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" Richter says, in the Island of Sumatra there is a kind of ' Light-chafers,' large Fire-flies, which people stick upon spits, and illuminate the ways with at night. Persons of condition can thus travel with a pleasant radiance, which they much admire.... "
Essays: Moral, Political and Aesthetic - Página 36
por Herbert Spencer - 1866 - 418 páginas
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The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th]

1845 - 786 páginas
...things.' Worshipped by the great, he is not inflated. Yet 'he fares like the fire-flies of Sumatra, which people stick upon spits and illuminate the ways with at night : — ' Great honour to the fire-flies : — But — ' ! The sketch of CROMWELL* is, in our judgment,...
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WORKS.

Thomas Carlyle - 1840 - 520 páginas
...They came to get a little amusement : they got their amusement ; — and the Hero's life went for it! Richter says, in the Island of Sumatra there is a...a pleasant radiance, which they much admire. Great honqur to the Fire-flies ! But — 1 — LECTURE VI. THE HERO AS KING. CROMWELL, NAPOLEON : MODERN...
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On Heroes, Hero-worship, & the Heroic in History: Six Lectures ; Reported ...

Thomas Carlyle - 1841 - 408 páginas
...They came to get a little amusement : they got their amusement ; — and the Hero's life went for it ! Richter says, in the Island of Sumatra there is a...much admire. Great honour to the Fireflies! But—! — LECTURE VI. [Friday, 22d May, 1840.] THE HERO AS KING. CROMWELL, NAPOLEON : MODERN REVOLUTIONISM....
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On Heroes, Hero-worship, and the Heroic in History: Six Lectures

Thomas Carlyle - 1849 - 260 páginas
...They came to get a little amusement: they got their amusement:— and the Hero's life went for it! Richter says, in the Island of Sumatra there is a...much admire. Great honour to the Fire-flies! But— ! — LECTURE VI. [Friday, 2id May, 1840.] THE HERO AS KING. CROMWELL, NAPOLEON : MODERN REVOLUTIONISM....
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Essays--scientific, Political and Speculative, Volumen1

Herbert Spencer - 1858 - 460 páginas
...their amusement while " the Hero's life went for it I" Carlyle suggests a parallel thus : — " Eichter says, in the Island of Sumatra there Is a kind of...Fire-flies ! But — ! — " Before inquiring whether the law.o£_ejflect, thus far traced, explains the superiority of poetry to prose, it will be needful to...
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Sartor Resartus (1831): Lectures on Heroes (1840)

Thomas Carlyle - 1858 - 412 páginas
...They came to get a little amusement : they got their amusement ; — and the Hero's life went for it ! Richter says, in the Island of Sumatra there is a...much admire. Great honour to the Fire-flies ! But — ! — LECTURE VI. [Friday, 22d May 1840.] THE HERO AS KINO. CROMWELL, NAPOLEON : MODERN REVOLUTIONISM....
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On Heroes, Hero-worship, and the Heroic in History

Thomas Carlyle - 1859 - 222 páginas
...: — and the Hero's life went for it ! Richter says, in the Island of Sumatra there is a kind of 4 Light-chafers,' large Fire-flies, which people stick...illuminate the ways with at night. Persons of condition cars thus travel with a pleasant radiance, which they much admire Great honour to the Fire-flies !...
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On Heroes, Hero-worship, and the Heroic in History: Six Lectures, Reported ...

Thomas Carlyle - 1861 - 234 páginas
...They came to get a little amusement : they got their amusement : — and the Hero's life went for it! Richter says, in the Island of Sumatra there is a...illuminate the ways with at night. Persons of condition cat thus travel with a pleasant radiance, which they mu<h admire Great honour to the Fire-flies ! But...
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The Ballads and Songs of Robert Burns. With a Lecture on His Character and ...

Robert Burns - 1864 - 252 páginas
...They came to get a little amusement: they got their amusement; — and the Hero's life went for it! Richter says, in the Island of Sumatra there is a...they much admire. Great honour to the Fire-flies! But — ! — SONGS AND BALLADS ROBERT BURNS. FLOW GENTLY, SWEET AFTON. TUNE — "Alton Water." FLOW gently,...
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Heroes and Hero-worship

Thomas Carlyle - 1869 - 328 páginas
...to get a little amusement: they got their amusement; — and the Hero's life went for it ! Bichter says, in the Island of Sumatra there is a kind of...much admire. Great honour to the Fire-flies ! But — ! — LECTURE VI. [Friday, 22d May 1840.] * LECTURE VI. THE HERO AS KING. CROMWELL, NAPOLEON :...
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