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KAHEL. 311
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Letters Of Rahel, 3 Vols. 8vo, 1834; And...
unite a friendshi time us when p again , discretion successive . * _* , justice events * How , keep faithfulness sad lieart that , and we and must soul true in live refinement dail apart y and in
constant vibration . " Kahel remained in Prague till the following year . Varnhagen
was with the allies in Paris , where he sustained a severe illness . Peace was at last concluded and he hurried to Bohemia to meet
Ms friend . MVarnhagen proceeds : " I was at this period ( 1813 )
twenty-. four senior years of This age , circumstance Rahel rather which more than seemed the to half sever of our these relation years s
was in my life to , us mi . a ght mere have accident done with so had , no a essential real , disparity existence existed . The , but life of it to
this noble being , who had beheld the world in so many forms , floated which indestructabl whom such beat buoyantl overflowing within y young y over her and the joy animated billows strong and sorro , of presence not w the had onl hour y been standing in , but allotted that in sp betwixt that , irit appeared which heart the
, fulfilled past and hopeful future . Many of my friends doubted my intentionsbut were soon forced to confess their seriousness : one
Kahel lady was and amazed , I could , and antici professed pate the continuance herself unable of our to understand sentiments , how but
smiling and interesting ly presumed . Another I should friend never of my find own another sex was woman a more so ob ori stinate ginal
adversary ; he was , however , capable of observing and admiring , even and frequentl waxed y seemed and to astonished be carried those away who by my expected descriptions to find . him H > angry
, full of blame and opposition by such exclamations as this : * Here There is all the is more depth than of the Schleiermacher ethics of Schleiermacher —for here is ;— knowled -what do ge I in say the ?
form of life itself . ' But such enthusiasm did not last , and imperceptibly gave place to bad feeling and ill-humour , breaking forth
the more against the freedom and soundness of Kahel , whose existence was in entire opposition to his morbid and tottering system .
He could not tolerate the independence of her life ; a species of enYy and jealousy took possession of him , and he did all he could
to induce me to renounce her . He followed me to her house , met with the kindest tion thereenjoyed her animated conversation ,
and could find no recep limits to his , surprise and respect . But he was soon offended again ; he could not endure to see himself outbid and
again stayed away , as he said , that the magic might not overpower Mm "
. After the marriage , which took place at Berlin , on the 27 th of September 1814 M . Varnhagen and his wife went to the congress
of Vienna , and remained , there until July of the following year . Here Kahel , became as usual the soul of the select circles to whom
she belonged ; as well as at a later period at Carlsruhe , where her
Kahel. 311
KAHEL . 311
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), July 1, 1859, page 311, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01071859/page/23/
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