Thomas Carlyle: A History of His Life in London, 1834-1881, Issue 25, Volume 1Longmans, Green, and Company, 1885 |
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Page 64
... walks we sometimes take . It was very difficult for Carlyle ( as he told me ) to speak with or write to his mother directly about religion . She quieted her anxieties as well as she could by recognising the deep unquestionable piety ...
... walks we sometimes take . It was very difficult for Carlyle ( as he told me ) to speak with or write to his mother directly about religion . She quieted her anxieties as well as she could by recognising the deep unquestionable piety ...
Page 71
... walks , where the thinking and talking went on without interruption . Very welcome and a real relief was the arrival of his brother John at last in the middle of April . Lady Clare could not part with him in the autumn , but she had ...
... walks , where the thinking and talking went on without interruption . Very welcome and a real relief was the arrival of his brother John at last in the middle of April . Lady Clare could not part with him in the autumn , but she had ...
Page 75
... walks - till ten - under the stars . I have also slept , in general , tolerably . For the last ten days , however ... walking out of doors . Speranza , thou spairkin Goody ! Hope , my little lassie ! It will all be better than thou ...
... walks - till ten - under the stars . I have also slept , in general , tolerably . For the last ten days , however ... walking out of doors . Speranza , thou spairkin Goody ! Hope , my little lassie ! It will all be better than thou ...
Page 84
... walk . Before leaving the house he said to her : I know not whether this book is worth any- thing , nor what the world will do with it , or misdo , or entirely forbear to do , as is likeliest ; but this I could tell the world : You have ...
... walk . Before leaving the house he said to her : I know not whether this book is worth any- thing , nor what the world will do with it , or misdo , or entirely forbear to do , as is likeliest ; but this I could tell the world : You have ...
Page 88
... walking on this prosaic earth and shaking their serpent hair . The form is quite peculiar , unlike that of any history ever written before , or probably to be written again . No one can imitate Carlyle who does not sincerely feel as ...
... walking on this prosaic earth and shaking their serpent hair . The form is quite peculiar , unlike that of any history ever written before , or probably to be written again . No one can imitate Carlyle who does not sincerely feel as ...
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