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(Staatskunstler) approach his material; he must preserve (schonen) its authenticity and personality, not merely subjectively and for a deceptive effect on the senses but rather objectively and for its inner essence (innre Wesen).
Aesthetic Violence and the Legitimacy of Reading Romanticism 2005
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Wenn dasselbe schon fur die meisten Stamme Westafrikas der Berechtigung fast vollstandig entbehrt und in die Categorie verweisen worden muss die man mit dem nicht sehr schonen aber treffenden Ausdrucke
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Truly a beautiful river with its gentle sounds bringing to mind memories of Strauss and his famous waltz, An der schonen blauen Donau.
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Hatte Luna gesäumt den schonen Schläfer zu küssen, --
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 Various
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On the few houses which have been spared may be seen the following inscriptions: "Nicht abbrennen," (do not burn,) "Bitte schonen,"
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So, between Truth and Poetry -- "im ganzen guten, schonen," -- stands our Lord of Life!
Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions John Cowper Powys 1917
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The terrace belonged to the villa in the Carlstrasse, laying on the path round the shore which bears with perfect right the name "An der schonen Aussicht" -- the beautiful view -- and was built out in a square into the Alster.
The Malady of the Century Max Simon Nordau 1886
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Categorie verweisen worden muss die man mit dem nicht sehr schonen aber treffenden Ausdrucke 'Humanitatsduselei' bezeichnet, so ist es den Bube gegenuber wohl mehr als zwecklos.
Travels in West Africa Mary H. Kingsley 1881
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{312} In his 'Geschichte der schonen Redekunste Persiens.'
Letters of Edward FitzGerald in two volumes, Vol. 1 Edward FitzGerald 1846
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Reputation Defender stappen, een bedrijf dat het web probeert te schonen
Sargasso 2010
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