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Carlyle

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Car·lyle  (kär-ll, kärll), Thomas 1795-1881.
British historian and essayist whose works, such as The French Revolution (1837), are characterized by his trenchant social and political criticism and his complex literary style.
Carlyle [kɑːˈlaɪl]
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1. (Biographies / Carlyle, Robert (1961 M, Scottish, THEATRE: actor) Robert. born 1961, Scottish actor; his work includes the television series Cracker and Hamish Macbeth and the films Trainspotting (1996), The Full Monty (1997), and The Beach (2000)
2. (Biographies / Carlyle, Thomas (1795-1881) M, Scottish, WRITING: essayist, HISTORY: historian) Thomas. 1795-1881, Scottish essayist and historian. His works include Sartor Resartus (1833-34), a spiritual autobiography, The French Revolution (1837), lectures On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History (1841), and the History of Frederick the Great (1858-65)
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Noun1.CarlyleCarlyle - Scottish historian who wrote about the French Revolution (1795-1881)
Thomas Carlyle


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Her delight in Carlyle was so well known that various good people would send her books that contained a page about him; she could place her finger on any passage wanted in the biography as promptly as though she were looking for some article in her own drawer, and given a date she was often able to tell you what they were doing in Cheyne Row that day.
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The Sunday before, young Sandy MacNair had been in Carlyle church.
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From their original inch or so of private handwriting they have spread and spread out across the world, and now whole generations of men find intellectual accommodation within them,--drinking fountains and other public institutions are erected upon them; yea, Carlyle has become a Chelsea swimming-bath, and "Highland Mary" is sold for whiskey, while Mr.
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