 | Margaret Fuller - 1852 - 350 pągines
...indeed, is arrogant and overbearing ; but in his arrogance there is no littleness, — no self-loveIt is the heroic arrogance of some old Scandinavian conqueror;...and burns you, if you senselessly go too near. He seems, to me, quite isolated, — lonely as the desert, — yet never was a man more fitted to prize... | |
 | Margaret Fuller - 1852 - 366 pągines
...heroic arrogance of some old Scandinavian conqueror; — it is his nature, and the untamable energy that has given him power to crush the dragons. You...and burns you, if you senselessly go too near. He seems, to me, quite isolated, — lonely as the desert, — yet never was a man more fitted to prize... | |
 | 1852 - 662 pągines
...given him power to crush the dragons. You do not love him, perhaps, nor revere ; and perhaps, abo, he would only laugh at you if you did; but you like...red, and burns you, if you senselessly go too near." Paris was reached in the autumn of 1846. There, as in London, her writings had already made her known.... | |
 | Margaret Fuller - 1856 - 506 pągines
...cannot allow other minds room to breathe and show themselves in their atmosphere, and thus miss the refreshment and instruction which the greatest never...fitted to prize a man, could he find one to match his mood. He finds such, but only in the past. He sings rather than talks. He pours upon you a kind... | |
 | Margaret Fuller - 1856 - 492 pągines
...and perhaps, also, he would only laugh at you if you did ; but you like him heartily, and like to sec him the powerful smith, the Siegfried, melting all...fitted to prize a man, could he find one to match his mood. He finds such, but only in the past. He sings rather than talks. He pours upon you a kind... | |
 | Margaret Fuller - 1869 - 482 pągines
...arrogance of some old Scandinavian conqueror, — it is his nature and the untamable impulse tliat has given him power to crush the dragons. You do not...fitted to prize a man, could he find one to match his mood. He finds such, but only in the past. He sings rather than talks. He pours upon you a kind... | |
 | Thomas Ballantyne - 1870 - 256 pągines
...is tile heroic arrogance of some old Scandinavian conqueror — it is his nature and the untameable impulse that has given him power to crush the dragons....burns you if you senselessly go too near. He seemed to be quite isolated, lonely as the desert, yet never was man more fitted to prize a man, could he find... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1871 - 256 pągines
...— it is his nature, and the untameable impulse that has 78 MARGARET FULLER ON CARL} LE. [1846given him power to crush the dragons. You do not love him,...and burns you, if you senselessly go too near. " He seems, to me, quite isolated, — lonely as the desert, — yet never was a man more fitted to prize... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1875 - 520 pągines
...conqueror ; it is his nature, and the untamable impulse that has given Carlyle in Conversation. 1 7 him power to crush the dragons. You do not love him,...and burns you, if you senselessly go too near. He seems, to me, quite isolated, lonely as the desert, yet never was a man more fitted to prize a man,... | |
 | 1878 - 802 pągines
...no littleness — no self-love. It is the heroic arrogance of some old Scandinavian conqueror. . . . You do not love him perhaps, nor revere ; and perhaps,...and burns you, if you senselessly go too near. He seems to me quite isolated — lonely as the desert. . . For the higher kinds of poetry he has no sense,... | |
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Carlyle, indeed, is arrogant and overbearing, but in his arrogance there is no littleness or self-love : it is the heroic arrogance of some old Scandinavian conqueror, — it is his nature and the untamable impulse that has given him power to crush the... 
