 Two men I honour, and no third. First, the toilworn Craftsman that with earth-made Implement laboriously conquers the earth, and makes her man's. Venerable to me is the hard Hand; crooked, coarse; wherein notwithstanding lies a cunning virtue indefeasibly...  The Changing Order: A Study of Democracy - Page 241by Oscar Lovell Triggs - 1905 - 300 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1831 - 294 pages
...toilworn Craftsman that with earth-made Implement laboriously conquers the Earth, and makes her man's. Venerable to me is the hard Hand ; crooked, coarse...lies a cunning virtue, indefeasibly royal, as of the Sceptre of this Planet. Venerable too is the rugged face, all weathertanned, besoiled, with its rude... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1837 - 322 pages
...toilworn craftsman, that with earth-made implement laboriously conquers the earth, and makes her man's. Venerable to me is the hard hand ; crooked, coarse...lies a cunning virtue, indefeasibly royal, as of the sceptre of this planet. Ve nerable, too, is the rugged face, all weather-tanned, besoiled, with its... | |
 | Orville Dewey - 1838 - 312 pages
...toil-worn craftsman, that with earth-made implement laboriously conquers the earth, and makes her man's. Venerable to me is the hard hand; crooked, coarse;...lies a cunning virtue, indefeasibly royal, as of the sceptre of this planet. Venerable, too, is the rugged face, all weather-tanned, besoiled with its rude... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1838 - 338 pages
...toilworn ' Craftsman that with earth-made Implement laboriously ' conquers the Earth, and makes her man's. Venerable ' to me is the hard Hand ; crooked, coarse...a cunning virtue, indefeasibly royal, ' as of the Sceptre of this Planet. Venerable too is the ' rugged face, all weather-tanned, besoiled, with its... | |
 | Orville Dewey - 1838 - 310 pages
...toil-worn craftsman, that with earth-made implement laboriously conquers the earth, and makes her man's. Venerable to me is the hard hand ; crooked, coarse...lies a cunning virtue, indefeasibly royal, as of the sceptre of this planet. Venerable, too, is the rugged face, all weathertanned, besoiled, with its rude... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1840 - 328 pages
...Craftsman that with earth-made Implement laboriously ' conquers the Earth, and makes her man's. Venerable 1 to me is the hard Hand ; crooked, coarse ; wherein...a cunning virtue, indefeasibly royal, ' as of the Sceptre of this Planet. Venerable too is the ' rugged face, all weather-tanned, besoiled, with its... | |
 | Robert M. Hovenden - 1844 - 386 pages
...toilworn craftsman that with earth-made implement laboriously conquers tha earth, and makes her man's. Venerable to me is the hard hand, crooked, coarse...lies a cunning virtue, indefeasibly royal, as of the sceptre of this planet. Venerable too is the rugged face, all weather-tanned, besoiled, with its rude... | |
 | Orville Dewey - 1844 - 904 pages
...toil-worn craftsman, that with earth-made implement, laboriously conquers the earth, and makes her man's. Venerable to me is the hard hand — crooked, coarse...; wherein, notwithstanding, lies a cunning virtue, indefeasiblv royal, as of the sceptre of this planet. Venerable, too, is the rugged face, all weathertanned,... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1846 - 490 pages
...toilworn Crafts' man that with earth-made Implement laboriously conquers the ' Earth, and makes her man's. Venerable to me is the hard ' Hand ; crooked, coarse...a cunning ' virtue, indefeasibly royal, as of the Sceptre of this Planet. Ven' erable too is the rugged face, all weather-tanned, besoiled, with ' its... | |
 | Orville Dewey - 1847 - 392 pages
...toil-worn craftsman, that with earth-made implement laboriously conquers the earth, and makes her man's. Venerable to me is the hard hand ; crooked, coarse...lies a cunning virtue, indefeasibly royal, as of the sceptre of this planet. Venerable, too, is the rugged face, all* weathertanned, besoiled, with its... | |
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