Ewig-weibliche
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Instead of saying that Lisa is a type of the Russian girl of 1850, I should say that she is a type of the Ewig-weibliche.
From Essays on Russian Novelists by Phelps, William Lyon
He resembles that visionary in another aspect: he was a consistent and passionate adorer of the Ewig-weibliche.
From Old Calabria by Douglas, Norman
"You think, in fact," said the Romancer, "that however little its victim was aware of it, there was a touch of the Ewig-weibliche in her fascination?"
From Masterpieces of Mystery Riddle Stories by French, Joseph Lewis
They never seem to grow out of the Ewig-weibliche stage.
From Fountains in the Sand Rambles Among the Oases of Tunisia by Douglas, Norman
As Dr. Brinton notes, in this sense women are leading evolution—Goethe was right: Das Ewig-weibliche zieht uns hinan.
From The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day by Chamberlain, Alexander F.
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