Selections from the Prose Works of Matthew ArnoldHoughton Mifflin, 1913 - 341 Seiten |
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... truth and beauty , was often the victim of caprice and extravagance . Emerson and Arnold , on the other hand , were governed primarily by the intellect , but with quite different results . Emerson presents life in its ideality ; he ...
... truth and beauty , was often the victim of caprice and extravagance . Emerson and Arnold , on the other hand , were governed primarily by the intellect , but with quite different results . Emerson presents life in its ideality ; he ...
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... truth and to imitate their spirit . Similarly , two poets of modern times , Goethe and Wordsworth , have won tranquillity . They , too , become his teachers . Arnold's chief guides for life are , then , these : two Greek poets ...
... truth and to imitate their spirit . Similarly , two poets of modern times , Goethe and Wordsworth , have won tranquillity . They , too , become his teachers . Arnold's chief guides for life are , then , these : two Greek poets ...
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... truth to the deeper spiritual life and strength to keep his soul Fresh , undiverted to the world without , Firm to the mark , not spent on other things ; and finally , a satisfaction in the cheerful and serene xii INTRODUCTION.
... truth to the deeper spiritual life and strength to keep his soul Fresh , undiverted to the world without , Firm to the mark , not spent on other things ; and finally , a satisfaction in the cheerful and serene xii INTRODUCTION.
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... truth in as many ways and from as many sides as possible . Another precaution for the critic who would retain clearness of vision is the avoidance of abstract systems , which petrify and hinder the necessary flexibility of mind ...
... truth in as many ways and from as many sides as possible . Another precaution for the critic who would retain clearness of vision is the avoidance of abstract systems , which petrify and hinder the necessary flexibility of mind ...
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... truth when the whole truth cannot be conveniently crowded into narrow compass . Herein lies , I think , the chief source of Arnold's occasional failure to quite satisfy our sense of adequacy or of justice , as , for instance , in his ...
... truth when the whole truth cannot be conveniently crowded into narrow compass . Herein lies , I think , the chief source of Arnold's occasional failure to quite satisfy our sense of adequacy or of justice , as , for instance , in his ...
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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...