 | 1827 - 698 pages
...we think, that has reached this country, is his saying, imported by Madame de Stael, and thankfully pocketed by most newspaper critics : — " Providence...perplexed and extraordinary, is his mode of writing, that to translate him properly is next to impossible ; nay, a dictionary of his works has actually... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1838 - 476 pages
...we think, that has reached this country, is his saying, imported by Madame de Stael, and thankfully pocketed by most newspaper critics : —' Providence...easily seem to have been a denizen : so fantastic, many-colored, far-grasping, everyway perplexed and extraordinary is his mode of writing, that to translate... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1840 - 862 pages
...we think, that has reached this country, is his saying, imported by Madame de Stael, and thankfully pocketed by most newspaper critics ; — ' Providence...easily seem to have been a denizen ; so fantastic, many- coloured, far-grasping, everyway perplexed and extraordinary is his mode of writing. To translate... | |
 | 1841 - 500 pages
...we think, that has reached this country, is his saying, imported by Madame de Stael, and thankfully pocketed by most newspaper critics :—" Providence...to the English that of the sea, to the Germans that of—the air!" Of ihis last element, indeed, his own genius might easily seem to have been a denizen:... | |
 | 1852 - 590 pages
...we think, that has reached this country, is his saying, imported by Madame de Stael, and thankfully pocketed by most newspaper critics : "Providence has...genius might easily seem to have been a denizen: so fan tastic,many-colonred, far-grasp ing, every way perplexed and extraordinary in his mode of writing,... | |
 | 1855 - 660 pages
...It is a witty, FODRTH SERIES, VOL. VII.— 29 but likewise philosophic, saying of Jean Paul, " that Providence has given to the French the empire of the land, to the English the empire of the sea, and to the Germans the empire of the air." These three forms of matter are strikingly... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1857 - 604 pages
...think, that has reached this country, is his saying, imported by Madame de 8ta€l, and thankfully | w ʗ r$f, Q J )o6 / ;5 * G+ [K every way perplexed and extraordinary in his mode of writing, that to translate him is next to impossible;... | |
 | Philip Schaff - 1857 - 420 pages
...PERIOD IN THE HISTORY OF THEIR LITERARY AND THEOLOGICAL ALMA MATER. THEIR TEACHER AND FRIEND, PREFACE. "Providence has given to the French the empire of...that of the sea; to the Germans, that of the air." By this famous saying, Jean Paul, himself a denizen of the air, intended to proclaim the strength,... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1859 - 620 pages
...we think, that has reached this country, is his saying, imported by Madame de Stael, and thankfully pocketed by most newspaper critics: "Providence has...have been a denizen : so fantastic, many-coloured, far-grasp ing, every way perplexed and extraordinary in his mode of writing, that to translate him... | |
 | Moncure Daniel Conway - 1860 - 794 pages
...condition which tend to place races at different points of view. If, as Jean Paul Richter has said, " Providence has given to the French the empire of the...that of the sea ; to the Germans that of the — air !" it must follow, that whatsoever these would describe, they must describe from their several stand-points.... | |
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has given to the French the empire of the land, to the ' English that of the sea, to the Germans that of — the 'air! 
