 To try and approach truth on one side after another, not to strive or cry, nor to persist in pressing forward, on any one side, with violence and selfwill, it is only thus, it seems to me, that mortals may hope to gain any vision of the mysterious Goddess,...  Essays in Criticism - Page viiby Matthew Arnold - 1865 - 302 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Brighty Rands - 1865 - 394 pages
...not to persist in pressing forward on any one side with violence or self-will — it is not only thus that mortals may hope to gain any vision of the mysterious goddess." That is what you say ; and it is true, and beautifully spoken ; but what is it that you do ? I fear... | |
 | William Brighty Rands - 1865 - 380 pages
...not to persist in pressing forward on any one side with violence or self-will — it is not only thus that mortals may hope to gain any vision of the mysterious goddess." That is what you say ; and it is true, and beautifully spoken ; but what is it that you do ? I fear... | |
 | Great Britain - 1869 - 664 pages
...violenco or self-will — it is only thus, it seems to me, that mortals may hopo to gain any vision of tho mysterious goddess, whom we shall never see except in outline, but only thus even in outline." To the disinterested and unpartisanlike character of his love of truth are duo that urbanity and moderation... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - Criticism - 1875 - 468 pages
...strive or cry, nor to' persist in pressing forward, on any one side, with violence and self-will, — it is only thus, it seems to me, that mortals may hope...the folds of the black robe in which she is wrapped. ' So it is not to reply to my critics that I write this preface, but to prevent a misunderstanding,... | |
 | English periodicals - 1890 - 540 pages
...strive or cry, nor to persist in pressing forward, on any one side, with violence and self-will — it is only thus, it seems to me, that mortals may hope...folds of the black robe in which she is wrapped." He was a good critic who wrote those words, and would have been even a better one had he remembered... | |
 | Sir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1890 - 524 pages
...strive or cry, nor to persist in pressing forward, on any one side, with violence and self-will — it is only thus, it seems to me, that mortals may hope to gain Leaves from a Note-Book. any vision of the mysterious goddess, whom we shall never see except in outline,... | |
 | American fiction - 1927 - 554 pages
...strive or cry, nor to persist in pressing forward, on any one side, with violence and self-will, — it is only thus, it seems to me, that mortals may hope...shall never see, except in outline, but only thus in outline. He who will do nothing but fight impetuously toward her on his own, one, favorite, particular... | |
 | David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Walter Morris - English literature - 1896 - 538 pages
...strive or cry, nor to persist in pressing forward, on any one side, with violence and self-will, — -it is only thus, it seems to me, that mortals may hope...except in outline, but only thus even in outline." It seems hard that such a man should be forced to contribute to the everlasting welter of epistolary... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - English essays - 1897 - 460 pages
...strive or cry, not to persist in pressing forward, on any one side, with violence and self-will, it is only thus, it seems to me, that mortals may hope...Goddess, whom we shall never see except in outline. He who will do nothing but fight impetuously toward her, on his own one favorite particular line, is... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - English essays - 1897 - 464 pages
...strive or Cry, nor to persist in pressing forward, on any one side, with violence and self-will, — it is only thus, it seems to me, that mortals may hope...mysterious Goddess, whom we shall never see except in 15 outline, but only thus even in outline. He who will do nothing but fight impetuously towards her... | |
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