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I read all the novels of that person who was once a Captain in the Royal Navy — and an extraor- dinary ornament he must have, been to it : the man that wrote stories about Dogs that had their tails cut off, and about people in Search of their Fathers ; and it seemed to me that of all the extraordinary dunces that had fig- ured upon this planet he must certainly bear the palm Digitized by Google THE. FRENCH REVOLUTION. 89 from every one save tBe readers of his books. And thus refreshed I took he...art of grace again, applied me to my work, and in course of time *The Freooh Revolution' got finished ; as all things must, sooner or later," "The French Revolution" is not so much a connected history of the Revolution as a series of pictures from that history. They are painted with wonderful vigor. We may caU Carlyle the Tur- ner of the pen, or Turner the Carlyle of the pen- cil. The works of both are marvels, not only of genius, but of labor. We are told that Turner fairly dashed his colors upon the canvas, and we have no doubt that Carlyle dashed his sentences upon the paper.
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