 | London metrop. tabernacle - 1870 - 596 pages
...of 'so many' brisk, useful craftsmen, the world has so many dead carcasses, which it must bury and shed tears for. Had these men any quarrel ? Busy as the devil is, not the smallest. How then ? Their governors had fallen out, and instead of shooting one another, had the cunning to... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1866 - 138 pages
...the word 'Fire!' is given; and they blow the souls out of one another; and in place of sixty brisk useful craftsmen, the world has sixty dead carcasses...and anew shed tears for. Had these men any quarrel 1 Busy as the Devil is, not the smallest! They lived far enough apart; were the entirest strangers;... | |
 | 1880 - 630 pages
...of one another ; and in place of sixty brisk, useful craftsmen, the world has sixty dead carcases, which it must bury, and anew shed tears for. " Had...the smallest ! They lived far enough apart; were the eutirest strangers ; nay, in so wide a Universe, there was even, unconsciously, by commerce, some mutual... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1870 - 326 pages
...one another ; and in place of ' sixty brisk useful craftsmen, the world has sixty dead car' casses, which it must bury, and anew shed tears for. Had '...unconsciously, by Commerce, some mutual helpfulness be' tween them. How then ? Simpleton ! their Governors ' had fallen-out ; and, instead of shooting... | |
 | Edward HANSON (of 15, Langham Place, London.) - 1871 - 72 pages
...of one another ; and, in place of sixty brisk, useful craftsmen, the world has sixty dead carcases, which it must bury, and anew shed tears for. Had these...between them. How then ? Simpleton ! their governors have fallen out ; and, instead of shooting one another, had the cunning to make these poor blockheads... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1871 - 408 pages
...word " Fire !" is given : and they blow ' the souls out of one another ; and in place of sixty brisk useful • craftsmen, the world has sixty dead carcasses,...was even, unconsciously, by Commerce, some mutual help' fulness between them. How then? Simpleton ! their Governors ' had fallen-out; and, instead of... | |
 | 1872 - 320 pages
...hand. Straightway the word 'fire !' is given ; and they blow the sonic out of one another ; and in place of Sixty brisk, and useful craftsmen, the world...must bury, and anew shed tears for. Had these men ai.y qutrrel? Busy as the devil is, not the smallest ! They lived far enough apart ; were the entirest... | |
 | Alfred Hudson Guernsey - 1879 - 226 pages
...word ' Fire ! ' is given : and they blow the souls out of one another; and in place of sixty brisk useful Craftsmen, the world has sixty dead Carcasses,...there was even unconsciously, by Commerce, some mutual help fulness between them. How then ? Simpleton ! their Governors had fallen out ; and instead of shooting... | |
 | James Anson Farrer - 1879 - 162 pages
...JA FAEREE. There lie the Shells of Men, out of which all the Life and Virtue has been blown. . . . Had these men any quarrel? Busy as the Devil is, not the smallest. — OARLTLE. " It is my office and profession to go all over the world, righting wrongs and redressing... | |
 | Edwin Doak Mead - 1881 - 158 pages
...carcasses in the place of the sixty brisk, useful craftsmen from British Dumdrudge and French Dumdrudge. " Had these men any quarrel ? Busy as the devil is,...smallest ! They lived far enough apart ; were the entires! strangers ; nay, in so wide a Universe, there was even unconsciously, by commerce, some mutual... | |
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Thirty stands fronting Thirty, each with a gun in ' his hand. Straightway the word " Fire ! " is given ; 'and they blow the souls out of one another; and in ' place of sixty brisk useful craftsmen, the world has ' sixty dead carcasses, which it must bury,... 
