 | 524 pages
...life is passing swiftly over, and 'the night cometh wherein no man can work.' The night once come, our happiness, our unhappiness — it is all abolished,...that has been : ' not of the slightest consequence' whether we were happy as eupeptic Curtis, as the fattest pig of Epicurus, or unhappy as Job with potsherds,... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1845 - 496 pages
...life is passing swiftly over, and ' the night cometh wherein no man can work.' The night once come, our happiness, our unhappiness — it is all abolished,...that has been : ' not of the slightest consequence' whether we were happy as eupeptic Curtis, as the fattest pig of Epicurus, or unhappy as Job with potsherds,... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1840 - 520 pages
...life is passing swiftly over ; and the night cometh, wherein no man can work. The night once come, our happiness, our unhappiness, — it is all abolished...that has been : ' not of the slightest consequence' whether we were happy as eupeptic Curtis, as the fattest pig of Epicurus, or unhappy as Job with potsherds,... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - Great Britain - 1843 - 404 pages
...ourjlife is passing swiftly over ; and the night cometh, wherein no man can work. _The night once come, our happiness, our unhappiness, — it is all abolished...that has been : ' not of the slightest consequence' whether we were happy as eupeptic Curtis, as the fattest pig of Epicurus, or unhappy as Job with potsherds,... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1844 - 562 pages
...our life is passing swiftly over; and the night cometh wherein no man can work, The night once come, our happiness — our unhappiness — it is all abolished : vanished, clean gone : a thing that has been. But our work — behold, that is not abolished— that has not vanished : our work, behold, it remains,... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - Chartism - 1848 - 654 pages
...and the night cometh when no man can work. The night once come, our happiness, our unhappiness,—it is all abolished; vanished, clean gone ; a thing that has been : ' not of the slightest consequence' whether we were happy as eupeptic Curtis, as the fattest pig of Epicurus, or unhappy as Job with potsherds,... | |
 | John William Carleton - Characters and characteristics - 1848 - 136 pages
...life is passing swiftly over; and ' the night cometh wherein no man may work.' The night once come, our happiness, our unhappiness, it is all abolished, vanished, clean gone, a thing that has been. It' is not of the sMghtest consequence whether we are as happy as eupeptic Curtis, or the fattest pig... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - Great Britain - 1850 - 676 pages
...our life is passing swiftly over ; and the night cometh when no man can work. The night once come, our happiness, our unhappiness, — it is all abolished...that has been : ' not of the slightest consequence' whether we were happy as eupeptic Curtis, as the fattest pig of Epicurus, or unhappy as Job with potsherds,... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1856 - 386 pages
...our life is passing swiftly over; and the night cometh, wherein no man can work. The night once come, our happiness, our unhappiness, — it is all abolished ; vanished, clean gone ; a thing that has been. But our work, — behold that is not abolished, that has not vanished; our work, behold, it remains,... | |
 | Holme Lee - English fiction - 1857 - 332 pages
...extracts, with his comments attached. Here is one that struck me particularly: " The night once come, our happiness, our unhappiness — it is all abolished,...remains ; and that is now the sole question with us for evermore. " What hast thou done — and how ?" " Where is thy work ? Swift ! out with it ! Let... | |
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The night once come, our happiness, our unhappiness, — it is all abolished; vanished, clean gone; a thing that has been: 'not of the slightest consequence... 
