family of that name has yet been traced in France. 



124 GOETHE S BOYHOOD. [Bk. III. 

7. SUbung should be understood of bodily form. It is, however, 
more commonly used of mental culture (tin 2Ramt oon SBUbitng, a well 
educated man). 

8. The great variety of theatrical exhibitions and performances. 

Page 59. 

1. They did not agree with our exterior. The children were 
dressed in their very best, and looked more like little men than 
children — according to the formal fashion of that time. Hence their 
childish conduct contrasted all the more with their stiff and stately 
appearance. * 

2. bet ©ugel, the hilt 

3. id} laffe c6 mir gefallen, I am satisfied to accept it, I am content. 

4. autmatytn or afcmacfjett, to arrange matters 

5. On the stage, a duel is a mere pretence; the actors seem to hit, 
though they do not. Hence we read directly afterwards, tie ©tope 
giengen neben au6, 'all the thrusts went sideways* without hitting (wrongl/ 
translated by Mr Oxenford : ' the thrusts followed close upon each other'). 

6. toerft($crit takes both the dative and accusative of the person, 
though the first is perhaps more correct. 

7. 3ftanbetmilc$, almond-milk. 

8. Ever since the French had taken possession of Frankfort. 

9. gumal=befonber8, especially. 

10. $arabcn, parades (of troops). 

ii. Slrmee is often used in German instead of the genuine term, 
ba* J&eet. 

Page 60. 

1. bit Grrften denotes the chiefs and leaders. 

2. bte ^obefie or ber $obefl, not a common word, is thus explained 
by Loeper : *a landing, to which an open flight of steps, and frequently 
a double row, leads up; to be connected with Podium (vodeiov, rots); 
in the same sense we employ $ebefl {pes)* 

3. bic (Scncralitdt, a collective noun = bte (Senerare. 

4. Soubise, a favourite of Mad. de Pompadour and her royal lover, 
Lewis XV., a general without any capacities, was beaten by Frederick 
the Great in the glorious battle oiRossback, Nov. 5, 1757. 



Bk. III.] NOTES. 12$ 

5. leutfelig, affable. 

6. Broglio (or Broglie) was a far better general than Soubise, 
but was frequently opposed and thwarted by him. He remained in 
Frankfort during three years. . 

7. fcetyenb, agile. See our note on Hermann and Dorothea, 2, 19. 

8. metyrmaft (literally =mc$r alt etnmal), several times. The final I 
in this word is that which appears in so many adverbial formations, 
eg* ting*, xttyi, tin!*, etc. 

9. fcunfet is an adverb here; the news was circulated, but it was 
impossible to speak of it with certainty and publicity. 

10. A German expression would be btc fficrfcunbeten. 

11. Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick, one of Frederick's generals, 
survived the Seven years' war a considerable number of years ; he was 
the commander of the Prussian army in the unfortunate battle of Jena 
(Oct. 14, 1806), and died shortly afterwards at Altona (near Hamburg), 
having been expelled from his capital by the victorious French. 

12. For the genitive after reflective verbs, see Aue § 347. 

13. nic$t bie gtofjte is somewhat ironical in the sense of eine ni<$t fe$r 
grofe = eine gtemlt<$ ftetne. 

14. Instead of in ©orgen, Goethe might also have employed the 
adj. forgenvott or 6cforgt. 

15* fcctyaltett=betyauptcit, to maintain possession of the bridge. 

16. SomBarbement should be pronounced in the German manner in 
the first syllable, but in the French way in the last, which should also 
be accented. 

Page 61. 

1. Both those who wished success to the French, and the adherents 
of the Prussians. 

2. Compare Hermann and Dorothea^ 1, 159 ©ie ©otge, bie me$r all 
\tVbft mix ba« VLthtX t>ct$aft if!. 

3. anbringen=toor6rtngen, ttertragen. 

4. 'There was no cause to fear.' 

5. The village of Bergen is situated on a hilly ridge, not very far 
from Frankfort. It is a favourite place for excursions with the Frankfort 
citizens. 

6. in 3ufru$r, 'in an uproar'; there was no rest and quiet in the 
house. 

7. ru$mft$ is adv. =mit 9lu$m. 



126 GOETHE S BOYHOOD. [Bk. III. 

8. <5$artMx$c, Passion-week. On G$«r* see above, p. 46, n. 4. 
The battle of Bergen was fought on Good-Friday, April 13, 1759. 

9. The highest garret in the house. 

10. fDSafienfeuer is a general, simultaneous discharge. 

11. fo$te=(angfam, involving however also the notion of care and 
caution. ' See our commentary on Hermann and Dorothea. 

1 2. For Sagaretty, see our note on Kohlrausch, p. 38, 4. 

13. Siefcfrauentfofter = too* Jttoftar unftet Xtefcai graneti, 'our Lady's 
convent'. There is not, however, any monastery of this name at 
Frankfort, and this mention appears to be due to some slip of Goethe's 
memory; he probably means the Jtormettteitrtofter, which was situated 
not far from his father's house. 

14. SBartn*9ergtg'feii, 'charitable disposition'; compare fu$ et&armcn, 
to take pity. 

Page 62. 

