Gallery of notable men and women, compiled by the editor of 'The treasury of modern biography'W.P. Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell, 1879 - 224 pagina's |
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Pagina 10
... called for . Near to Polwarth Church stood the house in which the minister resided . The minister himself was a quiet , inoffen- sive man , but was somewhat fond of dogs , several of which he kept about his premises ; so that when ...
... called for . Near to Polwarth Church stood the house in which the minister resided . The minister himself was a quiet , inoffen- sive man , but was somewhat fond of dogs , several of which he kept about his premises ; so that when ...
Pagina 11
... called into requisition to raise the boards , and when this was done it was necessary to remove the earth which lay beneath . They were afraid to use a spade or any other implement , fearful that the noise made should betray them . So ...
... called into requisition to raise the boards , and when this was done it was necessary to remove the earth which lay beneath . They were afraid to use a spade or any other implement , fearful that the noise made should betray them . So ...
Pagina 13
... called with the news of the execution of Mr. Baillie of Jerviswoode at the Cross of Edinburgh . With the loss of his hiding - place and the execution of his friend , Sir Patrick felt that home was no longer a place for him ; he ...
... called with the news of the execution of Mr. Baillie of Jerviswoode at the Cross of Edinburgh . With the loss of his hiding - place and the execution of his friend , Sir Patrick felt that home was no longer a place for him ; he ...
Pagina 19
... called alabast , and during one of these visits Sir Patrick sent his son Andrew down into the cellar to draw some . The boy , eager to show his father how quick he could be , soon returned , bearing the beer in one hand and in the other ...
... called alabast , and during one of these visits Sir Patrick sent his son Andrew down into the cellar to draw some . The boy , eager to show his father how quick he could be , soon returned , bearing the beer in one hand and in the other ...
Pagina 25
... called from it every moment , and got to it but by starts ; but she was indefatigable at all times , and even at a great age able to set everything in a clear light for the ease of them that were to come after her . ' In her family ...
... called from it every moment , and got to it but by starts ; but she was indefatigable at all times , and even at a great age able to set everything in a clear light for the ease of them that were to come after her . ' In her family ...
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Pagina 80 - But I took it:— and in an hour, oh heavens! what a revulsion! what an upheaving, from its lowest depths, of the inner spirit! what an apocalypse of the world within me! That my pains had vanished, was now a trifle in my eyes:— this negative effect was swallowed up in the immensity of those positive effects which had opened before me— in the abyss of divine enjoyment thus suddenly revealed.
Pagina 80 - ... of the world within me ! That my pains had vanished, was now a trifle in my eyes : — this negative effect was swallowed up in the immensity of those positive effects which had opened before me — in the abyss of divine enjoyment thus suddenly revealed. Here was a panacea — a ^UMO-/ nviyStt for all human woes: here was the secret of happiness, about which philosophers had disputed for so many ages...
Pagina 168 - He was tall and gaunt, with a cliff-like brow, self-possessed and holding his extraordinary powers of conversation in easy command; clinging to his northern accent with evident relish; full of lively anecdote, and with a streaming humor, which floated everything he looked upon.
Pagina 56 - The poor child crept close to me for warmth, and for security against her ghostly enemies. When I was not more than usually ill, I took her into my arms, so that, in general, she was tolerably warm, and often slept when I could not...
Pagina 88 - I honour the barbarians too much by supposing them capable of any pleasures approaching to the intellectual ones of an Englishman. For music is an intellectual or a sensual pleasure according to the temperament of him who hears it.
Pagina 82 - ... the loves and the hatreds, of the drinker; opium, on the contrary, communicates serenity and equipoise to all the faculties, active or passive; and, with respect to the temper and moral feelings in general, it gives simply that sort of vital warmth which is approved by the judgment, and which would probably always accompany a bodily constitution of primeval or antediluvian health.
Pagina 170 - We went out to walk over long hills, and looked at Criffel, then without his cap, and down into Wordsworth's country. There we sat down, and talked of the immortality of the soul. It was not Carlyle's fault that we talked on that topic, for he had the natural disinclination of every nimble spirit to bruise itself against walls, and did not like to place himself where no step can be taken. But he was honest and true, and cognizant of the subtile links that bind ages together, and saw how every event...
Pagina 108 - ... such a stormy night) place only two cups and saucers on the tea-tray ; and, if you know how to paint such a thing symbolically, or otherwise, paint me an eternal tea-pot, — eternal a parte ante, and a parte post ; for I usually drink tea from eight o'clock at night to four in the morning.
Pagina 168 - I found the house amid desolate heathery hills, where the lonely scholar nourished his mighty heart.
Pagina 119 - He was not a reassuring man for nervous people to live with, as those nights were exceptions on which he didn't set something on fire, the commonest incident being for some one to look up from work or book to say casually, ' Papa, your hair is on fire,' of which a calm ' Is it, my love?' and a hand rubbing out the blaze was all the notice taken.