GOETHE'S
HERMANN AND DOROTHEA.
TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN
BY ELLEN FROTHINGHAM.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS.
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[Transcriber's Notes:
Every effort has been made to replicate this text as faithfully as possible, including obsolete and variant spellings and other inconsistencies.
The transcriber made the following changes to the text to correct obvious errors:
1. p. 90, "inpugned" —> "impugned" 2. p. 51, to qualify "enemy. —> to qualify "enemy."
Text set in bold print is indicated by asterisks, i.e., *Bold*.
It is common to have footnotes referenced multiple times in the text.
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Brothers have been moved from the front of the book to the end.
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