Thomas Carlyle: A History of His Life in London, 1834-1881, Issue 25, Volume 1Longmans, Green, and Company, 1885 |
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... thou write , it will be mere delusion and hallucination . The confused world never understood nor will understand me and my poor affairs . Not even the persons nearest to me could guess at them ; nor was it found indispensable ; nor is ...
... thou write , it will be mere delusion and hallucination . The confused world never understood nor will understand me and my poor affairs . Not even the persons nearest to me could guess at them ; nor was it found indispensable ; nor is ...
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... thou sowest will spring . The great difficulty is to keep oneself in right balance , not despondent , not exasperated , defiant , free and clear . Oh for faith ! Food and raiment thou hast never lacked yet and shalt not . Nevertheless ...
... thou sowest will spring . The great difficulty is to keep oneself in right balance , not despondent , not exasperated , defiant , free and clear . Oh for faith ! Food and raiment thou hast never lacked yet and shalt not . Nevertheless ...
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... von aller Freude ! I repeated this morning . Yet thou canst write . Write then and complain . of nothing — defy all things . The book announced yesterday . HIS BROTHER JOHN . 21 Would that I were further 20 CARLYLE'S LIFE IN LONDON .
... von aller Freude ! I repeated this morning . Yet thou canst write . Write then and complain . of nothing — defy all things . The book announced yesterday . HIS BROTHER JOHN . 21 Would that I were further 20 CARLYLE'S LIFE IN LONDON .
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... Thou must write it better . ' What can I , sorrowing , do but obey - obey and think it the best ? To work again ; and , oh ! may God be with me , for this earth is not friendly . On in His name ! I was the nearest being happy sometimes ...
... Thou must write it better . ' What can I , sorrowing , do but obey - obey and think it the best ? To work again ; and , oh ! may God be with me , for this earth is not friendly . On in His name ! I was the nearest being happy sometimes ...
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... thou even canst write it ( as I have said to myself in late days ) , why then be content with that too . God's creation will get along exactly as it should do without the writing of it . There are other proposals hovering about me , but ...
... thou even canst write it ( as I have said to myself in late days ) , why then be content with that too . God's creation will get along exactly as it should do without the writing of it . There are other proposals hovering about me , but ...
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