It was a farm in Nithsdale, in the parish of Dunscore, sixteen miles distant. No public coach passed near it, so I took a private carriage from the inn. I found the house amid desolate heathery hills, where the lonely scholar nourished his mighty heart. English Traits - Sivu 8tekijä(t) Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 176 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 472 sivua
...brought from Rome, inquired for Craigenputtock. It was a farm in Nithsdale, in the parish of Dunscore, sixteen miles distant. No public coach passed near it, so I took a private carnage from the inn. I found the house amid desolate heathery hills, where the lonely scholar nourished... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1871 - 258 sivua
...brought from Rome, inquired for Craigenputtoch. It was a farm in Nithsdale, in the parish of Dunscore, sixteen miles distant. No public coach passed near...to hide from his readers, and as absolute a man of tl1e world, unknown and exiled on that hill-farm, as if holding in his own terms what is best in London.... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 500 sivua
...brought from Kome, inquired for Craigenputtock. Vlt was a farm in Nithsdale, in the parish of Dunscore, sixteen miles distant)/ No public coach passed near...where the lonely scholar nourished his mighty heart. \Carjjlej was a man from his youth, an author who did not need to hide from his readers, and as absolute... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 508 sivua
...brought from Rome, inquired for L'raigeiiputtock. It was a farm in Nithsdale, in the parish of Dimscore, sixteen miles distant. No public coach passed near it, so I took a private carriage from the inn. 1 found the house amid desolate heathery hills, where the lonely scholar nourished his mighty heart.... | |
| Literary and Historical Society of Quebec - 1875 - 730 sivua
...worthy successor to Johnson, one who created and led opinion. Emerson hastened to Craigenputtock, and found the house "amid desolate heathery hills, where...lonely scholar nourished his mighty heart." Carlyle had been a man from his younger days. He was now tall and gaunt and his brow was clifflike and severe.... | |
| Robert Cochrane (miscellaneous writer) - 1878 - 570 sivua
...brought from Bxime, inquired for Craigeuputtoch. It was a farm in Nithsdale, in the parish of Dunscore, sixteen miles distant. No public coach passed near...unknown and exiled on that hill-farm, as if holding in his own terms what is best in London. He was tall and gaunt, with a cliff-like brow, selfpossessed,... | |
| Robert Cochrane (miscellaneous writer.) - 1879 - 236 sivua
...brought from Rome, inquired for Craigenputtoch. It was a farm in Nithsdale, in the parish of Dunscore, sixteen miles distant. No public coach passed near...unknown and exiled on that hill-farm, as if holding in his own terms what is best in London. He was tall and gaunt, with a cliff-like brow, self-possessed,... | |
| Alfred Hudson Guernsey - 1879 - 226 sivua
...Rome, inquired for Craigenputtoch. It was a farm in the parish of Dnnscore, fifteen miles distant. I found the house amid desolate, heathery hills, where the lonely scholar nourished his mighty heart. He was tall and gaunt, with a cliff-like hrow, self-possessed, and holding his extraordinary powers... | |
| William Howie Wylie - 1881 - 444 sivua
...himself related in a pleasant chapter of one of his books, published many years afterwards : — " No public coach passed near it, so I took a private...not need to hide from his readers, and as absolute man of the world, Mr Carlyle, and I have insisted that he should write them down to be saved. There... | |
| William Howie Wylie - 1881 - 436 sivua
...himself related in a pleasant chapter of one of his books, published many years afterwards : — " No public coach passed near it, so I took a private...not need to hide from his readers, and as absolute man of the world, Mr Carlyle, and I have insisted that he should write them down to be saved. There... | |
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