 I arose and wrestled with them in travail and agony of spirit. Whether I ate I know not ; whether I slept I know not ; I only know that when I came forth again it was with the direful persuasion that I was the miserable owner of a diabolical arrangement,...  Penn Monthly Magazine - Pagina 205geredigeerd door - 1881Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1881 - 792 pagina’s
...persuasion that .1 was the miserable owner of a diabolical apparatus called a stomach. And I never have been free from that knowledge from that hour to this,...suppose that I never shall be until I am laid away in the grave." And all this happened to the vigorous, hardy son of a hard working healthy Scotch farmer,... | |
 | James Parton - 1864 - 728 pagina’s
...persuasion that I was the miserable owner of a diabolical apparatus called a Stomach. And I never have becn free from that knowledge from that hour to this ;...never shall be until I am laid away in my grave."* Thus it was that the bound and imprisoned Scottish giant attained such light and liberty as he was... | |
 | James Parton - 1864 - 720 pagina’s
...persuasion that I was the miserable owner of a diabolical apparatus called a Stomach. Atid I never have been free from that knowledge from that hour to this ; and I suppose that I never shall be until I um laid away in my grave."* Thus it was that the bound and imprisoned Scottish giant attained such... | |
 | Alfred Hudson Guernsey - 1879 - 226 pagina’s
...direful persuasion that I was the miserable owner of a diabolical arrangement called a stomach ; and I have never been free from that knowledge from that...never shall be until I am laid away in my grave." Yet, notwithstanding the chronic ailment, Carlyle's fourscore and more years evince that he must be... | |
 | Alfred Hudson Guernsey - 1879 - 226 pagina’s
...direful persuasion that I was the miserable owner of a diabolical arrangement called a stomach ; and I have never been free from that knowledge from that...suppose that I never shall be until I am laid away in my grav^." Yet, notwithstanding the chronic ailment, Carlyle's fourscore and more years evince that he... | |
 | Robert Cochrane (miscellaneous writer.) - 1879 - 236 pagina’s
...direful persuasion that I was the miserable owner of a diabolical arrangement called a stomach ; and I have never been free from that knowledge from that hour to this, and I suppose that I neyer shall be until I am laid away in my grave.' — AH GUERNSEY. As the morning mists clear from... | |
 | William Howie Wylie - 1881 - 444 pagina’s
...direful persuasion that I was the miserable owner of a diabolical arrangement called a stomach ; and I have never been free from that knowledge from that...never shall be until I am laid away in my grave." That this struggle, which so shook him to the very centre of his being, had a prejudicial effect on... | |
 | William Howie Wylie - 1881 - 436 pagina’s
...direful persuasion that I was the miserable owner of a diabolical arrangement called a stomach ; and I have never been free from that knowledge from that...never shall be until I am laid away in my grave." That this struggle, which so shook him to the very centre of his being, had a prejudicial effect on... | |
 | 1881 - 322 pagina’s
...direful persuasion that I was the miserable owner of a diabolical arrangement called a stomach ; and I have never been free from that knowledge from that...and I suppose that I never shall be until I am laid in my grave." Other annotators have darkened this already gloomy picture, and have written that the... | |
 | Edwin Doak Mead - 1881 - 158 pagina’s
...direful persuasion that I was the miserable owner of a diabolical arrangement called a stomach, and I have never been free from that knowledge from that hour to this." Yet, like Schiller, Carlyle uttered no complaint. Now and then a grim, defiant joke, like this ; some... | |
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