Schlemihl

"Schlemihl" was also brought on the stage, but without giving the honours of authorship to the true source.

Peter Schlemihl Adelbert von Chamisso 1809

His "Schlemihl Tries to Seize the Shadow, in Vain" (1915) and a copy of van Gogh's "The Painter on the Road to Tarascon" (1888) -- the original was destroyed by a fire during World War II -- are strikingly similar when viewed next to each other.

Shaped by Sunflowers 2007

Schlemihl, bag in hand: the old gentleman is down on his knees to him, and has just lifted off the ground the SHADOW OF ONE LEG; he is going to fold it back neatly, as one does the tails of a coat, and will stow it, without any creases or crumples, along with the other black garments that lie in that immense pocket of his.

George Cruikshank 2006

At last he stood still; and glancing over the paper he held in his hand, he said, addressing me with a penetrating look, "Count Peter, do you know one Peter Schlemihl?"

Stories by Foreign Authors: German — Volume 2 Various

Giulietta has already stolen for him the shadow of her former lover Schlemihl; now Dapertutto wounds her vanity, by telling her, that Hoffmann has spoken disdainfully of her, and makes her promise to win the young man's love and by that means to make him give her his reflection from a looking-glass.

The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas Charles Annesley

She succeeds easily, and there ensues a charming love-duet, during which they are surprised by the jealous Schlemihl.

The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas Charles Annesley

When Hoffmann peremptorily demands the key from Schlemihl the latter refuses to give it up.

The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas Charles Annesley

After a few passes Schlemihl is killed and Dapertutto disappears.

The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas Charles Annesley

Schlemihl, '' Servian Popular Poetry, '' Specimens of the Polish Poets, '

Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 5 Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle 1864

= Schlemihl = (_Peter_), the hero of a popular German legend.

Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 Ebenezer Cobham Brewer 1853