 ... sobbings of a dumb creature, which in the ear of Heaven are prayers. The poor Earth, with her poor joys, was now my needy Mother, not my cruel Stepdame; Man, with his so mad Wants and so mean Endeavours, had become the dearer to me; and even for his...  Sartor Resartus - Page 171by Thomas Carlyle - 1896 - 432 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Carlyle - English literature - 1884 - 494 pages
...mean Endeavors, had become the dearer to me ; and even for his sufferings and his sins, I now first named him Brother. Thus was I standing in the porch...that had been strangling him, and straightway could unfasten it, and was free. " A vain interminable controversy," writes he, " touching what is at present... | |
 | Concord School of Philosophy - 1884 - 488 pages
...dearer to me ; and even for his sufferings and his sins, I now first named him brother. Thus was 1 standing in the porch of that ' Sanctuary of Sorrow ; ' by strange, steep ways, had 1 too been guided thither ; and ere long its sacred gates would open, and the 'Divine Depth of Sorrow'... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - Clothing and dress - 1885 - 490 pages
...mean Endeavors, had become the dearer to me ; and even for his sufferings and his sins, I now first named him Brother. Thus was I standing in the porch...that had been strangling him, and straightway could unfasten it, and was free. " A vain interminable controversy," writes he, " touching what is at present... | |
 | Concord School of Philosophy - Authors, American - 1885 - 530 pages
...mean Endeavors, had become the dearer to me ; and even for his sufferings and his sins, I now first named him brother. Thus was I standing in the porch...the ' Divine Depth of Sorrow ' lie disclosed to me. . . . " Small is it that thou canst trample the Earth with its injuries under thy feet, as old Greek... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1883 - 638 pages
...mean endeavours, had become the dearer to me ; and even for his sufferings and his sins, I now first named him brother. Thus was I standing in the porch...the ' Divine Depth of Sorrow ' lie disclosed to me." No comment is needed, the Divine voice finds utterance in human speech, and the bond which unites humanity... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1885 - 520 pages
...when he concludes in these words : " Even for his sufferings and his sins I now first named man my Brother. Thus was I standing in the porch of that...Sorrow ; by strange, steep ways had I too been guided hither ; and ere long its sacred gates would open, and the Divine Depth of Sorrow lie disclosed to... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1885 - 688 pages
...mean Endeavours, had become the dearer to me ; and even ' for his sufferings and his sins, I now first named him brother. ' Thus was I standing in the porch of that "Sanctuary ofSor' row ; " by strange, steep ways, had I too been guided thither ; ' and ere long its sacred gates... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - Essays - 1888 - 242 pages
...sins, I now first named him Brother. Thus was I standing in 1 the porch of that "Sanctuary of Sorrow f by strange, steep • ways had I too been guided thither...gates would open, and the "Divine Depth of Sorrow" lie dis• closed to me.' CHAP. ix. THE EVERLASTING YEA. 131 The Professor says, he here first got eye... | |
 | thomas carlyle - 1888
...and his sins, I now first named him Brother. Thus was ' I standing in the porch of that " Sanctuarg of Sorrow ;" by strange, ' steep ways, had I too been...long its ' sacred gates would open, and the " Divine Dejith of Sorrow" lie ' disclosed to me.' The Professor says, he here first got eye on the Knot that... | |
 | Joseph Forster - 1890 - 192 pages
...so mean endeavours, had become dearer to me ; and even for his sufferings and his sins, I now first named him Brother. Thus was I standing in the porch...the ' Divine Depth of Sorrow' lie disclosed to me." In that passage Carlyle opened to us the very deepest depth of his soul. And what a soul ! What pity,... | |
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