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Schiller

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Schil·ler  (shlr), Johann Christoph Friedrich von 1759-1805.
German poet, dramatist, and historian. A leading romanticist, he is best known for his historical plays, such as Don Carlos (1787) and Wallenstein (1798-1799), and for his long didactic poems.
schil·ler  (shlr)
n.
A lustrous colored reflection from certain planes in a mineral grain.
[German, iridescence, from Middle High German schilher, iridescent taffeta, from schilhen, to twinkle, squint, from Old High German scilihen, to squint, wink.]
schiller [ˈʃɪlə]
n
(Earth Sciences / Minerals) an unusual iridescent or metallic lustre in some minerals caused by internal reflection from certain inclusions such as gas cavities or mineral intergrowths. Formula: NaFe3B3Al3(Al3Si6O27)(OH)4
[from German Schiller iridescence, from Old High German scilihen to blink]
Schiller (German) [ˈʃɪlər]
n
(Biographies / Schiller, Johann Christoph Friedrich von (1759-1805) M, German, WRITING: poet, THEATRE: dramatist, HISTORY: historian, WRITING: critic) Johann Christoph Friedrich von (joˈhan ˈkrɪstɔf ˈfriːdrɪç fɔn). 1759-1805, German poet, dramatist, historian, and critic. His concern with the ideal freedom of the human spirit to rise above the constraints placed upon it is reflected in his great trilogy Wallenstein (1800) and in Maria Stuart (1800)
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Noun1.SchillerSchiller - German romantic writer (1759-1805)  
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller


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I did not give up trying to read, as usual, and part of my endeavor that winter was with Schiller, and Uhland, and even Goethe, whose 'Wahlverwandschaften,' hardly yielded up its mystery to me.
My Literary Passions by Howells,William Dean View in context
Hear and obey: --You will immediately remove every trace of your offensive work from the Schiller monument; you pay a fine of ten thousand francs; you will suffer two years' imprisonment at hard labor; you will then be horsewhipped, tarred and feathered, deprived of your ears, ridden on a rail to the confines of the canton, and banished forever.
A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
French and German works predominated, the old French dramatists, sundry modern authors, Thiers, Villemain, Paul de Kock, George Sand, Eugene Sue; in German--Goethe, Schiller, Zschokke, Jean Paul Richter; in English there were works on Political Economy.
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