 | 1828 - 722 pages
...the trembling pity of a woman, with the deep earnestness, the force and passionate ardour of a hero. Tears lie in him, and consuming fire ; as lightning...welcome in their turns to his ' lightly-moved and all' conceiving spirit.' And observe with what a prompt and eager force he grasps his subject, be it... | |
 | 1835 - 932 pages
...trembling pity, of a woman, with the deep earnestness, the force and passionate ardour, of a hero. Tears lie in him, and consuming fire ; as lightning lurks in the drops of the summer cloud. He lias a resonance in his bosom for every note of human feeling ; (he high and the low, the sad, the... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1838 - 476 pages
...the trembling pity of a woman, with the deep earnestness, the force and passionate ardor of a hero. Tears lie in him, and consuming fire ; as lightning...and all-conceiving spirit.' And observe with what a prompt and eager force he grasps his subject, be it what it may! How he fixes, as it were, the full... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1840 - 872 pages
...trembling pity, of a woman, with the deep earnestness, the force and passionate ardour, of the hero. Tears lie in him, and consuming fire, as lightning, lurks in the drops of the summer cloud. He has a consonance, in his bosom, for every note of human feeling ; the high and the low, — the sad and the... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1841 - 384 pages
...the trembling pity of a woman, with the deep earnestness, the force and passionate ardor of a hero. Tears lie in him, and consuming fire ; as lightning lurks in the drops of a summer cloud. He has a resonance in his bosom for every note of human feeling ; the high and the... | |
 | 1842 - 508 pages
...sun shone as through a tropical tornado, and the pale shadow of death eclipsed it at noon. Tears lay in him and consuming fire, as lightning lurks in the drops of the summer cloud.' ' Mahomet, though he had faults, (as who has not ?) and though in some respects he had wrong notions,... | |
 | Edward Robinson - 1842 - 518 pages
...sun shone as through a tropical tornado, and the pale shadow of death eclipsed it at noon. Tears lay in him and consuming fire, as lightning lurks in the drops of the summer cloud.' ' Mahomet, though he had faults, (as who has not ?) and though in some respects he had wrong notions,... | |
 | 1842 - 1046 pages
...sun shone as through a tropical tornado, and the pale shadow of death eclipsed it at noon. Tears lay in him and consuming fire, as lightning lurks in the drops of the summer cloud.' ' Mahomet, though he had faults, (as who has not ?) and though in some respects he had wrong notions,... | |
 | 1865 - 820 pages
...change the name, and they might be used, word for word, in an estimate of Giusti : " He has a consonance in his bosom for every note of human feeling ; the high and the low, the sad and the ludicrous, the mournful and the joyful, are welcome in their turns to his all-conceiving spirit.... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1845 - 594 pages
...deep earnestness, the force and passionate ardour of a lero. Tears lie in him, and consuming fire ; s lightning lurks in the drops of the summer cloud. He has a resonance in his bosom for very note of human feeling : the high and the ow, the sad, the ludicrous, the joyful, are welcome in... | |
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Tears lie in him, and consuming fire; as lightning lurks in the drops of the summer cloud. He has a resonance in his bosom for every note of human feeling; the high and the low, the sad, the ludicrous, the joyful, are welcome in their turns to his ' lightly-moved... 
