See also:

• EWALD, GEORG HEINRICH AUGUST VON (1803-1875)
• EWALD, JOHANNES (1743-1781)

EWALD See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

CHRISTIAN VON See also:

• KLEIST, BERND HEINRICH WILHELM VON (1777-1811)
• EWALD CHRISTIAN VON KLEIST (1715–1759)

KLEIST (1715–1759)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German poet, was See also:

• BORE

bore] at Zeblin, near See also:

• KOSLIN, or COSLIN

Koslin in See also:

• POMERANIA (German, Pommern)

Pomerania, on the 7th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1715 . After attending the Jesuit school in Deutschkrona and the gymnasium in See also:

• DANZIG, or DANTSIC (Polish Gdansk)

Danzig, he proceeded in 1731 to the university of See also:

• KONIGSBERG (Polish Krolewiec)

Konigsberg, where he studied See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law and See also:

• MATHEMATICS (Gr. /saBnµar1Kil, Sc. vOcvn or E7rlQTt'µn; from p iN.La, "learning" or "science ")

mathematics . On the completion of his studies, he entered the Danish See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army, in which he became an officer in 1736 . Recalled to See also:

• PRUSSIA
• PRUSSIA (Ger. Preussen; Lat. Borussia)

Prussia by See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick II. in 1740, he was appointed See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant in a See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment stationed at See also:

• POTSDAM

Potsdam, where he became acquainted with J . W . L . See also:

• GLEIM, JOHANN WILHELM LUDWIG (1719-1803)

Gleim (q.v.), who interested him in See also:

• POETRY

poetry . After distinguishing himself at the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Mollwitz (See also:

• APRIL

April lo, 1741) and the See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of See also:

• NEISSE

Neisse (1741), he was promoted See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain in 1749 and See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major in r7J6 . Quartered during the See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter of 1757–1758 in See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, he found See also:

• RELIEF

relief from his irksome military duties in the society of Gotthold See also:

• EPHRAIM

Ephraim See also:

• LESSING, GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM (1729–1781)

Lessing (q.v.) . Shortly afterwards in the battle of See also:

• KUNERSDORF

Kunersdorf, on the 12th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1759, he was mortally wounded while leading the attack, and died at See also:

• FRANKFORT

Frankfort-on-See also:

• ODER (Lat. Viadua; Slavonic, Vjodr)

Oder on the 24th of August following . See also:

• KLEIST, BERND HEINRICH WILHELM VON (1777-1811)
• KLEIST, EWALD CHRISTIAN VON (1715–1759)

Kleist's See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• WORK

work is a poem in hexameters, Der Fruhling (1749), for which See also:

• THOMSON, JAMES (1822-1892)
• THOMSON, JAMES (1834-1882)
• THOMSON, JAMES (r700-1748)
• THOMSON, JOHN (1778-184o)
• THOMSON, JOSEPH (1858-1895)
• THOMSON, SIR CHARLES WYVILLE (1830-1882)
• THOMSON, THOMAS (1773-1852)
• THOMSON, WILLIAM (1819-189o)

Thomson's Seasons largely supplied ideas . In his description of the beauties of nature Kleist shows real poetical See also:

• GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

genius, an almost See also:

• MODERN

modern sentiment and See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste ..

He also wrote some charming odes, idylls and elegies, and a small epic poem Cissides and Paches (1759), the subject being two Thessaliaa See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends who See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

die an heroic See also:

• DEATH

death for their See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country in a battle against the Athenians . Kleist published in 1756 the first collection of his Gedichte, which was followed by a second in 1758 . After his death his friend Karl Wilhelm See also:

• RAMLER, KARL WILHELM (1725–1798)

Ramler (q.v.) published an edition of Kleists sdmtliche Werke in 2 vols . (1760) . A See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical edition was published by A . Sauer, in 3 vols . (1880-1882) . Cf. further, A . Chuquet, De Ewaldi Kleistii vita et scriptis (See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, 1887), and H . Prahle, See also:

• FRIEDRICH, JOHANN (1836— )

Friedrich der See also:

• GROSSE, JULIUS WALDEMAR (1828—1902)

Grosse and die deutsche Literatur (1872) .