The Nineteenth Century: A Monthly Review, Volume 10Sampson Low, Marston, 1881 - Great Britain |
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... called after the first wife , died when she was a few months old . When Carlyle became famous , a Dumfries antiquary traced his ancestry with apparent success through ten generations to the first Lord Torthorwald . There was much ...
... called after the first wife , died when she was a few months old . When Carlyle became famous , a Dumfries antiquary traced his ancestry with apparent success through ten generations to the first Lord Torthorwald . There was much ...
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... called , had been apprenticed to a shoe- maker . He , too , when his time was out , had gone to England , to Bristol among other places , where he fell into drink and gambling . He lost all his money ; one morning after an orgie he ...
... called , had been apprenticed to a shoe- maker . He , too , when his time was out , had gone to England , to Bristol among other places , where he fell into drink and gambling . He lost all his money ; one morning after an orgie he ...
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... called clatter . Any talk that had meaning in it he could listen to ; what had no meaning in it , above all what seemed false , he absolutely could not and would not hear , but abruptly turned from it . Long may we re- member his ' I ...
... called clatter . Any talk that had meaning in it he could listen to ; what had no meaning in it , above all what seemed false , he absolutely could not and would not hear , but abruptly turned from it . Long may we re- member his ' I ...
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... says ) I had been in doubts about his reception of me , he quickly and for ever ended them by a friendliness which on wider scenes might have been called chivalrous . At first sight he heartily shook my hand 14 July THE NINETEENTH CENTURY .
... says ) I had been in doubts about his reception of me , he quickly and for ever ended them by a friendliness which on wider scenes might have been called chivalrous . At first sight he heartily shook my hand 14 July THE NINETEENTH CENTURY .
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... called it - and she was already alarmed to know that he had no inclination that way . Mrs. Carlyle to Thomas Carlyle . Mainhill , June 10 , 1817 . Dear Son , -I take this opportunity of writing you a few lines , as you will get it free ...
... called it - and she was already alarmed to know that he had no inclination that way . Mrs. Carlyle to Thomas Carlyle . Mainhill , June 10 , 1817 . Dear Son , -I take this opportunity of writing you a few lines , as you will get it free ...
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