The Works of Matthew Arnold in Fifteen Volumes, Volume 11AMS Press, 1970 |
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Page 432
... prose of its pre- decessors . But let us be careful to do justice while we condemn . A thing good in its own place may be bad out of it . Prose requires a different style from poetry . Poetry , no doubt , is more excellent in itself than ...
... prose of its pre- decessors . But let us be careful to do justice while we condemn . A thing good in its own place may be bad out of it . Prose requires a different style from poetry . Poetry , no doubt , is more excellent in itself than ...
Page 436
... prose . Gray , a poet in the midst of the age of prose , a poet , moreover , of by no means the highest force and of scanty productiveness , nevertheless claims a place among the six chief personages of Johnson's Lives , because it was ...
... prose . Gray , a poet in the midst of the age of prose , a poet , moreover , of by no means the highest force and of scanty productiveness , nevertheless claims a place among the six chief personages of Johnson's Lives , because it was ...
Page 437
... prose . How much more may they be trusted to assert themselves after the age of prose has ended , and to remedy any poetical mischief done by it ! And meanwhile the work of the hour , the necessary and appointed work , has been done ...
... prose . How much more may they be trusted to assert themselves after the age of prose has ended , and to remedy any poetical mischief done by it ! And meanwhile the work of the hour , the necessary and appointed work , has been done ...
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THE INCOMPATIBLES I | 1 |
AN UNREGARDED IRISH GRIEVANCE | 79 |
ECCE CONVERTIMUR AD GENTES | 104 |
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