Thomas Carlyle: A History of His Life in London, 1834-1881, Issue 25, Volume 1Longmans, Green, and Company, 1885 |
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Page 76
... called ' Regicide . ' Jane in Dumfries- shire these three weeks or more , shattered with agitation . I see no one - not even the Frenchmen -for above two weeks ; very dreary of outlook ; one sole guiding star for me on earth , that of ...
... called ' Regicide . ' Jane in Dumfries- shire these three weeks or more , shattered with agitation . I see no one - not even the Frenchmen -for above two weeks ; very dreary of outlook ; one sole guiding star for me on earth , that of ...
Page 88
... called an epic . It is rather an Eschylean drama composed of facts literally true , in which the Furies are seen once more walking on this prosaic earth and shaking their serpent hair . The form is quite peculiar , unlike that of any ...
... called an epic . It is rather an Eschylean drama composed of facts literally true , in which the Furies are seen once more walking on this prosaic earth and shaking their serpent hair . The form is quite peculiar , unlike that of any ...
Page 91
... called fiction . Homer , Dante , believed themselves to be describing real persons and real things . Carlyle ' created ' nothing ; but with a real subject before him he was the greatest of historical painters . He took all pains first ...
... called fiction . Homer , Dante , believed themselves to be describing real persons and real things . Carlyle ' created ' nothing ; but with a real subject before him he was the greatest of historical painters . He took all pains first ...
Page 95
... called it worth nothing while in progress , found it in the proofs better than he expected . It is a book ( he said of it again ) that makes no complaint about itself , but steps out in a quite peaceable manner , hoping nothing ...
... called it worth nothing while in progress , found it in the proofs better than he expected . It is a book ( he said of it again ) that makes no complaint about itself , but steps out in a quite peaceable manner , hoping nothing ...
Page 100
... called ' an ex- plosure in the Kent Road , ma'am . ' I am driven not to care two straws whether or not . Fortune has had me aux abois for a good while , and I have looked defiance in the teeth of her . The longer I live , fame seems to ...
... called ' an ex- plosure in the Kent Road , ma'am . ' I am driven not to care two straws whether or not . Fortune has had me aux abois for a good while , and I have looked defiance in the teeth of her . The longer I live , fame seems to ...
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