On the hardest adamant some footprint of us is stamped' in ; the last Rear of the host will read traces of the earliest Van. 'But whence? — O Heaven, whither ? Sense knows not; Faith ' knows not ; only that it is through Mystery to Mystery, from ' God... The Quarterly Review - Page 470edited by - 1840Full view - About this book
| Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1864 - 796 pages
...this singular book are the following sentences, the first from Carlyle and the second from Babbage : " On the hardest adamant some footprint of us is stamped...of the host will read traces of the earliest van." "The air is one vast library, on whose pages arc forever written all that man has ever said, or woman... | |
| Hippolyte Adolphe Taine - 1864 - 206 pages
...haste stormfully across the astonished Earth, then » plunge again into the Inane. » But whence? — 0 Heaven, whither? Sense knows not ; Faith knows not...is through mystery to mystery, from God and to God. » II Cette véhémente poésie religieuse, toute remplie des souvenirs de Milton et de Shakspeare,... | |
| Hippolyte Adolphe Taine - 1864 - 516 pages
...haste stormfully across the astonished Earth, then plunsje again into the Inane. But whence? — 0 Heaven, whither? Sense knows not; Faith knows not;...is through mystery to mystery, from God and to God. pace, se manifeste par le temps et par l'espace, qu'il subsiste en toute chose, qu'il anime toute chose,... | |
| Hippolyte Taine - 1864 - 214 pages
...astonished Earth , then » plunge again into the Inane. » Bui whence? — 0 Heaven, whither? Sense knows y not ; Faith knows not ; only that it is through mystery to » mystery, from God and to God. » H Cette véhémente poésie religieuse, toute remplie des souvenirs de Miltou et de Shakspearc,... | |
| Book - 1864 - 206 pages
...Oceans, rivers, and deserts are explored ; hills are levelled, and the rugged places made smooth. " On the hardest adamant some footprint of us is stamped in." The soil teems with fertility, and under the cunning and diligent hand of his taste and skill, the whole... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1866 - 138 pages
...our passage: can the Earth, which is but dead and a vision, resist Spirits which have reality and are alive? On the hardest adamant some foot-print of us...is through Mystery to Mystery, from God and to God. ' " We are such stuff As Dreams are made of, and our little Life Is rounded with a sleep!"' CHAPTER... | |
| 1877 - 686 pages
...Spirits which have reality and are alive ? On the hardest adamant some footprint of us is stamped-in ; the last Rear of the host will read traces of the earliest Van.'* The chapter in which this occurs is one of the most magnificent pieces of eloquence in the English... | |
| 1877 - 682 pages
...Spirits which have reality and are alive ? On the hardest adamant some footprint of us is stamped-in ; the last Rear of the host will read traces of the earliest Van.'* The chapter in which this occurs is one of the most magnificent pieces of eloquence in the English... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1869 - 412 pages
...passage : can the Earth, which is but dead and a vision, resist Spirits which have reality and are alive? On the hardest adamant some foot-print of us...through Mystery to Mystery, from God and to God." Carlyle reveals to us the spiritual side of man whilst in this world and fettered to his clog of flesh.... | |
| 1869 - 434 pages
...emerge from the Inane ; haste stormfully across the astonished Earth, then plunge again into the Inane The last rear of the host will read traces of the...only that it is through mystery to mystery, from God to God — ' We are such stuff as dreams are made of, and our little life is rounded with a sleep?... | |
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