 | Thomas Carlyle - 1858 - 350 pages
...constraining chaotic heaps to become cosmic for him. He drains bogs, settles colonies in the wasteplaces of his Dominions , cuts canals ; unweariedly encourages...nor did Brandenburg and he want their reward. Some 20,000 nimble French souls, evidently of the best French quality, found a home there; — made "waste... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1858 - 514 pages
...and work. The Friedrich- Wilhelm' s Canal, which still carries tonnage from the Oder to the Spree,9 is a monument of his zeal in this way ; creditable,...nor did Brandenburg and he want their reward. Some 20,000 nimble French souls, evidently of the best French quality, found a home there ; made " waste... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1858 - 508 pages
...and work. The Friedrich- Wilhelm's Canal, which still carries tonnage from the Oder to the Spree,9 is a monument of his zeal in this way ; creditable,...nor did Brandenburg and he want their reward. Some 20,000 nimble French souls, evidently of the best French quality, found a home there; made "waste sands... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1859 - 510 pages
...and work. The Friedrich- Wilhelm' s Canal, which still carries tonnage from the Oder to the Spree,9 is a monument of his zeal in this way ; creditable,...nor did Brandenburg and he want their reward. Some 20,000 nimble French souls, evidently of the best French quality, found a home there ; made " waste... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1859 - 512 pages
...and work. The Friedrich- Wilhelmts Canal, which still carries tonnage from the Oder to the Spree,9 is a monument of his zeal in this way ; creditable,...appointed, to whom the help itself was profitable. Ho munificently welcomed them to Brandenburg ; showed really a noble piety and human pity, as well... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1873 - 228 pages
...of Oliva, getting tired of his unruly Polish chivalry and their ways, abdicated — retired to Paris and, ' lived much with Ninon de 1'Enclos and her circle,'...nor did Brandenburg and he want their reward. Some 20,000 nimble French souls, evidently of the best French quality, found a home there ; made ' waste... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1873 - 232 pages
...of Oliva, getting tired of his unruly Polish chivalry and their ways, abdicated — retired to Paris and, ' lived much with Ninon de 1'Enclos and her circle,'...nor did Brandenburg and he want their reward. Some 20,000 nimble French souls, evidently of the best French quality, found a home there ; made ' waste... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1873 - 230 pages
...of Oliva, getting tired of his unruly Polish chivalry and their ways, abdicated — retired to Paris and, ' lived much with Ninon de 1'Enclos and her circle,'...nor did Brandenburg and he want their reward. Some 20,000 nimble French souls, evidently of the best French quality, found a home there ; made ' waste... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1851 - 730 pages
...and work. The Friedrich-Wilhelnt s Canal, which still carries tonnage from the Oder to the Spree,9 is a monument of his zeal in this way ; creditable,...nor did Brandenburg and he want their reward. Some 20,000 nimble French souls, evidently of the best French quality, found a home there;—made 'waste... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1851 - 594 pages
...and work. The Friedrich- Wilhelnis Canal, which still carries tonnage from the Oder to the Spree,9 is a monument of his zeal in this way ; creditable,...nor did Brandenburg and he want their reward. Some 20,000 nimble French souls, evidently of the best French quality, found a home there ; — made ' waste... | |
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Fighting hero, had the public known it, was not his essential character, though he had to fight a great deal. He was essentially an industrial man ; great in organizing, regulating, in constraining chaotic heaps to become cosmic for him. He drains bogs,... 
