[Download] "Weird Tales, Vol. II." by Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Weird Tales, Vol. II.
- Author : Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann
- Release Date : January 25, 1822
- Genre: Fantasy,Books,Sci-Fi & Fantasy,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 327 KB
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This was the title that distinguished in the art-catalogue of the works exhibited by the Berlin Academy of Arts in September, 1816, a picture which came from the brush of the skilful clever Associate of the Academy, C. Kolbe. 2 There was such a peculiar charm in the piece that it attracted all observers. A Doge, richly and magnificently dressed, and a Dogess at his side, as richly adorned with jewellery, are stepping out on to a balustered balcony; he is an old man, with a grey beard and rusty red face, his features indicating a peculiar blending of expressions, now revealing strength, now weakness, again pride and arrogance, and again pure good-nature; she is a young woman, with a far-away look of yearning sadness and dreamy aspiration not only in her eyes but also in her general bearing. Behind them is an elderly lady and a man holding an open sun-shade.