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... turning into a by - way on our road . It was in the evening of the day when 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 ...
... turning into a by - way on our road . It was in the evening of the day when 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 ...
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... turned and gave the rather ragged part of the crowd a steady , compassionate look , and said , softly , as if to himself , " Poor fellows ! poor fellows ! " During the dinner that evening , at which Mr. Erskine entertained Lord Neaves ...
... turned and gave the rather ragged part of the crowd a steady , compassionate look , and said , softly , as if to himself , " Poor fellows ! poor fellows ! " During the dinner that evening , at which Mr. Erskine entertained Lord Neaves ...
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... turned from her grave , the answer to my letter - one of the last she ever wrote . Here it is : " 5 CHEYNE ROW , CHELSEA , 5 April , 1866 . " MY DEAR MR . CONWAY , -The ' disposition to write me a little note , ' was a good inspiration ...
... turned from her grave , the answer to my letter - one of the last she ever wrote . Here it is : " 5 CHEYNE ROW , CHELSEA , 5 April , 1866 . " MY DEAR MR . CONWAY , -The ' disposition to write me a little note , ' was a good inspiration ...
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... turning altogether on Facts , not Fictions . Certainly the music that is very traceable here might serve to irradiate into harmony far prof- itabler things than what are commonly called ' Poems , ' for which , at any rate , the taste in ...
... turning altogether on Facts , not Fictions . Certainly the music that is very traceable here might serve to irradiate into harmony far prof- itabler things than what are commonly called ' Poems , ' for which , at any rate , the taste in ...
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... turned to his extreme conservatism by the French Revolution during part of which he was in Paris- so Carlyle was repelled and disgusted by the events of '48 on the Continent . There is just a slight in- dication of the change in the ...
... turned to his extreme conservatism by the French Revolution during part of which he was in Paris- so Carlyle was repelled and disgusted by the events of '48 on the Continent . There is just a slight in- dication of the change in the ...
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