 | Frank Preston Stearns - 1897 - 400 pages
...it would have been, could I, like Faust, have fancied myself tempted by the Devil ; for a Hell, as I imagine, without Life, though only diabolic Life,...down ; you cannot so much as believe in a Devil." The most gloomy prophecy of our own time is that our educated young men use chloroform or laughing... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1901 - 232 pages
...I, like a Faust, have fancied myself tempted and tormented of the Devil ; for a Hell, as I imagined, without Life, though only diabolic Life, were more...Disbelief, the very Devil has been pulled down, you cannot sex much as believe in a Devil. To me the Universe was all void ofLife, of Purpose, of Volition, even... | |
 | 1899 - 704 pages
...Jiflvtiius» In order to manage an ungovernable beast, he must be stinted in his provender. Oust я Elizabeth. In our age of down-pulling and disbelief, the very devil has been pulled down ; you can- not so much as believe in a devil. Carl\ tf. In our fine arts, not imitation, but creation, is... | |
 | 1899 - 188 pages
...of sleeplessness he experienced what he called his <{ conversion. " The universe had seemed to him " void of life, of purpose, of volition, even of hostility; it was one huge and immeasurable steam-engine, rolling on in its dead indifference, to grind me limb from limb. Oh,... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - 1900 - 542 pages
...calculation of pleasure ; an exhortation to build not on morality but on cookery. The universe seemed to be ' void of Life, of Purpose, of Volition, even of Hostility : it was one dead, unmeasurable steam-engine, rolling on in its dead indifference, to grind me limb from limb. O... | |
 | William Sedgwick - 1902 - 316 pages
...of theism." l In this connection we may notice a remark Carlyle has made : " In our age," he says, " of Downpulling and Disbelief the very Devil has been...pulled down, you cannot so much as believe in a Devil." 2 We may also notice another remark which shows that he himself believed in the existence of the Devil.... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1902 - 232 pages
...I, like a Faust, have fancied myself tempted and tormented of the Devil ; for a Hell, as I imagined, without Life, though only diabolic Life, were more...believe in a Devil. To me the Universe was all void ofLife, of Purpose, of Volition, even of Hostility : it was one huge, dead, immeasurable Steam-engine,... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1881 - 918 pages
...have 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, were more frightful : but in our age of downpullingand disbelief, the very devil has been pulled down, you cannot so much as believe in a devil.... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1908 - 352 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,...' Hostility : it was one huge, dead, immeasurable Steam' engine, rolling on, in its dead indifference, to grind me ' limb from limb. O, the vast, gloomy,... | |
 | Gerhardt Cornell Mars - 1908 - 830 pages
...have been, could I, like Faust, have found myself tempted and tormented of the Devil: for a Hell, as I imagine, without Life, though only diabolic Life,...Disbelief, the very Devil has been pulled down, you can not so much as believe in the Devil. " To me the Universe was all void of Life, of Purpose, of... | |
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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. 
