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... OF THE IS UNIVERSITY OR MICHIGAN EXPLORIOUS UMUNT TUEBOR SI - QUERIS PENINSULAM AMCNAM CIRCUMSPICE THE GIFT OF Mrs. George S. Morris BE YOUR MACMILLAN AN IRISH ESSAYS AND OTHERS BY MATTHEW ARNOLD New York MACMILLAN. 1883 F E AYS 2.
... OF THE IS UNIVERSITY OR MICHIGAN EXPLORIOUS UMUNT TUEBOR SI - QUERIS PENINSULAM AMCNAM CIRCUMSPICE THE GIFT OF Mrs. George S. Morris BE YOUR MACMILLAN AN IRISH ESSAYS AND OTHERS BY MATTHEW ARNOLD New York MACMILLAN. 1883 F E AYS 2.
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... EST NECESSARIUM " " 107 V. A GUIDE TO ENGLISH LITERATURE 134 VI . FALKLAND 154 VII . A FRENCH CRITIC ON MILTON . 178 VIII . A FRENCH CRITIC ON GOETHE . 206 IX . GEORGE SAND 236 I. DEMOCRACY . IN giving an account of education in.
... EST NECESSARIUM " " 107 V. A GUIDE TO ENGLISH LITERATURE 134 VI . FALKLAND 154 VII . A FRENCH CRITIC ON MILTON . 178 VIII . A FRENCH CRITIC ON GOETHE . 206 IX . GEORGE SAND 236 I. DEMOCRACY . IN giving an account of education in.
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... George Sand , " to achieve equality . " She calls equality " the goal of man and the law of the future . ' She asserts that France is the most civilised of nations , and that its pre - eminence in civilisation it owes to equality . But ...
... George Sand , " to achieve equality . " She calls equality " the goal of man and the law of the future . ' She asserts that France is the most civilised of nations , and that its pre - eminence in civilisation it owes to equality . But ...
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... George Sand happens to have said may not interest you much ; yet surely , when you think of it , when you see what a practical revolt against inequality there is amongst so many people not so very unlike to ourselves , you must feel ...
... George Sand happens to have said may not interest you much ; yet surely , when you think of it , when you see what a practical revolt against inequality there is amongst so many people not so very unlike to ourselves , you must feel ...
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... George the Third , is for the imagination a singularly modern and uninteresting one . Its splendour of station , its wealth , show , and luxury , is then what the other classes really admire in it ; and this is not an elevating ...
... George the Third , is for the imagination a singularly modern and uninteresting one . Its splendour of station , its wealth , show , and luxury , is then what the other classes really admire in it ; and this is not an elevating ...
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Page 19 - Compound for sins they are inclined to By damning those they have no mind to.
Page 57 - We don't want to fight, but by jingo if we do, We've got the ships, we've got the men, we've got the money too.
Page 203 - 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...
Page 423 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth ; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes : but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 48 - 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.
Page 158 - A lily of a day, Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall and die that night; It was the plant and flower of light.
Page 421 - In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
Page 315 - ... the power of conduct, the power of intellect and knowledge, the power of beauty, and the power of social life and manners...
Page 203 - Homer, to have written indecent things of the gods ; only this my mind gave me, that every free and gentle spirit, without that oath, ought to be born a knight, nor needed to expect the gilt spur, or the laying of a sword upon his shoulder to stir him up both by his counsel and his arm, to secure and protect the weakness of any attempted chastity.
Page 423 - Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun...