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... tang . As Dr. Johnson said : ' He that has once studiously formed a style , rarely writes afterwards with complete ease . ' Admirably as I think Matthew Arnold's style was suited to his particular purposes , I must admit 42 THE SUMMING UP.
... tang . As Dr. Johnson said : ' He that has once studiously formed a style , rarely writes afterwards with complete ease . ' Admirably as I think Matthew Arnold's style was suited to his particular purposes , I must admit 42 THE SUMMING UP.
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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 Khayyám . 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 Khayyám . He knew a great many of the quatrains by heart and recited them to me on our ...
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... Matthew Arnold . He could do much . I have read lately two or three books in which a claim is made to form an exact science of criticism . They have not con- vinced me that such a thing is possible . Criticism to my mind is a personal ...
... Matthew Arnold . He could do much . I have read lately two or three books in which a claim is made to form an exact science of criticism . They have not con- vinced me that such a thing is possible . Criticism to my mind is a personal ...
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