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... was inaugurated Lord Rector of Edinburgh University that he himself told me most fully the story of his early life , and of his struggles in that ancient city which had now decorated itself in his honor . That 22 THOMAS CARLYLE .
... was inaugurated Lord Rector of Edinburgh University that he himself told me most fully the story of his early life , and of his struggles in that ancient city which had now decorated itself in his honor . That 22 THOMAS CARLYLE .
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... story . As with every studious boy ' of that time and region , the destiny prepared for me was the nearly inevitable kirk . And so I came here to Edinburgh , about four- teen , and went to hard work . And still harder work it was when ...
... story . As with every studious boy ' of that time and region , the destiny prepared for me was the nearly inevitable kirk . And so I came here to Edinburgh , about four- teen , and went to hard work . And still harder work it was when ...
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... story ) " an event which had for a long time been visible as a possibility drew on to consummation . In the loneliest period of my later life here in Edin- burgh there was within reach one home and one family to which again Irving ...
... story ) " an event which had for a long time been visible as a possibility drew on to consummation . In the loneliest period of my later life here in Edin- burgh there was within reach one home and one family to which again Irving ...
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... story of how this Rue de l'Enfer came by its name until I encountered it while writing my " Demono- logy . " In the time of Saint Louis it was a road sup- posed to be haunted by a fearful green monster , the Diable Vauvert , a dragon ...
... story of how this Rue de l'Enfer came by its name until I encountered it while writing my " Demono- logy . " In the time of Saint Louis it was a road sup- posed to be haunted by a fearful green monster , the Diable Vauvert , a dragon ...
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... story is credible of a boy struggling for existence in this vast abyss of greed and want . Survival of the fittest ! Much that they write about it appears to me anything but desirable . I was read- ing lately some speculations which ...
... story is credible of a boy struggling for existence in this vast abyss of greed and want . Survival of the fittest ! Much that they write about it appears to me anything but desirable . I was read- ing lately some speculations which ...
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