Thomas Carlyle: A History of His Life in London, 1834-1881, Issue 25, Volume 1Longmans, Green, and Company, 1885 |
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... look to him not for amusement , but for moral guidance , and those millions have a right to know what manner of man he really was . It may be , and I for one think it will be , that when time has levelled accidental distinctions , when ...
... look to him not for amusement , but for moral guidance , and those millions have a right to know what manner of man he really was . It may be , and I for one think it will be , that when time has levelled accidental distinctions , when ...
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... looks too black round me , the present too doleful , unfriendly . I am too sick at heart , wearied , wasted in body , to complain even to myself . My first friend Edward Irving is dead - I am friendless here or as good as that . My book ...
... looks too black round me , the present too doleful , unfriendly . I am too sick at heart , wearied , wasted in body , to complain even to myself . My first friend Edward Irving is dead - I am friendless here or as good as that . My book ...
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... ' Biographie Universelle ' ( a kind of increasing the stake ) and fresh paper : mean to huddle up the Fête des Piques and look farther what can be attempted . THE BURNT MANUSCRIPT . 29 Oh , that I had 28 CARLYLE'S LIFE IN LONDON .
... ' Biographie Universelle ' ( a kind of increasing the stake ) and fresh paper : mean to huddle up the Fête des Piques and look farther what can be attempted . THE BURNT MANUSCRIPT . 29 Oh , that I had 28 CARLYLE'S LIFE IN LONDON .
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... look , his brother strong upon his own feet and heartily affectionate . But he needed all that affection could do for him . The accelerated speed ' slackened to slow , and then to no motion at all . He sat daily at his desk , but his ...
... look , his brother strong upon his own feet and heartily affectionate . But he needed all that affection could do for him . The accelerated speed ' slackened to slow , and then to no motion at all . He sat daily at his desk , but his ...
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... look for nothing else than this improving daily . ' ' Well , gentlemen , ' I answered once , ' the poor , I think , will get up some day , and tell you how improved their condition is ! ' It seems to me the vainest jangling , this of ...
... look for nothing else than this improving daily . ' ' Well , gentlemen , ' I answered once , ' the poor , I think , will get up some day , and tell you how improved their condition is ! ' It seems to me the vainest jangling , this of ...
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