 | Thomas Carlyle - 1838 - 338 pages
...been, could I, like a Faust, have fancied myself tempted ' and tormented of the Devil ; for a Hell, as I imagine, ' without Life, though only diabolic Life,...all void of Life, of Purpose, of Volition, even of Hosti' lity : it was one huge, dead, immeasurable, Steam-engine, ' rolling on, in its dead indifference,... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1840 - 650 pages
...been, could I, like a Faust, have fancied myself tempted and tormented of the Devil ; for a hell, as I imagine, without life, though only diabolic life,...so much as believe in a Devil. To me the universe teas all void of life, or purpose, of volition, even of hostility : it was one hvjf, dead, immeasurable... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1840 - 658 pages
...been, could I, like a Faust, have fancied myself tempted and tormented of the Devil ; for a hell, as I imagine, without life, though only diabolic life,...down-pulling and disbelief, the very Devil has been pulled dowu ; you cannot so much as believe in a Devil. To me the universe was all void of life, or purpose,... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1850 - 676 pages
...been, could I. like a Faust, have fancied myself tempted and ' tormented of the Devil ; for a Hell, as I imagine, without Life, ' though only diabolic Life,...it was one huge, dead, immeasurable Steam-engine, t ' rolling on, in its dead indifference, to grind me limb from limb. ' 0 the vast, gloomy, solitary... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1858 - 412 pages
...like a Faust, have fancied ' myself tempted and tormented of the Devil ; for a Hell, as I ima' gine, without Life, though only diabolic Life, were more...Downpulling and Disbelief, the very Devil has ' been pulled-down, you cannot so much as believe in a Devil. To ' me the Universe was all void of Life, of... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1865 - 454 pages
...been, could I, like Faust, have fancied myself tempted and tormented of the devil ; for a hell, as I imagine, without life, though only diabolic life,...more frightful : but in our age of down-pulling and disThe Everlasting No. 137 belief, the very devil has been pulled down. You SERMON cannot so much as... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1870 - 326 pages
...could I, like a ' Faust, have fancied myself tempted and tormented of the ' Devil ; for a Hell, as I imagine, without Life, though only ' diabolic Life, were more frightful : but in our age of Down' pulling and Disbelief, the very Devil has been pulled down, ' you cannot so much as believe in... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1871 - 408 pages
...like a Faust, have fancied ' myself tempted and tormented of the Devil ; for a Hell, as I im<t' gine, without Life, though only diabolic Life, were more...Downpulling and Disbelief, the very Devil has ' been pulled-down, you cannot so much as believe in a Devil. To ' me the Universe was all void of Life, of... | |
 | 1872 - 778 pages
...sight than that of the personality of Satan. That is true of our age which Thomas Carlyle says—" In our age of down-pulling and disbelief, the very...a devil. To me the universe was all void of life, cf purpose, of volition, even of hostility; it was one huge, dead, immeasurable steam-engine, rolling... | |
 | Moncure Daniel Conway - 1879 - 494 pages
...been, could I, like a Faust, have fancied myself tempted and tormented of a Devil ; for a Hell, as I imagine, without Life, though only diabolic Life,...of Life, of Purpose, of Volition, even of Hostility : IN RUE ST. THOMAS D'ENFER. 199 it was one huge, dead, immeasurable, Steam-engine, rolling on, in... | |
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To me the Universe was all void of Life, of Purpose, of Volition, even of Hostility : it was one huge, dead, immeasurable Steam-engine, rolling on, in its dead indifference, to grind me limb from limb. 
