Goethean
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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This War, his most recent pamphlet, is a masterful piece of classical rhetoric, tinged, like much of his work, with Goethean pompousness.
From Time Magazine Archive
The ideal was a Goethean panorama in which sublimity and scientific curiosity were inextricably mingled.
From Time Magazine Archive
According to the portrait taken from the gallery of Goethean women, K�the was a fascinating, round-faced girl.
From Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) by Schoenfeld, Hermann
I talk with a Goethean moderation on this subject, which rather surprises her and ——, who are nearer the entrance of the studio.
From Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume I by Fuller, Margaret
At the same time, I by no means deny the intrinsic worth of the Goethean masterpieces.
From The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine by Heine, Heinrich
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