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... Matthew Arnold's style was suited to his particular purposes , I must admit that his mannerisms are often irritating . His style was an instrument that he had forged once for all ; it was not like the human hand capable of performing a ...
... Matthew Arnold's style was suited to his particular purposes , I must admit that his mannerisms are often irritating . His style was an instrument that he had forged once for all ; it was not like the human hand capable of performing a ...
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... Matthew Arnold excels them . Both had a wonderful balance of phrase and both knew how to write sen- tences pleasing to the eye . Both had an ear of ex- treme sensitiveness . If anyone could combine their merits in the man- ner of ...
... Matthew Arnold excels them . Both had a wonderful balance of phrase and both knew how to write sen- tences pleasing to the eye . Both had an ear of ex- treme sensitiveness . If anyone could combine their merits in the man- ner of ...
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... Matthew Arnold . But Matthew Arnold , he thought , was a bit of a philistine himself . He talked to me of Swinburne's Poems and Ballads and of Omar Khayyam . He knew a great many of the quatrains by heart and recited them to me on our ...
... Matthew Arnold . But Matthew Arnold , he thought , was a bit of a philistine himself . He talked to me of Swinburne's Poems and Ballads and of Omar Khayyam . He knew a great many of the quatrains by heart and recited them to me on our ...
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