Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr TeufelsdrockhSartor Resartus ("The Tailor Retailored") is a fictional introduction to the history of clothing by the German Professor Diogenes Teufelsdrockh, however, as noted by some "its deeper concerns are social injustice, the right way of living in the world, and the large questions of faith and understanding." |
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... glance into this obscure region , the most have soared over it altogether heedless ; regarding Clothes as a property , not an accident , as quite natural and spontaneous , like the leaves of trees , like the plumage of birds . In all ...
... glance into this obscure region , the most have soared over it altogether heedless ; regarding Clothes as a property , not an accident , as quite natural and spontaneous , like the leaves of trees , like the plumage of birds . In all ...
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... glance , and often with unspeakable precision , has he cast into mysterious Nature , and the still more mysterious Life of Man . Wonderful it is with what cutting words , now and then , he severs asunder the confusion ; sheers down ...
... glance , and often with unspeakable precision , has he cast into mysterious Nature , and the still more mysterious Life of Man . Wonderful it is with what cutting words , now and then , he severs asunder the confusion ; sheers down ...
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... glance over his First Part only in the most cursory manner . This First Part is , no doubt , dis- tinguished by omnivorous learning , and utmost patience and fairness at the same time , in its results 46 SARTOR RESARTUS.
... glance over his First Part only in the most cursory manner . This First Part is , no doubt , dis- tinguished by omnivorous learning , and utmost patience and fairness at the same time , in its results 46 SARTOR RESARTUS.
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... glance of kind eyes , saying thereby , " Thou ' too mayest love and be loved ; " and so kindle him , ' —good Heaven , what a volcanic , earthquake - bringing , ' all - consuming fire were probably kindled ! ' Such a fire , it afterwards ...
... glance of kind eyes , saying thereby , " Thou ' too mayest love and be loved ; " and so kindle him , ' —good Heaven , what a volcanic , earthquake - bringing , ' all - consuming fire were probably kindled ! ' Such a fire , it afterwards ...
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... glance of the Barouche - and - four seems to have withered up what little remnant of a purpose may have still lurked in him : Life has become wholly a dark labyrinth ; wherein , through long years , our Friend , flying from spectres ...
... glance of the Barouche - and - four seems to have withered up what little remnant of a purpose may have still lurked in him : Life has become wholly a dark labyrinth ; wherein , through long years , our Friend , flying from spectres ...
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Adamite amid art thou Auscultator authentic Thaumaturgy Baphometic become biped Blumine Body Capricornus celestial CHAPTER Clothes-Philosophy conjecture Dandiacal Dandy dark dead Devil Diogenes discern divine doubtless dröckh Earth Editor Enchiridion of Epictetus English Entepfuhl Eternity everywhere existence eyes faculty fancy feeling fire Garment genesia glance Godlike Goethe hand happy hast thou heart Heaven Herr Heuschrecke hitherto Hofrath hope Hugo von Trimberg infinite John Balliol less lies light living look Love man's Mankind Marchfeld Mystagogue mysterious mystic Nature never Nevertheless nowise once perhaps Philosophy of Clothes Poor-Slave present Professor Teufelsdröckh readers round Sartor Resartus Satanic School Sect seems shadow shews silent Society Sorrow sort soul speak spectres Spirit stand Stoicism strange Symbols Tailor Teufels Teufelsdröckh thee thereof thing thought thyself tion toil Tophet true Universe unspeakable Vestures visible Volume Weissnichtwo whereby wherein whole whoso wonder words worship young