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" On my return I came from Glasgow to Dumfries, and being intent on delivering a letter which I had brought from Rome, inquired for Craigenputtock. It was a farm in Nithsdale, in the parish of Dunscore, sixteen miles distant. No public coach passed near... "
Complete Works - Page 18
by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1884
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The New quarterly review, and digest of current literature, Volume 5

1856 - 504 pages
...wit, and indignation that are nnforgetable. And here is the author of the Life of Cromwell : — I inquired for Craigenputtock. It was a farm in Nithsdale, in the parish of Dunscorc, sixteen miles distant. No public roach passed near it, so I took * private carriage from...
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The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Comprising His Essays ..., Volume 2

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 472 pages
...with him. From Edinburgh I went to the Highlands. On my return, I came from Glasgow to Dumfries, and being intent on delivering a letter which I had brought...No public coach passed near it, so I took a private carnage from the inn. I found the house amid desolate heathery hills, where the lonely scholar nourished...
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The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Representative men. English traits ...

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 504 pages
...came from Glasgow to Dumfries, and being intent on delivering a letter which I had brought from Kome, inquired for Craigenputtock. It was a farm in Nithsdale," in the parish of Duuscore, sixteen miles distant. No public coach passed near it, so I took a private carriage from...
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The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: In Two Volumes

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 500 pages
...being intent on delivering a letter which I had brought from Kome, inquired for Craigenputtock. Vlt was a farm in Nithsdale, in the parish of Dunscore,...where the lonely scholar nourished his mighty heart. \Carjjlej was a man from his youth, an author who did not need to hide from his readers, and as absolute...
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Representative men. English traits. Conduct of life

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 508 pages
...with him. From Edinburgh I went to the Highlands. On my return, I came from Glasgow to Dumfries, aud being intent on delivering a letter which I had brought from Rome, inquired for L'raigeiiputtock. It was a farm in Nithsdale, in the parish of Dimscore, sixteen miles distant. No...
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Thomas Carlyle: His Life, His Books, His Theories

Alfred Hudson Guernsey - 1879 - 226 pages
...Rome, inquired for Craigenputtoch. It was a farm in the parish of Dnnscore, fifteen miles distant. I found the house amid desolate, heathery hills, where the lonely scholar nourished his mighty heart. He was tall and gaunt, with a cliff-like hrow, self-possessed, and holding his extraordinary powers...
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Thomas Carlyle: His Life, His Books, His Theories

Alfred Hudson Guernsey - 1879 - 226 pages
...later published an account of this visit, which we abridge : " I came from Glasgow to Dumfries, and, being intent on delivering a letter which I had brought from Rome, inquired for Craigenputtoch. It waa a farm in the parish of Dunscore, fifteen miles distant. I found the house amid...
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Gallery of notable men and women, compiled by the editor of 'The treasury of ...

Robert Cochrane (miscellaneous writer.) - 1879 - 236 pages
...a letter of introduction, in August 1833. ' I came from Glasgow to Dumfries,' mites Emerson, ' and being intent on delivering a letter which I had brought from Rome, inquired for Craigenputtoch. It was a farm in Nithsdale, in the parish of Dunscore, sixteen miles distant. No public...
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Philosopher and Poet

Alfred Hudson Guernsey - 1881 - 340 pages
...Dumfries, intent on delivering a letter which I had brought from Rome, and inquired for Craigenputtoch. It was a farm in Nithsdale, in the parish of Dunscore,...took a private carriage from the inn. I found the lonely house amid desolate heathery hills, where the lonely scholar nourished his mighty heart. Carlyle...
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Thomas Carlyle

Moncure Daniel Conway - 1881 - 306 pages
...drove in a gig to clasp heart and hand of his young intellectual brother forty -eight years before. "I found the house amid desolate heathery hills, where the lonely scholar nourished his mighty heart." And now, too, I found it, the home of a kindly shepherd and his family. Arthur Johnstone-Douglas, of...
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