1. Some of the wounded soldiers were, of course, unable to accept 
anything, their wounds being too severe. 

2. fcteffttte=t>ertimntoete, French blessis. 

3. bebt&ngen, lit. to get into a throng, to push hard; here almost 
the same as 'distressed'. 

4. The expression is unusual, instead of: er lief ft<$ buf$ feine 
8eibenf<$aftli<$feii gu bet 23cttoegenf>cit $inteif» en (or bertetten). ' 

5. Friedberg is one of the principal towns in the district called 
Wetterau, between Frankfort and Giessen. 

6. $orn$eim, a small village, now almost a suburb of Frank- 
fort 

7. It would be more correct to use the genitive with onftcf^tig 
rocrben. 

8. aBpratten, to rebound. 

9. toe* Seuern*, gen. of bo* $euern, not of bo* Seuet. 

10. ©fcenbe means chiefly a charitable gift. 

11. fatten denotes a command here. 

12. aufixufen, * to pack on a wagon or cart', a -term denoting hurry 
and precipitation. 

13. ic$ tout ouf etroa*, I build (my hopes) on something, is a fre- 
quent expression for firm and steady reliance on somebody's word. 
Comp. also the proverbial phrase, ouf U)n fannji S)u ^dufet &auen, you 
may safely rely upon him. 



Bk. 1IL] • NOTES. 12 7 

Page 63. 

1. $5c$ti($ is the adverb of $0$. 

2. too* tirir fonntcn=fomel roit nur fonnten. 

3. ent&e$ren takes both the genitive and accusative. 

4. A more common phrase would be : et cntjog fte$ unfetcn 8tc6fofun* 
gen, or er toetgerte fi$, tmfete fiie&fofungen anjune^men. 

5. Observe the difference between bte @a($e to or and b. @. tear* 
entfetyieben. The first is, Vaffaire itait decidie; the second, Vaffaire fut 
dkidSe. 

6. enbtu$ denotes that his arrival had been anxiously waited for. 

7. Instead of bejetgten, it might also be fccjeugten : see, however, our 
commentary on Hermann and Dorothea. 

8. SBotyl is intended to express the French eh Men. 

9. In euertttnUcn the t is. inorganic ; comp. however meincttoegen, feci* 
netmegen, etc. 

10. <5ottatt<Sn = 3Ra y t, SRa^ljeti. 

11. gut is used to express compassion, like the E. ' poor dear 1 . 

12. motive : he did not feel inclined to partake of their collation. 

13. ba3 3ttcnbbrob is a common term for 'supper', also called 
Slbenbeffen. 

14. Unorbmmg is here not exactly disorder, but a mere deviation 
from the established order. 

15. bet ©ettc fc$affen=»egf$affcn, put out of the way. 

16. The position of ungern at the end of the clause renders it more 
emphatic. Another writer would probably have said after or toenn auc$ 
ungern. 

17. More commonly a^nten. 

Page 64. 

1. hotter is a more conversational form of the prepositional use of 
the adj. than ooft. 

1. a&laufen, 'come off, terminate, end', is conversational instead of 
au6ge$en. 

3. Sngrimm is stronger than ©rtmm, and perhaps also involves the 
idea of smothered anger. 

4. The expression is only conversational and very rude. 

5. Compare the phrase jut £5 tie fafyren. 



128 GOETHE S BOYHOOD. |B R - HI. 

6. getafjen, 'composedly'; compare the line in Schiller's ballad, 
&er $anbf$u$ : 

Unb getaffen Brtngt et ben $anbf$u$ jutfirf. 

7. Compare the proverbial phrase, mtr ifl ein ©tein »om $cr)fu 
gcfatten, I have got such a load off my heart. 

8. We should connect toag fur ©ujitgfeiten, what a lot of sweet 
things. 

9. There are the two expressions, t$ ftytafe fcur$ and i$ butc^ftylafe 
bie Sftactyt, I sleep through the whole night. 

10. bie 3Ba<$e is the common term for bie $au)>t»a$e, where there is 
also a place of detention for prisoners, previous to their being conducted 
to the proper prison. 

1 1. £>u ©ufcattetnen = untergeorbnete 58 cam ten. 

1 2. rege ma$en = erregen. 

Tage 65. 

j. fU$ ttetftedensvrtforgfit Meifcen. 
1. nut=mtnbejien*, njentgften*. 

3. * With that great self-command he used to have over himself.' 

4. Comp. the familiar phrase, fetn 9Hur$c$cn an Ginem fu$tcn, to vent 
one's spleen (passion) on someone. SKut$ has here almost the same 
meaning as Unmut$ or £eibenfc$aft. 

5. In the same manner we say ein <8efpr£c$ 'fu$ren, to carry on a 
conversation. 

6. 3d) tljue mtr ettea* batauf ju ©ute, I am proud of this. 

7. (Sttoai Mtponen, 'to forbid something on pain of...' (from the 
Lat. poena). 

8. St Jean was Count Thorane's valet. 

9. gut = flarf, ftflfttg. There was no doubt a considerable difference 
in outward appearance between the two men — perhaps a slim, spare 
Frenchman, and a somewhat bulky German. 

