He has an intellect vehement, rugged, irresistible ; crushing in pieces the hardest problems ; piercing into the most hidden combinations of things, and grasping the most distant: an imagination vague, sombre, splendid, or appalling; brooding over the... The Log Cabin; Or: The World Before You - Page 118by Hannah Farnham Sawyer Lee - 1844 - 207 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1827 - 698 pages
...hidden combinations of things, and grasping the most distant : an imagination vague, sombre, spleudid> or appalling ; brooding over the abysses of Being...deeper than all these lies Humour, the ruling quality with Richtcr; as it were the central fire that pervades and vivifies his whole being. He is a humourist... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1838 - 476 pages
...harmonious or beautiful; yet joined in living union, and of force and compass altogether extraordinary. He has an intellect vehement, rugged, irresistible; crushing...with orient pearl. But deeper than all these lies Humor, the ruling quality with Richter; as it were the central fire that pervades and vivifies his... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1840 - 862 pages
...harmonious or beautiful ; yet joined in living union ; and of force and compass altogether extraordinary. He has an intellect vehement, rugged, irresistible ;...deeper than all these lies Humour, the ruling quality with Richter ; as it were the central fire that pervades and vivifies his whole being. He is a humorist... | |
| 1841 - 500 pages
...harmonious or beautiful: yet joined in living union,—and of force and compass altogether extraordinary. He Has an intellect vehement, rugged, irresistible; crushing...deeper than all these lies Humour, the ruling quality with Richter; as it were the central fire that pervades and vivifies his whole being. He is a humourist... | |
| Charles Christian Hennell - 1841 - 568 pages
...literally unexampled, for it pours its treasures with a lavisnness which knows no limit, hanging, lite the sun, a jewel on every grass-blade, and sowing the earth at large with orient pearls. But deeper than all these lies humour, the ruling quality of Riehter — as it were the central... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1845 - 594 pages
...harmonious or beautiful ; yet Ioined in living union, and of force and compass altogether extraordinary. He has an intellect vehement, rugged, irresistible; crushing...deeper than all these lies Humour, the ruling quality with Richter ; as it were the central fire that pervades and vivifies his whole being. He is a humorist... | |
| Eliza Buckminster Lee - 1845 - 278 pages
...and grasping the most distant; an imagination vague, sombre, splendid, or appalling, brooding orer the abysses of being, wandering through infinitude,...grass-blade, and sowing the earth at large with orient pearls. But deeper than all these lies humour, the ruling quality of RICHTEB — as it were the central... | |
| James Martineau - 1845 - 214 pages
...appalling, brooding over the abysses of being,wandermg through infinitude, and summoning before us, m its dim religious light, shapes of brilliancy, solemnity,...a jewel on every grass-blade, and sowing the earth ut large with orient pearls. But deeper than all these lies humour, the ruling quality of Richter—... | |
| John James Tayler - 1845 - 616 pages
...light, shapes of brilliancy, solemnity, or terror; a fancy of exuberance literally unexampled ; lor it pours its treasures with a lavishness which knows...than all these lies Humour, the ruling quality of UICHTKK; as it were the central fire that pervades and vivifies his whole being. He is a humorist from... | |
| Theodore Parker - 1846 - 418 pages
...combinations of things, and grasping the most distant ; an imagination vague, sombre, splendid, or Hppalling, brooding over the abysses of being, wandering through...grass-blade, and sowing the earth at large with orient pearl. Hut deeper than all these lies humour, the ruling quality of RICHTER— as it were the central fire... | |
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