Here you will find a perspective on the 19th century like no other, through the words of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle. Browse over 10,000 of their collected letters by date, by recipient, by subject, and by volume. We invite you to explore a correspondence that features some of the most influential artistic, philosophic, and literary personalities of the day.
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Newly Discovered Letters
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I do think these mild winters are dreadfully unwholesome— Still I individually may be thankful for the delay of the frost as I am still going about, free from cough— I suffer plenty with my headachs and sickness at stomach—but all that only lay me up for a day at a time—and I have got to be quite content if I can only keep out of bed and the confinement of my own room during winter. Read Letter
