John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
5982 Thomas Carlyle 1795-1881 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 5982 |
| AUTHOR: | Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) |
| QUOTATION: | It can be said of him, when he departed he took a Man’s life with him. No sounder piece of British manhood was put together in that eighteenth century of Time. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Sir Walter Scott. London and Westminster Review, 1838. |