Sentence:  The Nomad has his very house set on wheels; the Nomad, and in a still higher degree the Ape, are all for “liberty;” the privilege to flit continually is indispensable for them. Alas, in how many ways, does our humour, in this swift-rolling self-abrading Time, shew itself nomadic, <WSD>apelike</WSD>; mournful enough to him that looks on it with eyes! 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Similar to an ape in appearance or movement.