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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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The article was no dout written before Tieck settled in Berlin in the Fall of 1794 but its writing went out over the confines of 1793.

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

Christian Tieck is the old and intimate friend of Rauch.

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

Madame de Staël invited Tieck to execute sculptures at Coppet, for the Neckar family, and in 1809 the Prince Royal of Bavaria, Louis, selected Tieck to mould the busts for the projected Walhalla.

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 by Various

About the year 1808, Dannecker was considered, beyond dispute, the first sculptor in Germany; for as yet Rauch, Tieck, and Schwanthaler had not worked their way up to their present high celebrity.

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

Tieck saw this and felt it, but could not make clear to himself what was wrong with it.

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

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