 Faults ? The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none. Readers of the Bible above all, one would think, might know better. Who is called there ' the man according to God's own heart'?  The Saturday Magazine - Page 1121841Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1840 - 520 pages
...even, of Mahomet, if such were never so well proved against him, shake this primary fact about him. On the whole, we make too much of faults ; the details...faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none. Readers of the Bible above all, one would think, might know better. Who is called there 'the man according... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - Hero worship - 1841 - 408 pages
...even, of Mahomet, if such were never so well proved against him, shake this primary fact about him. On the whole, we make too much of faults ; the details...faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none. Readers of the Bible above all, one would think, might know better. Who is called there ' the man according... | |
 | 1841 - 832 pages
...against him, shake this primary fact about him. On the whole, we make too much of faults ; the detail' of the business hide the real centre of it. Faults!...of the Bible above all, one would think, might know better. Who is called there ' the man accordim; to God's own heart! David, the Hebrew King, had fallen... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - Periodicals - 1841 - 836 pages
...even, of Mahomet, if such were ever so well proved against him, shake this primary fact about him. On the whole, we make too much of faults ; the details of the business hide the real centre of it. Faulte ! The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none. Readers of the Bible above... | |
 | Mrs. Warren (Eliza) - 1751 - 206 pages
...flight and absurdity ; like other extremes, it is hardly ever durable. — Richardson. FAULTS. — On the whole, we make too much of faults ; the details...centre of it. Faults ? the greatest of faults, I should say,-is to be conscious of none. Readers of the bible, above all, one would think, might know better.... | |
 | 1856 - 504 pages
...have but space for one or two of Mr. Carlyle's suspiria de profundis : — DAVID, THE HEBREW KINO. On the whole, we make too much of faults : the details...faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none. Readers of the Bible above all, one would think, might know better. Who is called there ' the man according... | |
 | Sir Rutherford Alcock - Conduct of life - 1857 - 312 pages
...prefumption that a half-hearted and imperfect fervice will fuflice. Of David's fall, Carlyle writes :— " On the whole, we make too much of faults, the details of the bufinefs hide the real centre of it. Faults ? The greateft of faults, I fhould fay, is to be confcious... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - Heroes - 1858 - 412 pages
...even, of Mahomet, if such were never so well proved against him, shake this primary fact about him. On the whole, we make too much of faults ; the details...faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none. Readers of the Bible above all, one would think, might know better. Who is called there 'the man according... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - Hero worship - 1859 - 222 pages
...even, of Mahomet, if such were never so well proved against him, shake this primary fact about him. On the whole, we make too much of faults ; the details...of the Bible above all, one would think, might know better. Who is called there i the man according to Grod's own heart ? 7 David, the Hebrew King, had... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1860 - 384 pages
...the Bible or out of it, of equal literary merit. Lectures on Heroes, p. 78. DAVID, THE HEBREW KING. On the whole, we make too much of faults : the details...faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none. Eeaders of the Bible above all, one would think, might know better. Who is called there ' the man according... | |
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