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Updated: June 10, 2025
"It is an eternal shame," said Frederick, "that the spirit which created the art of the old Greeks cannot be united with that profound German spirit, an entirely new spirit, which characterises the works of Adam Krafft, Veit Stoss, and Peter Vischer." "Doctor von Kammacher," Miss Burns asked, "have you ever done any work in sculpture?" Miss Burns spoke a correct German.
Veit Stoss was an interesting individual. He was not especially moral in all his ways, narrowly escaping being executed for forgery; but his brilliancy as a technician was unsurpassed. He lived until 1533, when he died in Nüremberg as a very old man. One of his most delightful achievements is the great medallion with an open background, which hangs in the centre of the Church of St. Lorenz.
After going completely round the borders of the clearing they had gathered only half a basketful. Kate then proposed that they should go on to another opening at Adger's lumber camp, on a brook near the foot of Stoss Pond. She had been there the winter before with Theodora, and both of them remembered having seen mitchella growing there.
To me it is a triumph, after what I have gone through, to stand on the stage this evening without trembling, among three thousand sensation-seeking spectators, and shoot the middle out of an ace." By degrees Stoss fell more and more into a lively strain of boasting, which, though not disagreeable, utterly lacked wit.
At that point our tramp along the north line of the town began, and we went from one blazed tree to another and freshened the blazes. We went on rapidly, crossed Hedgehog Ridge and descended to Stoss Pond, which the town line crossed obliquely. We had expected to cross the pond on the ice; but the recent great rainstorm and thaw had flooded the ice to a depth of six or eight inches.
"We poor captains," said Butor, who looked more like a German horse-car conductor than a captain. "They ask us to command the sea and the storm, like our Lord Jesus Christ, and if we cannot, we have the choice of drowning in the ocean or hanging on land." Arthur Stoss joined them, and said: "Do you remember when the Roland began to sink, were the bulkheads shut down?"
Arthur Stoss probably had never before shot off such an incessant fire of jokes and jibes, and probably never before had set such an audience a-laughing as the captain, the first mate, the boatswain, Wendler, the ship's cook, Fleischmann, Doctor Wilhelm, and even Mrs. Liebling, Rosa, Bulke, and the sailors of the Roland and the Hamburg.
Stoss is in New York," he said drily, "he will hold services every night at Webster and Forster's." "Some American youngsters are celebrated for their cheek," Stoss countered. "Directly after the celebrated Barrison sisters' appearance, after the song 'Linger Longer Loo, Mr. Stoss will raise his hands to heaven and beg the audience to pray." The American spoke without moving a muscle of his face.
Doctor Frederick von Kammacher performs miracles of bravery." Frederick started, reflected, but could not recall anything of the sort. "Child dies in life-boat. Captain Butor of the Hamburg sights castaways. Report of survivors. Arthur Stoss, champion armless marksman, helped into life-boat by faithful valet," and so on.
Stoss was being transported across the deck by his valet, who, as always, held him by his coat collar. "My private overland and oversea express," he called to Frederick. Frederick pulled up a steamer chair for him in a sudden impulse to chat with Stoss.
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