The Touchstones of Matthew Arnold |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 28
Page 63
... misery occupy Arnold's mind . In contemplating the French peasantry of the eighteenth century he sees the counterpart of those wretched inhabitants of London's East End in the nineteenth : " Everywhere , " says Turgot , " the laws have ...
... misery occupy Arnold's mind . In contemplating the French peasantry of the eighteenth century he sees the counterpart of those wretched inhabitants of London's East End in the nineteenth : " Everywhere , " says Turgot , " the laws have ...
Page 91
... misery which has nothing good in it , the tearless , dry misery , which bruises the heart like a hammer . " 24 That Arnold himself felt such misery as he watched his sons die is suggested by his remark about Budge : I cannot write his ...
... misery which has nothing good in it , the tearless , dry misery , which bruises the heart like a hammer . " 24 That Arnold himself felt such misery as he watched his sons die is suggested by his remark about Budge : I cannot write his ...
Page 100
... misery does not touch me ; nor the flame of this burning assail me . Wisdom , adds Solomon , " pervadeth and pene- trateth all things by reason of her pureness . For she is a breath of the power of God . " ( VII , 24-5 . ) Beatrice was ...
... misery does not touch me ; nor the flame of this burning assail me . Wisdom , adds Solomon , " pervadeth and pene- trateth all things by reason of her pureness . For she is a breath of the power of God . " ( VII , 24-5 . ) Beatrice was ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE Introduction | 13 |
The Pathos of Young Death | 34 |
The Manifold Sorrow of Man | 52 |
Copyright | |
13 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
allusiveness appear Arnold's mind Arnold's poetry Arnold's verse Arnoldean Balder beauty Celtic Ceres chapter characteristic of Arnold Chaucer context courage criticism Dante Dante's death Divine Comedy earth Empedocles entry essay expression feel felicity formal prose fortitude grace grand style grief habit Hamlet heart heaven high seriousness I. A. Richards ibid Iliad Inferno instance invictus King Henry Lacedaemon lack Laleham Letters to Clough literature live Loeb Matthew Arnold Maurice de Guérin melancholy Milton misery moral moreover need for peace never notebooks pain Paradise Lost pathetic pathos Peleus personal estimate phrases Piccarda poem poet poetic Priam quoted reader reference reflected repose reveal Rustum Satan says Arnold seems sense Shakespeare Sophocles sorrow soul spirit stanza stone Study of Poetry Temple Classics things thou thought tion touch touchstone lines touchstone mood touchstone passage touchstone verses transl Translating Homer Trilling Ugolino's utterance Virgil virtue Wisdom Zeus