 | 1877 - 938 pages
...George Sand's works—always fresh, always attractive, but poured out too lavishly and rapidly—is likely to prove a hindrance to her fame, I do not...to leave behind it as much as it can, as much as it dares—everything but masterpieces. But the immense vibration of George Sand's voice upon the ear... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1879 - 370 pages
...George Sand's works,— always fresh, always attractive, but poured out too lavishly and rapidly,—is likely to prove a hindrance to her fame, I do not...to leave behind it as much as it can, as much as it dares,—everything but masterpieces. But the immense vibration of George Sand's voice upon the ear... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1880 - 368 pages
...George Sand's works,— always fresh, always attractive, but poured out too lavishly and rapidly,—is likely to prove a hindrance to her fame, I do not...to leave behind it as much as it can, as much as it dares,—everything but masterpieces. But the immense vibration of George Sand's voice upon the ear... | |
 | Addison Peale Russell - 1890 - 342 pages
...says Sir James Mackintosh, "gradually take their destined stations." " Posterity," says MatthewArnold, "alarmed at the way in which its literary baggage...much as it dares — everything but masterpieces." Emerson says, "There is no luck in literary reputation. They who make up the final verdict upon every... | |
 | 1898 - 812 pages
...qualities of quick emotions and ready observation." Let me place alongside of this unfavorable estimate some words about George Sand written by the greatest...masterpieces. But the immense vibration of George Sand's voice npon the ear of Europe will not soon die away. Her passions and her errors have been abundantly talked... | |
 | Christopher Stray - 1922 - 524 pages
...Classic Art and Literature. A great modern writer has said, with truth, that " Posterity, alarmed by the way in which its literary baggage grows upon it,...much as it dares — everything but masterpieces." Among absolute masterpieces the best works of something like a score of Greek and Roman authors must... | |
 | Classical Association (Great Britain) - 1922 - 742 pages
...Classic Art and Literature. A great modern writer has said, with truth, that " Posterity, alarmed by the way in which its literary baggage grows upon it,...much as it dares — everything but masterpieces." Among absolute masterpieces the best works of something like a score of Greek and Roman authors must... | |
 | George Sarton - 1923 - 606 pages
...Classic Art and Literature. « A great modern writer has said, with truth, that « Posterity, alarmed by the way in which its literary baggage grows upon it,...much as it dares — everything but masterpieces. » Among absolute masterpieces the best works of something like a score of Greek and Roman authors... | |
 | John Max Patrick, Alan Roper - 1973 - 100 pages
...relaxes the necessary rigor of evaluation. Matthew Arnold is pertinent here. "Posterity," he once wrote, "alarmed at the way in which its literary baggage...much as it dares, — everything but masterpieces."" We can add that our modern academies sometimes seem hostels for troops of scavengers, who scour back... | |
 | John Max Patrick, Alan Roper - 1973 - 98 pages
...relaxes the necessary rigor of evaluation. Matthew Arnold is pertinent here. "Posterity," he once wrote, "alarmed at the way in which its literary baggage...as it can, as much as it dares, — everything but masterpieces."*2 We can add that our modern acad63 J^M "*l 1 emies sometimes seem hostels for troops... | |
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Posterity, alarmed at the way in which its literary baggage grows upon it, always seeks to leave behind it as much as it can, as much as it dares — everything but masterpieces. But the immense vibration of George Sand's voice upon the ear of Europe... 
