 Odin's Runes are a significant feature of him. Runes, and the miracles of ' magic' he worked by them, make a great feature in tradition. Runes are the Scandinavian Alphabet ; suppose Odin to have been the inventor of letters, as well as ' magic,' among...  Future Libraries: Dreams, Madness, and Reality - Page 2by Walt Crawford, Michael Gorman - 1995 - 198 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | Thomas Carlyle - Hero worship - 1841 - 408 pages
...Alphabet; suppose Odin to have been the inventor of Letters, as well as ' magic,' among that people ! It is the greatest invention man has ever made, this...marking down the unseen thought that is in him by written characters. It is a kind of second speech, almost as miraculous as the first. You remember... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - Heroes - 1849 - 260 pages
...Alphabet; suppose Odin to have been the inventor of Letters, as well as ' magic,' among that people! It is the greatest invention man has ever made, this...marking down the unseen thought that is in him by written characters. It is a kind of second speech, almost as miraculous as the first. You remember... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - Heroes - 1858 - 412 pages
...Alphabet ; suppose Odin to have been the inventor of letters, as well as ' magic,' among that people ! It is the greatest invention man has ever made, this...marking- down the unseen thought that is in him by written characters. It is a kind of second speech, almost as miraculous as the first. You remember... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - Chartism - 1871 - 408 pages
...Alphabet ; suppose Odin to have been the inventor of Letters, as well as ' magic,' among that people ! It is the greatest invention man has ever made, this...marking- down the unseen thought that is in him by written characters. It is a kind of second speech, almost as miraculous as the first. You remember... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - English literature - 1884 - 494 pages
...Alphabet ; suppose Odin to have been the inventor of Letters, as well as " magic," among that people ! It is the greatest invention man has ever made, this...marking down the unseen thought that is in him by written characters. It is a kind of second speech, almost as miraculous as the first. You remember... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - Clothing and dress - 1885 - 490 pages
...Alphabet ; suppose Odin to have been the inventor of Letters, as well as " magic," among that people ! It is the greatest invention man has ever made, this...marking down the unseen thought that is in him by written characters. It is a kind of second speech, almost as miraculous as the first. You remember... | |
 | thomas carlyle - 1888
...Alphabet ; suppose Odin to have been the inventor of Letters, as well as ' magic,' among that people ! It is the greatest invention man has ever made, this...marking- down the unseen thought that is in him by written sharacters. It is a kind of second speech, almost as 'miraculous as the first. You remember... | |
 | Mary Elizabeth Burt - Literature - 1890 - 328 pages
...alphabet; supix)se Odin to have been the inventor of letters, as well as ' magic,' • among that people! It is the greatest invention man has ever made, this...marking down the unseen thought that is in him by written characters. It is a kind of second speech, almost as miraculous as the first. Writing by runes... | |
 | Rev. James Wood - Quotations - 1893 - 694 pages
...nibble at the consequences of unjust power, instead of redressing the injustice itself. /. X Mill, It is the greatest invention man has ever made, this of marking down the unseen thought that is ill him by written characters. ( 'arty .'.-. It is the heart that makes the critic, not the nose. A/ax... | |
 | Burke Aaron Hinsdale - Education - 1896 - 394 pages
...thought, and particularly on education. "It is the greatest invention man has ever made," says Carlyle, "this of marking down the unseen thought that is in him by written characters. It is a kind of second speech, almost as miraculous as the first."1 And again:... | |
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