 | 1876 - 1204 str.
...there is in his portraits a look of thoughtful, honest manliness, combined with great tenderness. " Great men taken up in any way are profitable company....look, however imperfectly, upon a great man, without gaming something by him." These words have been our motto throughout this short study of Schiller's... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1840 - 520 str.
...this place ! One comfort is, that Great Men, taken up in any way, are profitable company. We catuiot look, however imperfectly, upon a great man, without gaining something by him. He is «ie living light-fountain, which it is good and pleasant to be atar. The light which enlightens, which... | |
 | 1843 - 1068 str.
...practical realization and embodiment of thoughts that dwelt in the great men sent into the world. . . . We cannot look, however imperfectly, upon a great...by him. He is the living light-fountain, which it iï good and pleasant to be near. The light which enlightens, which has enlightened the world, and... | |
 | 1919 - 1188 str.
...comfort,' wrote Carlyle in a memorable passage, 'one comfort is that great men, taken up in any way, arc profitable company. We cannot look, however imperfectly,...light-fountain, which it is good and pleasant to be near.' The worship of heroes has been common to all the great, emancipating periods of history, for the simple... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1846 - 490 str.
...of these. Too clearly it is a topic we shall do no justice to in this place ! One comfort is, that Great Men, taken up in any way, are profitable company....without gaining something by him. He is the living light fountain, which it is good and pleasant to be near. .The light which enlightens, which has enlightened... | |
 | Thomas Leverton Donaldson - 1847 - 150 str.
...whole world's history, it may justly be considered, were the history of these. " One comfort is, that great men, taken up in any way, are profitable company....imperfectly upon a great man without gaining something from him. He is the living light fountain, which it is good and pleasant to be near. The light, which... | |
 | 1855 - 336 str.
...Sketchings," the author paints the virtues of his favorite heroes, ns if he thought, with Carlyle, that " we cannot, look, however imperfectly, upon a great...light-fountain, which it is good and pleasant to be near." Carlyle's heroes were, however, the honored dead, while we are called to bestow transcendent admiration... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1852 - 488 str.
...been so leservedly popular. Miss May is a resident of New York. HANDEL. CARLYLE truly observes, that "great men, taken up in any way, are profitable company. We cannot look, however imperfectly,' W upon a great man, without gaining something from him. He is the living light-fountain which it is... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1857 - 580 str.
...May is a resident of New York. HANDEL. CAELYLE truly observes, that "great men, taken up in anyway, are profitable company. We cannot look, however imperfectly, upon a great man, without gaining something from him. He is the 56 (4*1) living light-fountain which it is so good and pleasant to be near." Carlyle... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 str.
...passes on like Samson, and "tells neither father nor mothor of it." LamteT. GH I'! Л Т NESS -Human. We cannot look, however imperfectly, upon a great...light-fountain, which it is good and pleasant to be near ; tho light which enlightens, which has enlightened, the darkness of the world ; and this, not as a... | |
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One comfort is, that Great Men, taken up in any way, are profitable company. We cannot look, however imperfectly, upon a great man, without gaining something by him. 
