That noble, patient, deep, pious, and solid Germany should be at length welded into a nation, and become Queen of the Continent, instead of vapouring, vainglorious, gesticulating, quarrelsome, restless, and over-sensitive France, seems to me the hopefullest... The Franco-Prussian War: Its Causes, Incidents, and Consequences - Page 182by Henry Montague Hozier - 1870Full view - About this book
| Edmund Ollier - 1871 - 606 pages
...Frederick the Great, "is not a person of ' Napoleonic ' ideas, but of ideas quite superior to Napoleonic j shows no invincible ' lust of territory,' nor is tormented...hopefullest public fact that has occurred in my time." In his coarsest and most dogmatic language, Mr. Carlyle denounced the " cheap pity and newspaper lamentation... | |
| Edmund Ollier - 1873 - 610 pages
...Napoleonic ; shows no invincible ' lust of territory," nor is tormented with 'vulgar ambition,' &c. j but has aims very far beyond that sphere ; and in...hopefullest public fact that has occurred in my time." In his coarsest and most dogmatic language, Mr. Carlyle denounced the " cheap pity and newspaper lamentation... | |
| Julian Schmidt - Authors - 1878 - 486 pages
...ber Пфгафе ju geben: „That noble, patient, pious and solid Germany should be at length velved into a nation and become Queen of the Continent instead of vapouring, vain glorious, gesticulating, quarrelsome, restless and oversensitive France, seems to me the hopefullest... | |
| Alfred Hudson Guernsey - 1879 - 226 pages
...other means came to pass what he calls " the hopef ullest public fact that has occurred in my time : that noble,/ patient, deep, pious, and solid Germany...should be ' at length welded into a nation, and become queer of the Continent, instead of vaporing, vainglorious quarrelsome, restless, and over-sensitive... | |
| William Howie Wylie - Authors, Scottish - 1881 - 444 pages
...It was to Carlyle " the hopefullest public fact " that had occurred in his time that such a people " should be at length welded into a nation and become...quarrelsome, restless, and over-sensitive France." The letter was manifestly one-sided, and lacking in the quality of solid, comprehensive judgment. Carlyle's... | |
| William Howie Wylie - Authors, Scottish - 1881 - 444 pages
...It was to Carlyle " the hopefullest public fact " that had occurred in his time that such a people " should be at length welded into a nation and become...quarrelsome, restless, and over-sensitive France." The letter was manifestly one-sided, and lacking in the quality of solid, comprehensive judgment. Carlyle's... | |
| 1924 - 902 pages
...lesson honestly. If she cannot, she will get another, and even another; learnt the lesson must be. . . . That noble, patient, deep, pious, and solid Germany...restless, and over-sensitive France, seems to me the hopefulest public fact that has occurred in my time. — I remain, Sir, yours truly, T. Carlyle. Those... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1888 - 286 pages
...to Bismarck long prevalent in England. Not a person of ' Napoleonic' ideas. Noble, patient Germany at length welded into a Nation, and become Queen of the Continent. (249.) INDEX. ABKLARD, vii. 172. Adieu, i. 291. Affectation, difference between, and genuine originality,... | |
| John Nichol - 1892 - 266 pages
...as I read him, is not a person of Napoleonic ideas, but of ideas quite superior to Napoleonic. . . . That noble, patient, deep, pious, and solid Germany...restless, and over-sensitive France, seems to me the hopefulest fact that has occurred in my time. Carlyle seldom wrote with more force, or with more justice.... | |
| Edmund Ollier - Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871 - 1894 - 616 pages
...'lust of territory/ nor is tormented with ' vulgar ambition/ &c. ; but has aims very far beyond that I sphere ; and in fact seems to me to be striving with...hopefullest public fact that has occurred in my time." In his coarsest and most dogmatic language, Mr. Carlyle denounced the ! "cheap pity and newspaper lamentation... | |
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