faust

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  1. A tragedy by Goethe, commenced in 1772, and published. as "Faust, ein Fragment" in 1790. Part 1, complete, was published as "Faust, eine Tragödie" in 1808; part 2, finished in 1831, was published in 1833. It has been translated into English by Bayard Taylor, Blackie, Anster, Hayward, Martin, and others (nearly 40 in all). Goethe accomplished the transformation of Faust from a common necromancer and conjurer into a personification of humanity, tempted and disquieted, but at length groping its way to the light. See Goethe.

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  1. an alchemist of German legend who sold his soul to Mephistopheles in exchange for knowledge

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  • Angel Dare is refreshing change from the usual kick ass heroines in that most of the novel focuses on building her resilience, she's not superbadass right out of the gate, she leaves most of the tough guy action to Malloy. podcast with christa faust, megan abbott and jonathon santlofel.
  • What does it mean in the Phantom of the Opera book by the line 'If you refuse, you will give faust to-night ..'? —  Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions
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  • The scene in the House of Lords immediately preceding the dissolution the papers will have described to you, though if the spectators and participators in it may be believed, the tumult, the disorder, the Billingsgate uproar on that occasion would not be easy to describe Lord Londonderry, it seems, thought that the days of faust-recht had come back again, and I fancy more than he are of that opinion An illumination was immediately ordered by the Lord Mayor Donkin or key_, as "t'other side" call him); but, owing to the shortness of the notice he gave, it seems the show of light was not satisfactory to the tallow chandler part of the population, so another was appointed two nights after. —  Records of a Girlhood
  • "for a minute there, i lost myself, i lost myself", the purple and green static electricity strobe lights used for the gloaming, thom and johnny performing faust arp —  music is art
 

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