 If England were swallowed up by the sea tomorrow, which of the two, a hundred years hence, would most excite the love, interest, and admiration of mankind,— would most, therefore, show the evidences of having possessed greatness,— the England of the...  The Works of Matthew Arnold - Seite 16von Matthew Arnold - 1903Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1867 - 796 Seiten
...mankind, — would most, therefore, show the evidences of having possessed greatness, — the England of the last twenty years, or the England of Elizabeth,...operations depending on coal, were very little developed j Well then, what an unsound habit of mind it must be which makes us talk of things like coal or iron... | |
 | 1867
...mankind, — would most, therefore, show the evidences of having possessed greatness, — the England of the last twenty years, or the England of Elizabeth,...is culture, bent on seeing 'things as they are and on fixing standards of perfection that are real ! Wealth, again, that end to which our prodigious works... | |
 | George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - 1867 - 802 Seiten
...mankind, — would most, therefore, shew the evidences of having possessed greatness, — the England of the last twenty years, or the England of Elizabeth,...is culture, bent on seeing things as they are and on fixing standards of perfection that are real ! Wealth, again, that end to which our prodigious works... | |
 | George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - 1867 - 832 Seiten
...mankind, — would most, therefore, shew the evidences of having possessed greatness, — the England of the last twenty years, or the England of Elizabeth,...spiritual effort, but when our coal, and our industrial operatious depending on coal, were very little developed ? Well then, what an unsound habit of mind... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1869 - 354 Seiten
...the last twenty years, or the England of Elizabeth, oF"a""tiine of splendid spiritual effort, buFwhen our coal, and our industrial operations depending...coal, were very little developed ? Well then, what an unsouncThabit of mind it must be which makes us talk of things like coal or iron as constituting the... | |
 | Manchester Literary Club - 1878 - 302 Seiten
...mankind — would most, therefore, show the evidences of having possessed greatness — the England of the last twenty years, or the England of Elizabeth,...our coal, and our industrial operations depending upon coal were very little developed?" Of course there is only one answer to this question, and when,... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1880 - 354 Seiten
...mankind, — would most, therefore, show the evidences of having possessed greatness, — the England of the last twenty years, or the England of Elizabeth,...as constituting the greatness of England, and how saluH 2 tary a friend is culture, bent on seeing things as they are, and thus dissipating delusions... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1883 - 420 Seiten
...mankind, — would most, therefore, show the evidences of having possessed greatness, — the England of the last twenty years, or the England of Elizabeth,...operations depending on coal, were very little developed 1 Well, then, what an unsound habit of mind it must be which makes us talk of things like coal or iron... | |
 | Robert Blatchford - 1895 - 200 Seiten
...mankind — would most, therefore, show the evidence of having possessed greatness— the England of the last twenty years, or the England of Elizabeth,...operations depending on coal, were very little developed ? — Matthew Arnold. The absurdity of the attempt as yet to measure the power of subsistence and to... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1897 - 464 Seiten
...— would most, therefore, show the evidences of having possessed greatness, — the England 30 of the last twenty years, or the England of Elizabeth,...talk of things like coal or iron as constituting the 5 greatness of England, and how salutary a friend is culture, bent on seeing things as they are, and... | |
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