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" Carlyle, indeed, is arrogant and overbearing, but in his arrogance there is no littleness, no self-love. It is the heroic arrogance of some old Scandinavian conqueror ; it is his nature, and the untamable impulse that has given him power to crush the... "
Thomas Carlyle: The Man and His Books : Illustrated by Personal ... - Page 176
by William Howie Wylie - 1881 - 402 pages
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Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli ...

Margaret Fuller - Authors, American - 1852 - 366 pages
...others. On the contrary, no man would more enjoy a manly resistance to his thought. But it is the habit of a mind accustomed to follow out its own impulse,...Scandinavian conqueror; — it is his nature, and the untamable energy that has given him power to crush the dragons. You do not love him, perhaps, nor revere;...
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Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli: New York ; Europe ; Homeward

Margaret Fuller - 1852 - 350 pages
...others. On the contrary, no man would more enjoy a manly resistance to his thought. But it is the impulse of a mind accustomed to follow out its own impulse,...but in his arrogance there is no littleness, — no self-loveIt is the heroic arrogance of some old Scandinavian conqueror; — it is his nature, and the...
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The American Whig Review, Volumes 15-16

1852 - 1228 pages
...hero, and let them be his slaves, Ac. It was very Titanic and anti-celestial. . . . Carlyle is indeed arrogant and overbearing, but in his arrogance there...Scandinavian conqueror; it is his nature, and the untamable energy that has given him power to crush the dragons. You do not love him, perhaps, nor revere...
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The American Whig Review, Volumes 9-15

American periodicals - 1852 - 662 pages
...hero, and let them be his slaves, ¿c. It was very Titanic and anti-celestial . . . Carlyle is indeed arrogant and overbearing, but in his arrogance there is no littleness, no self-love. It U the heroic arrogance of some old Scandinavian conqueror ; it is his nature, and the untamable energy...
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At Home and Abroad: Or, Things and Thoughts in America and Europe

Margaret Fuller - Europe - 1856 - 488 pages
...on the contrary, no man would more enjoy a manly resistance to his thought ; but it is the impulse of a mind accustomed to follow out its own impulse...overbearing, but in his arrogance there is no littleness or self-love : it is the heroic arrogance of some old Scandinavian conqueror, — it is his nature...
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At Home and Abroad: Or, Things and Thoughts in America and Europe

Margaret Fuller - Europe - 1856 - 492 pages
...on the contrary, no man would more enjoy a manly resistance to bis thought ; but it is the impulse of a mind accustomed to follow out its own impulse...overbearing, but in his arrogance there is no littleness or self-love : it is the heroic arrogance of some old Scandinavian conqueror, — it is his nature...
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At Home and Abroad: Or, Things and Thoughts in America and Europe

Margaret Fuller - Europe - 1869 - 482 pages
...; on the contrary, no man would more enjoy a manly resistance to his thought; but it is the impulse of a mind accustomed to follow out its own impulse...overbearing, but in his arrogance there is no littleness or self-love : it is the lieroic arrogance of some old Scandinavian conqueror, — it is his nature...
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Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume 2

Margaret Fuller - 1869 - 362 pages
...others. On the contrary, no man would more enjoy a manly resistance to his thought. But it is the habit of a mind accustomed to follow out its own impulse,...prey, and which knows not how to stop in the chase. Carlylc, indeed, is arrogant and overbearing; but in his arrogance there is no littleness, — no self-love....
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Essays in Mosaic

Thomas Ballantyne - Quotations - 1870 - 256 pages
...on the contrary, no man would more enjoy a manly resistance to his thought ; but it is the impulse of a mind accustomed to follow out its own impulse,...arrogance there is no littleness, no self-love ; it is tile heroic arrogance of some old Scandinavian conqueror — it is his nature and the untameable impulse...
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Choice Specimens of American Literature

Benjamin Nicholas Martin - American literature - 1871 - 236 pages
...rather seek to put it in its place, as servant and minister to the soul. 171. CHARACTER OF CARLYLE. CARLYLE, indeed, is arrogant and overbearing ; but...Scandinavian conqueror — it is his nature, and the untamable energy that has given him power to crush the dragons. You do not love him, perhaps, nor revere...
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