Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Thomas Carlyle: With personal reminiscences and selections from his private letters to numerous correspondents. Volume 2
Subtitle: 1847 - 1881
Publisher: Adamant Media Corporation
Published: April 6, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 443
ISBN-13: 9781402174575
Subjects: Thomas Carlyle,memoirs,writings,reminiscences,life; Biography & Autobiography / Literary
First sentence: IN the year 1847 Carlyle, with the characteristic kindness and loyalty to friendship which always distinguished him, wielded his powerful pen, and used his utmost interest with the great, to obtain a pension for his old acquaintance and former neighbour, the gifted and amiable Leigh Hunt, who, now in the evening of his life, after bravely bearing the burden and heat of the day, found himself without the comforts and alleviations that usually sweeten its close.