Lexicographical Neighbors of Schlemihl
Literary usage of Schlemihl
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Heroes and Heroines of Fiction: Modern Prose and Poetry by William Shepard Walsh (1914)
"'schlemihl,' too, came forth in this way. I had lost on a journey my hat, ...
The tale of Peter schlemihl belongs to a family of legends which show that a ..."
2. The Christian Examiner (1848)
"—PETER schlemihl IN AMERICA.* THIS is a thick book, but light enough with all
its occasional pretension, for a moment at a time, to solid and solemn thought ..."
3. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"... THE BARGAIN From 'The Wonderful History of Peter schlemihl' AFTER a fortunate,
but for me very troublesome voyage, we finally reached the port. ..."
4. Tait's Edinburgh Magazine by William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone (1851)
"Hitzig says, in his preface to the last edition of " Peter schlemihl," which
appeared after the death of the author, in 1840, "Chamisso was often importuned ..."
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