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Facts about Karl Philipp Moritz

Occup.Author
FromGermany
BornSeptember 15, 1756
DiedJune 26, 1793
Aged36 years

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Karl Philipp Moritz was a famous Author from Germany, who lived between September 15, 1756 and June 26, 1793. He/she became only 36 years old.

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He/she is born under the zodiac virgo, who is known for Analyzing, Practical, Reflective, Observation, Thoughtful. Our collection contains 21 quotes who is written / told by Karl.

21 Famous quotes by Karl Philipp Moritz

Small: All over London as one walks, one everywhere, in the season, sees oranges to sell and they are in gener
"All over London as one walks, one everywhere, in the season, sees oranges to sell; and they are in general sold tolerably cheap, one and even sometimes two for a halfpenny; or, in our money, threepence"
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Small: These funerals always appear to me the more indecent in a populous city, from the total indifference of
"These funerals always appear to me the more indecent in a populous city, from the total indifference of the beholders, and the perfect unconcern with which they are beheld"
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Small: Every view, and every object I studied attentively, by viewing them again and again on every side, for
"Every view, and every object I studied attentively, by viewing them again and again on every side, for I was anxious to make a lasting impression of it on my imagination"
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Small: You see in the streets of London, great and little boys running about in long blue coats, which, like r
"You see in the streets of London, great and little boys running about in long blue coats, which, like robes, reach quite down to the feet, and little white bands, such as the clergy wear"
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Small: My landlady, who is only a tailors widow, reads her Milton and tells me, that her late husband first fe
"My landlady, who is only a tailor's widow, reads her Milton; and tells me, that her late husband first fell in love with her on this very account: because she read Milton with such proper emphasis"
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Small: In the streets through which we passed, I must own the houses in general struck me as if they were dark
"In the streets through which we passed, I must own the houses in general struck me as if they were dark and gloomy, and yet at the same time they also struck me as prodigiously great and majestic"
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Small: A traveller on foot in this country seems to be considered as a sort of wild man or out-of-the way bein
"A traveller on foot in this country seems to be considered as a sort of wild man or out-of-the way being, who is stared at, pitied, suspected, and shunned by everybody that meets him"
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Small: The short English miles are delightful for walking. You are always pleased to find, every now and then,
"The short English miles are delightful for walking. You are always pleased to find, every now and then, in how short a time you have walked a mile, though, no doubt, a mile is everywhere a mile, I walk but a moderate pace, and can accomplish four English miles in an hour"
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Small: It is a common observation, that the more solicitous any people are about dress, the more effeminate th
"It is a common observation, that the more solicitous any people are about dress, the more effeminate they are"
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Small: In London, before I set out, I had paid one shilling another was now demanded, so that upon the whole,
"In London, before I set out, I had paid one shilling; another was now demanded, so that upon the whole, from London to Richmond, the passage in the stage costs just two shillings"
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Small: I am very sorry to say that I rejoiced when I once more perceived the towers of Windsor behind me
"I am very sorry to say that I rejoiced when I once more perceived the towers of Windsor behind me"
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Small: The church of St. Peter at Berlin, notwithstanding the total difference between them in the style of bu
"The church of St. Peter at Berlin, notwithstanding the total difference between them in the style of building, appears in some respects to have a great resemblance to St. Paul's in London"
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Small: My host at Richmond, yesterday morning, could not sufficiently express his surprise that I intended to
"My host at Richmond, yesterday morning, could not sufficiently express his surprise that I intended to venture to walk as far as Oxford, and still farther. He however was so kind as to send his son, a clever little boy, to show me the road leading to Windsor"
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Small: I now resolved to go to bed early, with a firm purpose of also rising early the next day to revisit thi
"I now resolved to go to bed early, with a firm purpose of also rising early the next day to revisit this charming walk; for I thought to myself, I have now seen this temple of the modern world imperfectly; I have seen it only by moonlight"
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Small: Whilst in Prussia poets only speak of the love of country as one of the dearest of all human affections
"Whilst in Prussia poets only speak of the love of country as one of the dearest of all human affections, here there is no man who does not feel, and describe with rapture, how much he loves his country"
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Small: The joining of the whole congregation in prayer has something exceedingly solemn and affecting in it
"The joining of the whole congregation in prayer has something exceedingly solemn and affecting in it"
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Small: On a very gloomy dismal day, just such a one as it ought to be, I went to see Westminster Abbey
"On a very gloomy dismal day, just such a one as it ought to be, I went to see Westminster Abbey"
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Small: St. Pauls arose like some huge mountain above the enormous mass of smaller buildings
"St. Paul's arose like some huge mountain above the enormous mass of smaller buildings"
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Small: I had almost forgotten to tell you that I have already been to the Parliament House and yet this is of
"I had almost forgotten to tell you that I have already been to the Parliament House; and yet this is of most importance. For, had I seen nothing else in England but this, I should have thought my journey thither amply rewarded"
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Small: Westminster Abbey, the Tower, a steeple, one church, and then another, presented themselves to our view
"Westminster Abbey, the Tower, a steeple, one church, and then another, presented themselves to our view; and we could now plainly distinguish the high round chimneys on the tops of the houses, which yet seemed to us to form an innumerable number of smaller spires, or steeples"
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Small: As I passed along the side walls of Westminster Abbey, I hardly saw any thing but marble monuments of g
"As I passed along the side walls of Westminster Abbey, I hardly saw any thing but marble monuments of great admirals, but which were all too much loaded with finery and ornaments, to make on me at least, the intended impression"
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