Thomas Carlyle: A History of His Life in London, 1834-1881, Issue 25, Volume 1Longmans, Green, and Company, 1885 |
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... believe to be true . Conscious though he was that he had talents above those of common men , he sought neither rank nor fortune for himself . When he became famous and moved as an equal among the great of the land , he was content to ...
... believe to be true . Conscious though he was that he had talents above those of common men , he sought neither rank nor fortune for himself . When he became famous and moved as an equal among the great of the land , he was content to ...
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... believe ; he would not march in the same regiment with those who did advocate what he disbelieved ; nor would he consent to suppress his own convictions when he chose to make them known . By this resolution not the ' Times ' only , but ...
... believe ; he would not march in the same regiment with those who did advocate what he disbelieved ; nor would he consent to suppress his own convictions when he chose to make them known . By this resolution not the ' Times ' only , but ...
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... believe in miracles and supernatural interpositions . But to him the natural was the supernatural , and the tales of signs and wonders had risen out of the efforts of men to realise the deepest of truths to themselves . The Jewish ...
... believe in miracles and supernatural interpositions . But to him the natural was the supernatural , and the tales of signs and wonders had risen out of the efforts of men to realise the deepest of truths to themselves . The Jewish ...
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... believe - had early become evident to Carlyle , and not to him only , but to those whose opinions he most respected . His father , though too wise a man to meddle in active politics , would sternly say that the existing state of things ...
... believe - had early become evident to Carlyle , and not to him only , but to those whose opinions he most respected . His father , though too wise a man to meddle in active politics , would sternly say that the existing state of things ...
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... believe in the dreams of the Radicals of politics . In them lay revolution , feasts of reason , and a reign of terror . Goethe had taught him the meaning and the worth of the apostles of freedom . They might de- stroy , but they could ...
... believe in the dreams of the Radicals of politics . In them lay revolution , feasts of reason , and a reign of terror . Goethe had taught him the meaning and the worth of the apostles of freedom . They might de- stroy , but they could ...
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