Thomas Carlyle: A History of His Life in London, 1834-1881Longmans, Green, and Company, 1884 |
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... less to have it done unwisely ! The world has no business with any life ; the world will never know my life , if it should write and read a hundred bio- graphies of me . The main facts of it even are known , and are likely to be known ...
... less to have it done unwisely ! The world has no business with any life ; the world will never know my life , if it should write and read a hundred bio- graphies of me . The main facts of it even are known , and are likely to be known ...
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... less calumnies , or credited with imaginary excellences , a prey to be torn in pieces by rival critics , with clear evidence wanting , and prepossessions fixed on one side or the other by dislike or sympathy . Had I taken the course ...
... less calumnies , or credited with imaginary excellences , a prey to be torn in pieces by rival critics , with clear evidence wanting , and prepossessions fixed on one side or the other by dislike or sympathy . Had I taken the course ...
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... less than his very best . He never wrote an idle word , he never wrote or spoke any single sentence which he did not with his whole heart believe to be true . Conscious though he was that he had talents above those of common men , he ...
... less than his very best . He never wrote an idle word , he never wrote or spoke any single sentence which he did not with his whole heart believe to be true . Conscious though he was that he had talents above those of common men , he ...
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... less because he had infirmities like the rest of us . Carlyle's was not the imperious grandeur which has risen superior to weakness and reigns cold and impassive in distant majesty . The fire in his soul burnt red to the end , and ...
... less because he had infirmities like the rest of us . Carlyle's was not the imperious grandeur which has risen superior to weakness and reigns cold and impassive in distant majesty . The fire in his soul burnt red to the end , and ...
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... lie , that he would not equivocate , that he would say always what he actually thought , care- less whether he pleased or offended . Such a quality , OFFERS OF EMPLOYMENT . II rare always , and especially ΙΟ CARLYLE'S LIFE IN LONDON .
... lie , that he would not equivocate , that he would say always what he actually thought , care- less whether he pleased or offended . Such a quality , OFFERS OF EMPLOYMENT . II rare always , and especially ΙΟ CARLYLE'S LIFE IN LONDON .
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