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Thomas Carlyle's house, Comely Bank

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Thus pass our days, in our trim little cottage, far from all the uproar, and putrescence (material and spiritual) of the reeky town, the sound of which we hear not, and only see over the knowe the reflection of its gas-lights against the dusky sky, and bless ourselves that we have neither part nor
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The two-story house was built in 1818. It was rented for them in May 1826 by Jane's mother, Grace Welsh. The Carlyles typically spelled the street name as "Comley". Carlyle described the house to his brother:
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lot in the matter. I assure you, many a time on a soft mild night, I smoke my pipe in our little flowergarden, and look upon all this, and think of all absent and present friends, and feel that I
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from October 1826, the time of their marriage, to May 1828, when they moved to
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Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 2: Portrait of Thomas Carlyle
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History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great
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good reason to "be thankful that I am not in Purgatory."
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21 Comely Bank

55°57′34″N 3°13′16″W / 55.9595°N 3.2211°W / 55.9595; -3.2211
Listed Building
Category B listed building
Edinburgh
Scotland
Thomas Carlyle
Jane Carlyle
Craigenputtock
"21 Comely Bank, Edinburgh, Inverleith, Edinburgh"
The Carlyle Encyclopedia
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
ISBN
978-0-8386-3792-0
"TC TO ALEXANDER CARLYLE"
doi
10.1215/lt-18270203-TC-AC-01
ISSN
1532-0928
Historic Environment Scotland Listing
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e
Thomas Carlyle
Allusions
Philosophy
Prose style
William Allingham
Jane Welsh Carlyle

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