Lessing's Minna Von Barnhelm
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ISBN13: 9780217012928
Paperback|9780217012928
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: MINNA VON BARNHELM; THE SOLDIER'S FORTUNE. (A COMEDY IN FIVE ACTS.) Minna von Barnhelm, on which Leasing had been working for some time, was completed during his fourth residence in Berlin, in the year 1765. It was first acted in Hamburg in 1767, but met with little success. In the following year, however, when acted in Berlin, it immediately became very popular. In 1789 it was produced at the Haymarket Theatre, under the title of The Disbanded Officer. ACT I. Scene I.?Just. Just. (sitting in a corner, and talking while asleep). Rogue of a landlord You treat us sot On, comrade hit hard (He strikes with his fist, and wakes through the exertion.) Ha there he is again I cannot shut an eye without fighting with him. I wish he got but half the blows. Why, it is morning I must just look for my poor master at once; if I can help it, he shall notset foot in the cursed house again. I wonder where he has passed the night ? Scene II.?Landlord, Just. Land. Good-morning, Herr Just; good-morning What, up so early Or shall I say?up so late ? Just. Say which you please. Land. I say only?good-morning and that deserves, I suppose, that Herr Just should answer Many thanks. Just. Many thanks. Land. One is peevish, if one can't have one's proper rest. What will you bet the Major has not returned home, and you have been keeping watch for him ? Just. How the man can guess everything Land. I surmise, I surmise. Just. (turns round to go). Your servant Land. (stops him). Not so, Herr Just Just. Very well, then, not your servant Land. What, Herr Just, I do hope you are not still angry about yesterday's affair Who would keep his anger over night ? Just. I; and over a good many nights. Land. Is that like a Christian ? ...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217012928 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217012922 |
| Weight | 0.33 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.22 In |
| List Price | $20.00 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 92 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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