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Alexander Carlyle : Letter (date unknown)

'I was truly sorry and at the same time tickled to observe the abrupt conclusion of your letter. The thunder of Jack's snoring is not unknown to me; but poor fellow! you would pity his cold and rejoice that he could sleep at all.' [A large number of Carlyle's reading experiences were letters. We have not included them all, but this is included as a sample of the type of response].

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carlyle      Manuscript: Letter

Alexander Carlyle : Letter

'My dear Alick, No piece of news that I have heard for a long time has given me more satisfaction than the intelligence contained in your letter of yesterday. For several weeks I had lived in a total dearth of tidings from you; and both on account of your welfare, and of our mutual projects in the farming line, I had begun to get into the fidgets, and was ready to hasten homewards with many unpleasant imaginations to damp the expected joy of again beholding friends so dear to me.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carlyle      Manuscript: Letter

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