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... wife at Chelsea . It was their custom to receive their friends in the evening , and I was invited to join their circle as often as it might be convenient to me . As time went on , this evening circle at Carlyle's became smaller , and ...
... wife at Chelsea . It was their custom to receive their friends in the evening , and I was invited to join their circle as often as it might be convenient to me . As time went on , this evening circle at Carlyle's became smaller , and ...
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... wife at Comley Bank ( Edinburgh ) , and then at the old soli- tary farm - house called Craigenputtoch , that is , Hill of the Hawk . The sketch of it in Goethe's transla- tion of my ' Schiller ' was made by George Moir , a lawyer here ...
... wife at Comley Bank ( Edinburgh ) , and then at the old soli- tary farm - house called Craigenputtoch , that is , Hill of the Hawk . The sketch of it in Goethe's transla- tion of my ' Schiller ' was made by George Moir , a lawyer here ...
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... wife and I both thought him a beautiful transparent soul , and he was always a very pleasant object to us in the distance . Now and then a letter comes from him , and amid all the smoke and mist of this world it is always as a window ...
... wife and I both thought him a beautiful transparent soul , and he was always a very pleasant object to us in the distance . Now and then a letter comes from him , and amid all the smoke and mist of this world it is always as a window ...
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... wife . In her bright existence she had more sorrows than are common , but also a soft invincibility , a capacity of discernment , and a noble loyalty of heart , which are rare . For forty years she was the true and loving helpmate of ...
... wife . In her bright existence she had more sorrows than are common , but also a soft invincibility , a capacity of discernment , and a noble loyalty of heart , which are rare . For forty years she was the true and loving helpmate of ...
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... wife had visited London before there was any thought of their going to reside there . In February , 1832 , they were staying at No. 4 Ampton Street , Gray's Inn Road . Here one morn- ing Carlyle received a volume addressed to the au ...
... wife had visited London before there was any thought of their going to reside there . In February , 1832 , they were staying at No. 4 Ampton Street , Gray's Inn Road . Here one morn- ing Carlyle received a volume addressed to the au ...
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