10. @einer is the genitive : two such as he. 

Page 66. 

1. ftyeel denotes an oblique way of looking ; here • they look askance 
at us'. 

1. They pretend to be citizens of an imperial town ? 



Bk, IILJ NOTES. 129 

3. The usurper meant here is Frederick II. The 4 faithful allies 
of the endangered Emperor are, of course, the French. 

4. ju intern 3$ette = i$te« 2$eit6, i$rerfett«, in their turn. The burden 
of the French was, however, no slight one upon the city of Frankfort, 
as is amply proved by the accounts still extant in the city registers. 

5. diei$0fetnb = 5einb be« {Rei$e6. The German Empire had also 
joined the alliance against Frederick. 

6. Only the minority of the citizens detest the French and are 
opposed to the Emperor. 

7. verMenfeet is explained in our note on Kohlrausch, p. 4, 1. 

8. ftc$ unterfie$en = toagen. 

9. « Be they as many as they please.' 

10. merten merely means * to perceive' ; ft$ (dat) merten is rather 
' to remember ', literally 'to make a mark' (' when found, make a note 
of it !'). 

11. The familiar 9ta$(ar (voisin) denotes that the Count is ' coming 
round '. 

12. tin falf$er @<$ritt is said in imitation of the Fr. faux pas; the 
common German phrase is ein $e$!ttitt, or cine verfe$rte $anbtung. 

Page 67. 

1. er gejiemt is less common than et jiemt. 

2. 3n einer Batyt tnitf»re$en, to interfere in something, to have a 
voice in a matter. 

3. JDer Brave 3Jiann, le brave homme. Comp. Burger's splendid 
8ieb vom (raven SRanne. 

4. buntet is used like the Fr. obscur. Comp. Goethe in Faust : 

SWein Stater toot ein bunfler ©Ijrenmaitn. 

5. <5fe arg ma$en is a plirase like tt toll, tt tuftig trei&en, to manage 
things merrily, madly, etc. The sense is, * provided they did not mis- 
conduct themselves too flagrantly '. 

6. (&i fiber ft$ gettrinnen, to do something against the grain, to bring 
oneself to do something unpleasant. 

7. ^Poffert is perhaps a translation of the Fr. drdleries* 'your jests, 
jokes '. 

8. We notice here a flagrant imitation of the French construction : 
ces hommes, sont-ils done tout-afait aveugles ? In German it would be : 
finb benn biefe 3Renf$en gang verMenbet ? 

9. bte fltettrabe = ber SRucfjitg. 

G. B. 9 



i 3 o GOETHES BOYHOOD. [Bk. III. 

10. S)t< $AiO>c in ben @$oo£ tegen is a conversational and proverbial 
phrase for sitting down and doing nothing. 
ii. More usually, gur $anb. 

12. Ce propriitaire-la que veuUil done f 

13. fctafrte = tourbe jrfafcen, if we had been beaten and the enemy 
were throwing shell into the town. 

14. tocrmalebeti, 'confounded' — a strong expression not fit for the 
drawing-room. Comp. Latin maledicere, Fr. niaudit. 

15. ntd|ft is superfluous; it would be correct, if the thought were 
expressed in the following manner : mi$ fo fe$r genirt %abt, baf i$ metne 
Sonbfartcn nt$t anfnagetn tiefi. For the fact itself comp. above p. 52. 

16. During the whole day of battle they ought to have been on 
their knees praying for our success. 

1 7. Now more commonly ba8 ©ift. 

Page 68. 

1. au8f$reien=ioerftyteien, they will clamour against you as a tyrant 
and barbarian. 

2. To feel edified by the good- will of the master of the house. 

3. She has anticipated all your wishes. 

4. It is very common in Germany for a friend of the house to be ' 
treated by the children as their * uncle'. 

5. More correctly, 1$ $afce <2fuc$ toegen (Sueter Saffung Bcteunbert. 

6. An imitation of the Fr. adorer. The interpreter is speaking 
throughout in the exaggerated style of French complimentary language. 

Page 69. 

1. The Count means to sky that vanity is not his weakness. Grtwo* 
mflfenis 'to hit'. 

2. unettoretet is an adverb. ' • 

3. ft($ ent^atten is another of those numerous reflective verbs which 
govern the genitive. 

4. Observe the preposition which is very idiomatic in this phrase. 
In English we should, of course, say into. 

5. (SttectS toerftytafen means to lose something by sleeping. 

Page 70. 

1. He never introduced any variations into his tale when repeating it 

2. A Spaniard's bearing is more stately, a Frenchman's more 
lively. 



Bk. III.] NOTES. 131 

3. More correctly (on account of the difference of genders) obex 
feinen tyaxatttx. 

4. Mtpdnte, see above p. 65, n. 7. 

5. obttfitt $ottjelmeijler, chef de police. 

6. in ft$ gcjognet is unusual instead of me$r jurutfgegogen. 

7. ftufentoeife, gradatim, always rising from a lower to a higher 
appointment. 

8. fete (Sparge is a French term instead of the German tie 2InfUttung. 



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