Selections from the Prose Works of Matthew ArnoldHoughton Mifflin, 1913 - 341 Seiten |
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... never have been brought if its critics had not per- versely shut their eyes to Arnold's express statements that perfection consists in " a general expansion " ; that it " is not possible while the individual remains isolated " ; that ...
... never have been brought if its critics had not per- versely shut their eyes to Arnold's express statements that perfection consists in " a general expansion " ; that it " is not possible while the individual remains isolated " ; that ...
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... never been questioned , and we need only examine some of his leading definitions to become convinced of this . Thus , religion is described as " that which binds and holds us to the practice of righteousness " ; faith is the " power ...
... never been questioned , and we need only examine some of his leading definitions to become convinced of this . Thus , religion is described as " that which binds and holds us to the practice of righteousness " ; faith is the " power ...
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... never can be so : no great poetical work has ever been produced with such an aim . Faust itself , in which something of the kind is attempted , wonderful passages as it contains , and in spite of the unsurpassed beauty of the scenes ...
... never can be so : no great poetical work has ever been produced with such an aim . Faust itself , in which something of the kind is attempted , wonderful passages as it contains , and in spite of the unsurpassed beauty of the scenes ...
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... never to be mentioned without reverence . I will venture , however , to express a doubt whether the influence of his works , excellent and fruit- ful for the readers of poetry , for the great majority , has been an unmixed advantage to ...
... never to be mentioned without reverence . I will venture , however , to express a doubt whether the influence of his works , excellent and fruit- ful for the readers of poetry , for the great majority , has been an unmixed advantage to ...
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... never forget that Shakespeare is the great poet he is from his skill in discerning and firmly conceiving an excellent action , from his power of intensely feeling a situation , of intimately associating himself with a character ; not ...
... never forget that Shakespeare is the great poet he is from his skill in discerning and firmly conceiving an excellent action , from his power of intensely feeling a situation , of intimately associating himself with a character ; not ...
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Seite 80 - He looks and laughs at a' that. A prince can mak' a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that; But an honest man's aboon his might, Guid faith, he mauna fa' that! For a
Seite 190 - These are the forgeries of jealousy: And never, since the middle summer's spring, Met we on hill, in dale, forest, or mead, By paved fountain or by rushy brook, Or in the beached margent of the sea, To dance our ringlets to the whistling wind, But with thy brawls thou hast disturb'd our sport.
Seite 101 - And for the generality of men there will be found, I say, to arise, when they have duly taken in the proposition that their ancestor was ' a hairy quadruped furnished with a tail and pointed ears, probably arboreal in his habits...
Seite 84 - We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet, For auld lang syne. We twa hae run about the braes, And pu'd the gowans fine ; But we've wander'd mony a weary foot Sin auld lang syne. For auld, &c. We twa hae paidl't i' the burn, From mornin sun till dine ; But seas between us braid hae roar'd Sin auld lang syne.
Seite 289 - Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
Seite 105 - For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it. 25 For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?
Seite 65 - What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome?
Seite 75 - I was confirmed in this opinion, that he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought himself to be a true poem...
Seite 81 - tis He alone Decidedly can try us, He knows each chord its various tone, Each spring its various bias : Then at the balance let's be mute, We never can adjust it ; What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted.
Seite 251 - Consider these people, then, their way of life, their habits, their manners, the very tones of their voice ; look at them attentively ; observe the literature they read, the things which give them pleasure, the words which come forth out of their mouths, the thoughts which make the furniture of their minds : would any amount of wealth be worth having with the condition that one was to become just like these people by having it...