He complains with a sorrowful indignation of people who " appear to have no proper estimate of the value of the franchise "; he leads his disciples to believe — what the Englishman is always too ready to believe — that the having a vote, like the... The Living Age - Page 6611918Full view - About this book
| England - 1918 - 1062 pages
...down. The Englishman, noisy and insistent, was ready to believe, as Matthew Arnold said, " that the having a vote, like the having a large family, or...Matthew Arnold made against his contemporaries may be levelled at ours 1918. J Complexities and Contradictions of the Victorian Aye. 277 with equal truth.... | |
| American literature - 1867 - 796 pages
...leads his disciples to believe, — what the Englishman is always too ready to believe, — that the having a vote, like the having a large family, or...edifying and perfecting effect upon human nature. Or else he cries out to the democracy, — "the men," as he calls them, "upon whose shoulders the greatness... | |
| 1867
...leads his disciples to believe, — what the Englishman is always too ready to believe, — that the having a vote, like the having a large family, or...edifying and perfecting effect upon human nature. Or else he cries out to the democracy, — " the men," as he calls them, " upon whose shoulders the... | |
| Matthew Arnold - Culture - 1869 - 350 pages
...leads his disciples to believe, — what the Englishman is always too ready to believe, — that the having a vote, like the having a large family, or...edifying and perfecting effect upon human nature. Or else he cries out to the democracy, — " the men," as he calls them, " upon whose shoulders the... | |
| Matthew Arnold - Culture - 1869 - 354 pages
...always too ready to believe, —that the having a vote, like the having a large family' °ra lar£e business, or large muscles, has in itself some edifying and perfecting effect upon human nature. Or else he cries out to the democracy" the men," as he calls them, "upon whose shoulders the greatness... | |
| Matthew Arnold - Culture - 1883 - 420 pages
...leads his disciples to believe, — what the Englishman is always too ready to believe, — that the having a vote, like the having a large family, or...edifying and perfecting effect upon human nature. Or else he cries out to the democracy, — " the men," as he calls them, " upon whose shoulders the... | |
| Prose masterpieces - 1884 - 350 pages
...he leads his disciples to believe — what the Englishman is always too ready to believe— that the having a vote, like the having a large family, or...edifying and perfecting effect upon human nature. Or else he cries out to the democracy — " the men," as he calls them, " upon whose shoulders the... | |
| Matthew Arnold - Culture - 1891 - 438 pages
...leads his disciples to believe, — what the Englishman is always too ready to believe, — that the having a vote, like the having a large family, or...edifying and perfecting effect upon human nature. Or else he cries out to the democracy, — " the men," as he calls them, " upon whose shoulders the... | |
| Matthew Arnold - Culture - 1896 - 56 pages
...leads his disciples to believe — what the Englishman is always too ready to believe — that the having a vote, like the having a large family, or a large business, or a large muscle, has in itself some edifying and perfecting effect upon human nature. Or else he cries... | |
| Matthew Arnold - English essays - 1897 - 464 pages
...leads his disciples to believe, — what the Englishman is always too ready to believe,— that the having a vote, like the having a large family, or a large busi- 25 ness, or large muscles, has in itself some edifying and perfecting effect upon human nature.... | |
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