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After a prosperous, but to me very wearisome, voyage, we came at last into port. Immediately on landing I got together my few effects; and, squeezing myself through the crowd, went into the nearest and humblest inn which first met my gaze.

~Adelbert Von Chamisso

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Of what use were wings to a man fast bound in chains of iron?

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Because it appears to me a hazardous thing to exchange my soul for my shadow.

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When I spoke, I was listened to; and I was at a loss to know how I had so easily acquired the art of commanding attention, and giving the tone to the conversation.

~Adelbert Von Chamisso

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A person without a shadow should keep out of the sun, that is the only safe and rational plan.

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All possible means were used by the infatuated parents to conclude the bargain; and deception put an end to these usual artifices.

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I ordered gold in the meantime to be showered down without ceasing among the happy multitude.

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Topics: Among Down Gold Happy Meantime Multitude Ordered Without

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My first care the following morning was, to devise some means of discovering the man in the grey cloak.

~Adelbert Von Chamisso

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In this watering-place I acted an heroic character, badly studied; and being a novice on such a stage, I forgot my part before a pair of lovely blue eyes.

~Adelbert Von Chamisso

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I will give you three days to seek your shadow. Return to me in the course of that time with a well-fitted shadow, and you shall receive a hearty welcome; otherwise, on the fourth day - remember, on the fourth day - my daughter becomes the wife of another.

~Adelbert Von Chamisso

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Biography

Nationality: German

Type: Poet

Born: January 30th, 1781

Died: August 21st, 1838

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