He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. This amicable conflict with difficulty obliges us to an intimate acquaintance with our object, and compels us to consider it in all its relations. It... Essays in Criticism - Page xxby Matthew Arnold - 1865 - 302 pagesFull view - About this book
| Edmund Burke - France - 1790 - 370 pages
...viam voluit. He that wreftles with us ftrengthens our nerves, and fharpens our flcill. Our antagonift is our helper. This amicable conflict with difficulty...intimate acquaintance with our object, and compels us to confider it in all its relations. It will not fuffer us to be fuperficial. It is the want of nerves... | |
| Edmund Burke - France - 1790 - 536 pages
...viam voluit. He that wreftles with usvftrcngthens our nerves, and fharpens our Ikill. Our antagonift is our helper. This amicable conflict with difficulty...intimate acquaintance with our object, and compels us. to conlider it in all its relations. It will not fuffer us' to be fuperficial. It is the want of nerves... | |
| Edmund Burke - France - 1790 - 380 pages
...our nerves, and fharpens our _>_ fkill. CO"/ antagonift is our helper.) This amicable — ' conffict with difficulty obliges us to an intimate acquaintance with our object, and compels us to confider it in all its relations. It -will not fuffer us to be fuperficial. It is the want of nerves... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1792 - 636 pages
...-viam voluit. He that wreftles with us ftrengthens our nerves, and fharpens our (kill. Our antagonift is our helper. This amicable conflict with difficulty obliges us to an int'n mate acquaintance with our object, and cc-mpels us to confider it in all its relations. It will... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1798 - 330 pages
...mam voluit. He that wreftles with us9 itrengthens our nerves, and fharpens our fkill. Our antagonift is our helper. This amicable conflict with difficulty obliges us to an intimate acquaintance v.ith our object, and compels us to confider it in all its relations. It will not fuller us to be fuperficial.... | |
| Edmund Burke - English literature - 1803 - 458 pages
...-viam voluit. He that wreftles with us ftrengthens our nerves, and Sharpens our fkill. Our antagonift is our helper. This amicable conflict with difficulty...intimate acquaintance with our object, and compels us to confidcr it in all its relations. It will not fuffer us to be fuperficial. It is the want of nerves... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1804 - 244 pages
...haudfacilem esse viam voluit. He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. This amicable conflict...relations. It will not suffer us to be superficial. It is the want of nerves of understanding for such a task ; it is the degenerate fondness for trickling... | |
| Edmund Burke - Political science - 1804 - 228 pages
...haudfacilem esse viam voiuit. He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. This amicable conflict...relations. It will not suffer us to be superficial. It is the want of nerves of understanding for such a task ; it is the degenerate fondness for trickling... | |
| Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1807 - 512 pages
...facilem esse viam votuit. He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. This amicable conflict...relations. It will not suffer us to be superficial. It is the want of nerves of understanding for such a task ; it is the degenerate fondness for tricking... | |
| France - 1811 - 338 pages
...haudfacilem esse viam voluit. He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. This amicable conflict...relations. It will not suffer us to be superficial. It is the want of nerves of understanding for such a task; it is the d'egenerat^ fondness for tricking... | |
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