 Fire!" is given: and they blow the souls out of one another: and in place of sixty brisk, useful craftsmen, the world has sixty dead carcasses, which it must bury, and anew shed tears for. Had these men any quarrel? Busy as the Devil is, not the smallest!...  American Monthly Knickerbocker - Page 5671838Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1831 - 294 pages
...sixty dead carcasses, which it must bury, and anew shed tears for. Had these men any quarrel ? Busy as the Devil is, not the smallest ! They lived far...between them. How then ? Simpleton ! their Governors had fallen-out ; and, instead of shooting one another, had the cunning to make these poor blockheads shoot.... | |
 | 1834 - 600 pages
...sixty dead carcasses, which it must bury, and anew shed tears for. Had these men any quarrel ? Busy as the devil is, not the smallest ! They lived far...out ; and, instead of shooting one another, had the cunning to make these poor blockheads shoot. — Alas, so is it in Dculschland, and hitherto in all... | |
 | 1839 - 536 pages
...sixty dead carcasses, which it must bury and anew shed tears for. Had these men any quarrels ? Busy as the devil is, not the smallest ! They lived far...out ; and instead of shooting one another, had the cunning to make these poor blockheads shoot."* Can such things be when men become sufficiently enlightened... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1837 - 322 pages
...sixty dead carcasses, which it must buiy, and anew shed tears for. Had these men any quarrel ? Busy as the Devil is, not the smallest ! They lived far...Simpleton ! their governors had fallen out ; and, instead 16 of shooting one another, had the cunning to make these poor blockheads shoot. — Alas, so it is... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1838 - 338 pages
...sixty dead carcasses, which it must bury, and anew ' shed tears for. Had these men any quarrel ? Busy as ' the Devil is, not the smallest ! They lived far...unconsciously, by Commerce, ' some mutual helpfulness between th«m. How then .' ' Simpleton ! their Governors had fallen out ; and, instead ' of shooting one another,... | |
 | 1839 - 542 pages
...sixty dead carcasses, which it must bury and anew shed tears for. Had these men any quarrels ? Busy as the devil is, not the smallest ! They lived far...out ; and instead of shooting one another, had the cunning to make these poor blockheads shoot."* Can such things be when men become sufficiently enlightened... | |
 | Edward Robinson - 1839 - 1050 pages
...sixty dead carcasses, which it must bury and anew shed tears for. Had these men any quarrels ? Busy as the devil is, not the smallest ! They lived far...out ; and instead of shooting one another, had the cunning to make these poor blockheads shoot."* Can such things be when men become sufficiently enlightened... | |
 | 1839 - 536 pages
...sixty dead carcasses, which it must bury and anew shed tears for. Had these men any quarrels ? Busy as the devil is, not the smallest ! They lived far enough apart ; were the entires! strangers ; nay, in so wide a universe, there was even, unconsciously, by commerce, some mutual... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1840 - 328 pages
...sixty dead carcasses, which it must bury, and anew ' ehed tears for. [lad these men any quarrel 1 Busy as ' the Devil is, not the smallest ! They lived far...Commerce, ' some mutual helpfulness between them. How then 1 ' Simpleton ! their Governors had fallen out ; and, instead ' of shooting one another, had the cunning... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1840 - 324 pages
...Universe, there was even, unconsciously, by Commerce, ' some mutual helpfulness between them. How then 1 ' Simpleton ! their Governors had fallen out ; and, instead ' of shooting one another, had the cunning to make ' these poor blockheads shoot. — Alas, so is it in Deutsch' land, and hitherto in... | |
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