Thomas Carlyle

• Dec-1841
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We have undertaken to discourse here for a little on Great Men, their manner of appearance in our world's business, how they have shaped themselves in the world's history, what ideas men formed of them, what work they did; -- on Heroes, namely, and o...

• Feb-2006
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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and...

• Oct-2007
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Past and Present, a novel by Thomas Carlyle, compares the life of a medieval abbot with that of men from the 1800's. The book opens with a tourist in an English pastoral setting and then focuses on the St. Ives Union Workhouse. Nothing is being done....

• Jul-2008
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Their heroism lay in their creative energy in the face of these difficulties, not in their moral perfection. This quote from Carlyle's book depicts his belief in the power of the hero. Carlyle was an essayist, a satirist, and an historian who believe...

• Aug-2008
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Another classic converted by eBooksLib.com. Considering our present advanced state of culture, and how the Torch of Science has now been brandished and borne about, with more or less effect, for five thousand years and upwards; how, in these times es...

• Mar-2010
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We have undertaken to discourse here for a little on Great Men, their manner of appearance in our world's business, how they have shaped themselves in the world's history, what ideas men formed of them, what work they did; -- on Heroes, namely, and o...

• Jun-2010
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• Feb-2011
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During his lifetime Thomas Carlyle was regarded as a plain-speaking, if somewhat irascible, prophet; a larger-than-life figure whose fame and influence rivalled even that of Lord Byron's. But if Carlyle's reputation as a prophet and as an historian s...

• Mar-2011
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Title: The Carlyle Reader. Being selections from the writings of Thomas Carlyle. With notes. Edited by the Rev. James Wood,.

Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions

The British Library is the national library of the U...

• Mar-2011
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Title: The Collected Works of Thomas Carlyle.

Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions

The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over ...

• Jan-2012
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The Present Time, youngest-born of Eternity, child and heir of all the Past Times with their good and evil, and parent of all the Future, is ever a "New Era" to the thinking man; and comes with new questions and significance, however commonplace it l...

• Oct-2012
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This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts ...

• Dec-2012
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• Dec-2013
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Till about the Year of Grace 860 there were no kings in Norway, nothing but numerous jarls, -essentially kinglets, each presiding over a kind of republican or parliamentary little territory; generally striving each to be on some terms of human neighb...

• Dec-2013
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Near seven years ago, a short while before his death in 1844, John Sterling committed the care of his literary Character and printed Writings to two friends, Archdeacon Hare and myself. His estimate of the bequest was far from overweening; to few men...

• Mar-2014
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This collection chronicles the fiction and non fiction classics by the greatest writers the world has ever known. The inclusion of both popular as well as overlooked pieces is pivotal to providing a broad and representative collection of classic work...

• Jun-2014
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This volume has selected the most representative works of Thomas Carlyle's political thought. That includes the entirety of: 1. Signs of the Times; 2. Chartism; 3. On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History; 4. Past and Present; 5. Occasional...

• Feb-2015
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• Sep-2015
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Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 - April 27, 1882) was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing p...

• Sep-2015
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This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them....

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"Originally published in 1892. PREFACE: The ""Diamond Necklace"" has been selected for annotation in preference to the more commonly read essays for several reasons. It presents specimens of all of Carlyle's varied styles: essays, narrative, dramatic...

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Another classic converted by eBooksLib.com.President Henault, remarking on royal Surnames of Honour how difficult it often is to ascertain not only why, but even when, they were conferred, takes occasion in his sleek official way, to make a philosoph...