Nature, in late centuries," says Sauerteig, "was universally supposed to be dead; — an old eight-day clock, made many thousand years ago, and still ticking, but dead as brass ; which the maker, at most, sat looking at, in a distant, singular, and, indeed,... Archiv für das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen - Pagina 4431902Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
| Thomas Carlyle - 1840 - 520 pagina’s
...devour us ! — ' Nature in late cen' turies,' says Sauerteig, 'was universally supposed to be dead; ' an old eight-day clock, made many thousand years ago, and ' still ticking, but dead as brass, — which the Maker, at most, ' sat looking at, in a distant, singular and indeed incredible... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1843 - 280 pagina’s
...devour us ! — ' Nature in late cen' turies,' says Sauerteig, ' was universally supposed to be dead ; ' an old eight-day clock, made many thousand years ago, and ' still ticking, but dead as brass, — which the Maker, at most, ' sat looking at, in a distant, singular and indeed incredible... | |
| 1844 - 514 pagina’s
...denunciation "he observes : " Nature in late Centuries, says Sauerteig, was universally supposed to be dead ; an old eight-day clock, made many thousand years ago, and still ticking, but dead as brass, — which the Maker, at most, sat looking at, in a distant, singular, and indeed incredible... | |
| Massachusetts. Board of Education - 1844 - 144 pagina’s
...devour us ! " Nature, in late centuries," says Sauerteig, "was universally supposed to be dead; — an old eight-day clock, made many thousand years ago, and still ticking, but dead as brass ; which the maker, at most, sat looking at, in a distant, singular, and, indeed, incredible... | |
| 1855 - 602 pagina’s
...singular. Very complicated circumstances ; and which do not promise to grow less so, but the contrary. For the Horologe of Time goes inexorably on ; and the Sick Ages ripen ( with terrible rapidity at present) towards Who will tell us what! The human wisdom of this Prince,... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1848 - 654 pagina’s
...to devour us!—'Nature in late centuries,' says Sauerteig,' was ' universally supposed to be dead; an old eight-day clock, made ' many thousand years ago, and still ticking, but dead as brass,— ' which the Maker, at most, sat looking at, in a distant, singular, ' and indeed incredible... | |
| Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1848 - 626 pagina’s
...table.' . . . CARLYLE says somewhere, that at one time Nature was universally supposed to he dead ; au old eight-day clock, made many thousand years ago, and still ticking, but dead as brass ; which the Maker sat looking at iu a distant, singular, und indeed incredible manner. Speaking... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1855 - 588 pagina’s
...singular. Very complicated circumstances ; and which do not promise to grow less so, but the contrary. For the Horologe of Time goes inexorably on; and the Sick Ages ripen (with terrible rapidity at present) towards Who will tell us what ! The human wisdom of this Prince,... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1860 - 536 pagina’s
...singular. Very complicated circumstances; and which do not promise 'to grow less so, but the contrary. For the Horologe of Time goes inexorably on ; and the Sick Ages ripen (with terrible rapidity at present) towards Who will tell us what ? The human wisdom of this Prince,... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1869 - 444 pagina’s
...singular. Very complicated circumstances; and which do not promise to grow less so, but the contrary. For the Horologe of Time goes inexorably on ; and the Sick Ages ripen (with terrible rapidity at present) towards Who will tell us what ? The human wisdom of this Prince,... | |
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