Thomas CarlyleChatto & Windus, 1881 - 223 pages |
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... poor Sterling I cannot but account this the worst ; properly indeed , as we may say , the apotheosis , the solemn apology and consecration , of all the evil lessons that were in it to him . Alas , if we did remember the divine and awful ...
... poor Sterling I cannot but account this the worst ; properly indeed , as we may say , the apotheosis , the solemn apology and consecration , of all the evil lessons that were in it to him . Alas , if we did remember the divine and awful ...
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... poor . Within a hundred yards of the spot where he now rests stands the small house of which his parents occupied but two rooms . The room in which this great man was born is humble enough , lit by one little window . It is now occupied ...
... poor . Within a hundred yards of the spot where he now rests stands the small house of which his parents occupied but two rooms . The room in which this great man was born is humble enough , lit by one little window . It is now occupied ...
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... Poor moth ! near weeping I lament thee , Thy glossy form , thy instant woe ; ' Twas zeal for things too high that sent thee From cheery earth to shades below . " Short speck of boundless space was needed For home , for kingdom , world ...
... Poor moth ! near weeping I lament thee , Thy glossy form , thy instant woe ; ' Twas zeal for things too high that sent thee From cheery earth to shades below . " Short speck of boundless space was needed For home , for kingdom , world ...
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amid Athens blue day born boundless brave Burns Carlyle wrote Carlyle's chaos content thee Craigenputtock dark dawning Another blue dear affection Death Devil devouring divine dost Dumfries earth Ecclefechan Ephron the Hitite eternal evermore evil lessons faith field of Ephron Fifty-six years ago fire force forgotten gathered genius GOETHE grave Haddington Cathedral hath been dawning heard heart Heaven heroes heroism hey buried holding the plough human ignorance influence kings knew labours light lived lonely long watch lowly memory moonshine mortal never nobler pangs passed peasant pious Poor moth prophecy pulpit religion Sartor Resartus Schiller Scotch Church seedfield sell thy shams Slip useless smite Socrates sorrow soul SOUTH PLACE spirit stars Sterling's superstition thine things thinker THOMAS CARLYLE thou art thou findest thou wilt toils tomb Tophet tragic pilgrimage truth universe Untruth village road Voltaire Wellington wilt thou let worship