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the mother of goethe frau aja microform with a photogravure frontispiece

by margaret reeks

Nonfiction » Education » Education Theory » History

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...old-world, time-honoured city, Frankfurt-am-Main. Rich in historic memories was Frankfurt. It had never sunk below the stream of events, but, maintaining a sturdy independence, had always floated on the top of the tide of time. Since 1 147 the scene of the imperial elections, by suc- cessive emperors it had been wooed with many privileges and immunities. In 1562 it was chosen as their Kronungstadt, or coronation town. The very names of some of its inhabitants recalled the past. The name Textor was in fact a Latin sub- stitute for Weber, handed down from the affecta- tions of the fifteenth century, from the days when Gerra^^d was exchanged for Erasmus and bluff Swartzerde took the Greek form Melancthon. It is, perhaps, not to be regretted that we have no record of Elizabeth's childish sayings and doings, since, in this biographical age, the childish 4 Childhood â€” Girlhood sayings and doings of celebrities are becoming somewhat trite. Nevertheless, if we accept the very plausible...