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 284by Thomas Carlyle - 1838 - 454 pagesFull view - About this book
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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,... | |
| 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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