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Tieck

American  
[teek] / tik /

noun

  1. Ludwig 1773–1853, German writer.


Tieck British  
/ tiːk /

noun

  1. Ludwig (ˈluːtvɪç). 1773–1853, German romantic writer, noted esp for his fairy tales

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It is to be hoped that some translator will rise up among us to do justice in return to Tieck.

From Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. II (of 3) by Mrs. (Anna) Jameson

Tieck also quotes in full the passage beginning, "If I profane with my unworthy hand" which the Anzeigen only indicates.

From Tieck's Essay on the Boydell Shakspere Gallery by George Henry Danton

"Why not read Uhland and Tieck at home at Dodsborough?" say I to her.

From The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I by Charles James Lever

That both find the disguisd Julia beautiful is not unresonable, and as the disguise is a part of the play it is not strange that Tieck mentions it.

From Tieck's Essay on the Boydell Shakspere Gallery by George Henry Danton

He was, said Tieck, the “model of a light and rapid talent,” and his plays, as might be expected from his rate of production, bear little trace of artistic elaboration.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various

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