 | 1867 - 796 pagine
...effort, but when our coal, and our industrial operations depending on coal, were very little developed j Well then, what an unsound habit of mind it must be...is culture, bent on seeing things as they are and on fixing standards of perfection that are real ! Wealth, again, that end to which our prodigious works... | |
 | George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - 1867 - 802 pagine
...effort, but when our coal, and our industrial operations depending on coal, were very little developed ? Well then, what an unsound habit of mind it must be...is culture, bent on seeing things as they are and on fixing standards of perfection that are real ! Wealth, again, that end to which our prodigious works... | |
 | 1867
...effort, but when our coal, and our industrial operations depending on coal, were very little developed ? Well then, what an unsound habit of mind it must be...is culture, bent on seeing 'things as they are and on fixing standards of perfection that are real ! Wealth, again, that end to which our prodigious works... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1869 - 350 pagine
...effort, but when our coal, and our industrial operations depending on coal, were very little developed ? Well then, what an unsound habit of mind it must be...which our prodigious works for material advantage are directed, — the commonest of commonplaces tells us how men are always apt to. regard wealth as a... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1869 - 354 pagine
...industrial operations depending on coal, were very little developed ? Well then, what an unsouncThabit of mind it must be which makes us talk of things like...which our prodigious works for material advantage are directed, — the commonest of commonplaces tells us how men are always apt to regard wealth as a precious... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1880 - 354 pagine
...effort, but when our coal, and our industrial operations depending on coal, were very little developed ? Well, then, what an unsound habit of mind it must...as constituting the greatness of England, and how saluH 2 tary a friend is culture, bent on seeing things as they are, and thus dissipating delusions... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1880 - 352 pagine
...makes us talk of things like coal or iron as constituting the greatness of England, and how saluH3 tary a friend is culture, bent on seeing things as they...kind and fixing standards of perfection that are real ! — Culture and Anarchy. FREE TRADE. ALL our fellow-men, in the East of London and elsewhere, we... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1883 - 420 pagine
...admiration of mankind, — would most, therefore, show the evidences of having possessed greatness, — the England of the last twenty years, or the England of...which our prodigious works for material advantage are directed, — the commonest of commonplaces tells us how men are always apt to regard wealth as a precious... | |
 | Prose masterpieces - 1884 - 348 pagine
...effort, but when our coal, and our industrial operations depending on coal, were very little developed ? Well, then, what an unsound habit of mind it must...which our prodigious works for material advantage are directed, — the commonest of commonplaces tells us how men are always apt to regard wealth as a precious... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1891 - 438 pagine
...effort, but when our coal, and our industrial operations depending on coal, were very little developed ? Well, then, what an unsound habit of mind it must...which our prodigious works for material advantage are directed, — the commonest of commonplaces tells us how men are always apt to regard wealth as a precious... | |
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Well, then, what an unsound habit of mind it must be which makes us talk of things like coal or iron as constituting the greatness of England, and how salutary a friend is culture, bent on seeing things as they are, and thus dissipating delusions of this... 
