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 having... Blackwood's Magazine - Page 2381918Full view - About this book
| American literature - 1867 - 796 pages
...franchise ;" 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,...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... | |
| George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1867 - 802 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,...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... | |
| 1867
..." ; 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,...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
...franchise ;" 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,...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
...; " 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,...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 - 348 pages
...franchise "; 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,...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
...; " 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,...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 - English essays - 1897 - 464 pages
...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. Or else he cries out to the democracy, — " the men," as he calls them, " upon whose shoulders the... | |
| Alphonso Gerald Newcomer - English language - 1898 - 412 pages
...service if they persevere.—ARNOLD : Culture and Anarchy. He leads his disciples to believe . . . that the having a vote, like the having a large family, or a large business, or large muscles, has in it some edifying and perfecting effect upon human nature.—Ibid. What would you say to James going... | |
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