 | 1841 - 986 pagine
...been a poor half-and-half, he could have crouched into the corner, like so many others : Scot land had not been delivered ; and Knox had been without...forgive him for having been worth to it any million " uublameable" Scotchmen that need no forgiveness ! He bared his breast to the battle; had to row in... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1840 - 520 pagine
...intrinsically for having been, in such way as it was then possible to be, the bravest of all Scotchmen 1 Had he been a poor Half-and-half, he could have crouched...forgive him for having been worth to it any million ' unblamable' Scotchmen that need no forgiveness ! He bared his breast to the battle ; had to row in... | |
 | 1841 - 848 pagine
...intrinsically for having been, in such way as it was then possible to be, the bravest of all Scotchmen 1 Had he been a poor Half-and-half, he could have crouched...He is the one Scotchman to whom, of all others, his countrymen and the world owe a debt. He has to plead that Scotland would forgive him for having been... | |
 | Thomas Smyth - 1843 - 348 pagine
...struggling, what we call the glorious revolution, a habeas corpus act, free parliaments, and much else ! He is the one Scotchman, to whom, of all others, his...forgive him for having been worth to it any million 'unblamable' Scotchmen, that need no forgiveness ! He bared his breast to the battle ; had to row in... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1849 - 260 pagine
...have to struggle, and suffer, and fall, greatly censured, bemired,—before a beautiful Eevolution of Eighty-eight can step over them in official pumps...Scotchmen that need no forgiveness! He bared his breast to battle; had to row in French galleys, wander forlorn in exile, in clouds and storms; was censured,... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1858 - 412 pagine
...universal three-times-three ! It seems to me hard measure that this Scottish man, now after three-hundred years, should have to plead like a culprit before...forgive him for having been worth to it any million ' unblamable' Scotchmen that need no forgiveness ! He bared his breast to the battle ; had to row in... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1869 - 328 pagine
...universal three-times-three ! It seems to me hard measure that this Scottish man, now after three-hundred years, should have to plead like a culprit before...forgive him for having been worth to it any million ' unblamable' Scotchmen that need no forgiveness ! He bared his breast to the battle ; had to row in... | |
 | William Pratt Breed - 1869 - 488 pagine
...to be the bravest of all Scotchmen. Had he been a poor half-and-half, he could have crouched into a corner like so many others ; Scotland had not been...Scotchmen that need no forgiveness. He bared his breast to battle, had to row in French galleys, wander forlorn in exile, in clouds and storms, was censured,... | |
 | William Pratt Breed - 1869 - 484 pagine
...to be the bravest of all Scotchmen. Had he been a poor half-and-half, he could have crouched into a corner like so many others ; Scotland had not been...forgive him for having been worth to it any million i unblameable' Scotchmen that need no forgiveness. He bared his breast to battle, had to row in French... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1871 - 408 pagine
...universal three-times-three ! It seems to me hard measure that this Scottish man, now after three-hundred years, should have to plead like a culprit before...forgive him for having been worth to it any million ' unblamable' Scotchmen that need no forgiveness ! He bared his breast to the battle ; had to row in... | |
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Had he been a poor Half-and-half, he could have crouched into the corner, like so many others ; Scotland had not been delivered; and Knox had been without blame. He is the one Scotchman to whom, of all others, his country and the world owe a debt. He... 
