1843, Thomas_Carlyle, , book 4, chapter V, PermanenceThe Nomad has his very house set on wheels; the Nomad, and in a still higher degree the Ape, are all for “liberty;†the privilege to flit continually is indispensable for them. Alas, in how many ways, does our humour, in this swift-rolling self-abrading Time, shew itself nomadic, apelike; mournful enough to him that looks on it with eyes!
