The Works of Matthew Arnold in Fifteen Volumes, Volume 11AMS Press, 1970 |
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Page 224
... theatre . The English theatre reflected no more the aspiration of a great community for a fuller and richer sense of human existence . 6 This theatre came afterwards , however , to re- flect the aspirations of ' the town . ' It ...
... theatre . The English theatre reflected no more the aspiration of a great community for a fuller and richer sense of human existence . 6 This theatre came afterwards , however , to re- flect the aspirations of ' the town . ' It ...
Page 226
... theatre . The revelation was indispensable , the needs are real , the theatre is one of the mightiest means of satisfying them , and the theatre , there- fore , is irresistible . That conclusion , at any rate , we may take for certain ...
... theatre . The revelation was indispensable , the needs are real , the theatre is one of the mightiest means of satisfying them , and the theatre , there- fore , is irresistible . That conclusion , at any rate , we may take for certain ...
Page 231
... theatres . The system had its faults , and was abandoned ; but then , instead of devising a better plan of public organisation for the English theatre , we gladly took refuge in our favourite doctrines of the mischief of State ...
... theatres . The system had its faults , and was abandoned ; but then , instead of devising a better plan of public organisation for the English theatre , we gladly took refuge in our favourite doctrines of the mischief of State ...
Contents
THE INCOMPATIBLES I | 1 |
AN UNREGARDED IRISH GRIEVANCE | 79 |
ECCE CONVERTIMUR AD GENTES | 104 |
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