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" Peasant show himself among us ; ' a soul like an ^Eolian harp, in whose strings ' the vulgar wind, as it passed through them, changed itself ' into articulate melody.' And this was he for whom the world found no fitter business than quarrelling with smugglers... "
Critical and Miscellaneous Essays - Page 284
by Thomas Carlyle - 1838 - 454 pages
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The Western Monthly Review, Volume 3

Timothy Flint - 1830 - 696 pages
...generous credulity in his Heart. And so did cur Peasant show himself among us ; "a soul like an .ffiolian harp, in whose strings the vulgar wind, as it passed...into articulate melody." And this was he for whom tho world found no fitter business than quarrelling with smugglers and vintners, computing excise duties...
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The Edinburgh Literary Journal: Or, Weekly Register of Criticism ..., Volume 1

1829 - 490 pages
...generous credulity in his heart. And so did our peasant show himself among us ; ' a soul like an jEolian harp, in whose strings the vulgar wind as it passed...alebarrels ! In such toils was that mighty spirit sorrowiilly wasted ; and a hundred years may pass on before another such is given us to waste." Not...
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The Edinburgh Literary Journal: Or, Weekly Register of Criticism ..., Volume 1

1829 - 492 pages
...show himself among us ; ' a soul like an /Eoliai harp, in whose strings the vulgar wind as it pas.vi through them, changed itself into articulate melody....business than quarrelling with smugglers and vintners, imputing excise dues upon tallow, and gauging aleaarrels ! In such toils was that mighty spirit sorrowfully...
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The Infirmities of Genius Illustrated by Referring the Anomalies ..., Volume 1

Richard Robert Madden - 1833 - 310 pages
...Edinburgh Review some time since, we marked the following striking sentences in relation to Burns : — " And this was he for whom the world found no fitter business than quarreling with smugglers and vinters, computing excise dues upon tallow, and gauging alebarrels! In...
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Selections Fron the Edinburgh Review, Comprising the Best ..., Volumes 1-2

1835 - 932 pages
...generous credulity in his heart. And so did our peasant show himself among us; "a soul like an yEolian harp, in whose strings the vulgar wind, as it passed...ale-barrels! In such toils was that mighty spirit sorrowfully wasled ; and a hundred years may pass on, before another such is given us to waste. All that remains...
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Critical and miscellaneous essays, collected and republ

Thomas Carlyle - 1840 - 862 pages
...generous credulity in his heart. And so did our Peasant show himself among us ; ' a ' soul like an yEolian harp, in whose strings the vulgar ' wind, as it passed...quarrelling with smugglers and vintners, computing excise-dues upon tallow, and gauging alebarrels ! In such toils was that mighty Spirit sorrowfully...
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The Life and Land of Burns

Allan Cunningham - 1841 - 384 pages
...generous credulity in his Heart. And so did our Peasant show himself among us ; "a soul like an ^olian harp, in whose strings the vulgar wind, as it passed...and vintners, computing excise dues upon tallow, and guaging ale barrels ! In such toils was that mighty Spirit sorrowfully wasted : and a hundred years...
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The Literary Reader: For Academies and High Schools: Consisting of ...

Arethusa Hall - 1851 - 422 pages
...generous credulity in his heart. And so did our peasant show himself among us; "a soul like an JEolian harp, in whose strings the vulgar wind, as it passed...he for whom the world found no fitter business than quarreling with smugglers and vintners, computing excise dues upon tallow, and gauging ale-barrels...
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Our Campaign: Or, Thoughts on the Career of Life

Elhanan Winchester Reynolds - 1851 - 350 pages
...tornado, and the pale Shadow of Death eclipsed it at Noon." And yet his was " a soul like an ^Eolian harp, in whose strings the vulgar wind, as it passed...through them, changed itself into articulate melody." In making these observations on the importance of realizing Life — its capacities, its obligations,...
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Critical and Miscellaneous Essays

Thomas Carlyle, Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1852 - 568 pages
...generous credulity in his Heart. And so did our Peasant show himself among us; "a; soul like an ^Eolian harp, in whose strings the vulgar wind, as it passed....quarrelling with smugglers and vintners, computing excj.se dues upon tallow, and gauging alebarrels I In such toils was that mighty Spirit sorrowfully...
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