Oh Lord! If you but knew what a brimstone of a creature I am behind all this beautiful amiability!

Jane Welsh Carlyle

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Topic

Inner life Appearance vs. reality

Author

Jane Welsh Carlyle

Language

English

Time

1836 1830s 19th century

Occupation

Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Carlyle, Jane Welsh. Letter to Eliza Stodart. 29 Feb. 1836.

Current Citation

Carlyle, Jane Welsh. Jane Carlyle: Newly Selected Letters, edited by David R. Sorensen and Kenneth J. Fielding. Routledge, 2004, ch. 3.

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Source
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Genre
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Time
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Original Citation

Hegel, G. W. F. Vorlesungen über die Philosophie der Weltgeschichte [Lectures on the Philosophy of World History]. c. 1830, University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

Current Citation

Hegel, G. W. F. Lectures on the Philosophy of World History, translated by H. B. Nisbet. Cambridge University Press, 1981.

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Was ever book containing such vile matter
So fairly bound? O, that deceit should dwell
In such a gorgeous palace!

William Shakespeare

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Genre
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Statement Type
Question Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1597 1590s 16th century
Era
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Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Romeo and Juliet. London: John Danter, 1597, act 3, sc. 2.

Current Citation

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