 Looking round on the noisy inanity of the world, words with little meaning, actions with little worth, one loves to reflect on the great Empire of Silence. The noble silent men, scattered here and there, each in his department ; silently thinking, silently...  WORKS. - Pàgina 206per Thomas Carlyle - 1840Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Stray thoughts, E L - 1885 - 118 pàgines
...would already be half-way to Heaven, for Earth would wellnigh have become Paradise.— CS Holthouse. 2. LOOKING round on the noisy inanity of the world, words...his department, silently thinking, silently working. — Thomas Carlyle. S. Go to the duty nearest, Though it's dull at whiles, Helping, when you meet them,... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1888 - 192 pàgines
...could paradings, and ribbons in the hat, do for it? Ah, yes, I will say again : The great silent men ! Looking round on the noisy inanity of the world, words...of! They are the salt of the earth. A country that none or few of these is in a bad way. Like a forest which had no roots; which had nil turned into leaves... | |
 | Samuel Silas Curry - 1888 - 456 pàgines
...Looking round on the noisy inanity of the world, words with little meaning, actions with little truth, one loves to reflect on the great Empire of Silence....salt of the Earth. A country that has none or few of thoe is in a bad way. Like a forest which had no roots ; which had all turned into leaves and bongh*... | |
 | thomas carlyle - 1888
...could paradings, und ribbons in the hat, do for it ? Ah yes, I will say again : The great silent men ! Looking round on the noisy inanity of the world, words...actions with little worth, one loves to reflect on the groat Empire of Silence. The noble silent men, scattered here and there, each in his department ; silently... | |
 | Frank A. Burr, Richard Josiah Hinton - 1888 - 466 pàgines
...talkativ'e, and in their army life both may well be called silent men of the type of whom Carlyle says : "The noble silent men, scattered here and there, each...his department, silently thinking, silently working, — they are the salt of the earth. Silence — the great empire of silence." It is not necessary,... | |
 | Anna Lydia Ward - 1889 - 724 pàgines
...silence is greater. 4984 Carlyle : Heroes and Hero Worship. The Hero as Poet. The great silent man! Looking round on the noisy inanity of the world, —...one loves to reflect on the great Empire of Silence. 4985 Carlyle : Heroes and Hero Worship. The Hero as King. The nobleness of silence. The highest melody... | |
 | 1892 - 828 pàgines
...Oreeve NOBLE SILENT MEN. 343 NOBLE SILENT MEN. The noble silent men scattered here and there, whom no newspaper makes mention of ! They are the salt of...country that has none or few of these is in a bad way ; a forest that has no roots, all turned into leaves and boughs, which must wither and be no forest.... | |
 | Joseph Gutteridge - 1893 - 344 pàgines
...of a city; and that, with all the decadence of much of modern life, we have still among us some of " the noble, silent men scattered here and there each in his department, whom no morning newspaper makes mention of, but who are the salt of the earth, and with none or few... | |
 | Maturin Murray Ballou - 1894 - 604 pàgines
...short, cold, but terribly severe. — Theodore Parker. Keep thou the door of my lips. — /.',•'•/.. Looking round on the noisy inanity of the world, words...working ; whom no morning newspaper makes mention of! — Carlyle. Silence never yet betrayed any one ! — Rivarol. The more a man, desirous to pass at... | |
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - 1894 - 1044 pàgines
...departure most of all show evil," some are buoyed up with the hope that it recedes ; while others, looking round on "the noisy inanity of the world,...words with little meaning, actions with little worth, loving to reflect in silence on what pa-ses, — the noble silent men, scattered here and there, not... | |
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