| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Carlyle, Thomas |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Car·lyle |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  kär-l l , kärll |
| DATES: | 1795–1881 |
| British historian and essayist whose works, such as The French Revolution (1837), are characterized by his trenchant social and political criticism and his complex literary style.
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