Thomas Carlyle: A History of His Life in London, 1834-1881, Issue 25, Volume 1Longmans, Green, and Company, 1885 |
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... thought it better on longer consideration to complete his biography as I began it . He himself quotes a saying of Goethe that on the lives of remarkable men ink and paper should least be spared . I must leave no materials unused to ...
... thought it better on longer consideration to complete his biography as I began it . He himself quotes a saying of Goethe that on the lives of remarkable men ink and paper should least be spared . I must leave no materials unused to ...
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... , that he would not equivocate , that he would say always what he actually thought , care- less whether he pleased or offended . Such a quality , OFFERS OF EMPLOYMENT . II rare always , and especially CARLYLE'S LIFE IN LONDON .
... , that he would not equivocate , that he would say always what he actually thought , care- less whether he pleased or offended . Such a quality , OFFERS OF EMPLOYMENT . II rare always , and especially CARLYLE'S LIFE IN LONDON .
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... thought during these first years of his Lon- don life , the writing his history of the French Revo- lution . He had studied it at Craigenputtock . He had written as a preliminary flight , and as if to try his wings , the exquisite ...
... thought during these first years of his Lon- don life , the writing his history of the French Revo- lution . He had studied it at Craigenputtock . He had written as a preliminary flight , and as if to try his wings , the exquisite ...
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... thoughts . The outward shell of it had broken . He had ceased to 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 ...
... thoughts . The outward shell of it had broken . He had ceased to 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 ...
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... thought too long and knew too much to 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 ...
... thought too long and knew too much to 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 ...
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