 Philistinism ! — we have not the expression in English. Perhaps we have not the word because we have so much of the thing. At Soli, I imagine, they did not talk of solecisms ; and here, at the very headquarters of Goliath, nobody talks of Philistinism.  Words Ancient and Modern - Page 85by Ernest Weekley - 1926 - 163 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - 1863 - 806 pages
...battle. What was that battle ? the reader will ask. It was a life and death battle with Philistinism. Philistinism — we have not the expression in English....not the word because we have so much of the thing. At Soli, I imagine, they did not talk of solecisms; and here, at the very headquarters of Goliath,... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1865 - 334 pages
...battle. What was that battle 1 the reader will ask. It was a life and death battle with Philistinism. Philistinism ! — we have not the expression in English....not the word because we have so much of the thing. At Soli, I imagine, they did not talk of solecisms ; and here, at the very head-quarters of Goliath,... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1875 - 468 pages
...battle. What was that battle ? the reader will ask. It was a life and death battle with Philistinism. Philistinism ! — we have not the expression in English....not the word because we have so much of the thing. At Soli, I imagine, they did not talk of solecisms ; and here, at the very head-quarters of Goliath,... | |
 | Frederick Locker-Lampson - 1879 - 254 pages
...called life, which us from Life doth sever.' Speaking of Philistinism, Mr. Matthew Arnold says : ' We have not the expression in English ; perhaps we...not the word because we have so much of the thing. At Soli, I imagine, they did not talk of solecisms, and here, at the very head-quarters of Goliath,... | |
 | Frederick Locker-Lampson - 1879 - 254 pages
...called life, which us from Life doth sever.' Speaking of Philistinism, Mr. Matthew Arnold says : ' We have not the expression in English ; perhaps we...not the word because we have so much of the thing. At Soli, I imagine, they did not talk of solecisms, and here, at the very head-quarters of Goliath,... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1880 - 354 pages
...thoroughly we carry it out, shall make the more progress ? — JSssays in Criticism. PHILISTINISM. Philistinism ! — we have, not the expression in...not the word because we have so much of the thing. At Soli, I imagine, they did not talk of solecisms ; and here, at the very head-quarters of Goliath,... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1880 - 352 pages
...carry it out, shall make the more progress ? — Essays in Criticism. PHILISTINISM. Philistinism I — we have not the expression in English. Perhaps we...not the word because we have so much of the thing. At Soli, I imagine, they did not talk of solecisms ; and here, at the very head-quarters of Goliath,... | |
 | 1898 - 502 pages
...one given to money making; one devoid of culture." MatJiew Arnold (in his essay on Heinrich Heine2) : "Philistinism !— we have not the expression in English....not the word because we have so much of the thing. At Soli, I imagine, they did not talk of sole(') Hew Judloalre. Papers and essays. By Augustine Birrell.... | |
 | Edward Tompkins McLaughlin - 1893 - 288 pages
..."A Philistine of genius." Arnold introduced the term to English currency in his essay on Heine : " Philistinism ! — we have not the expression in English....not the word because we have so much of the thing. At Soli, I imagine, they did not talk of solecisms. . . . Philistine must have originally meant, in... | |
 | Edward Tompkins McLaughlin - 1893 - 284 pages
...teaching ! "A Philistine of genius." Arnold introduced the term to English currency in his essay on Heine: "Philistinism! — we have not the expression in English....not the word because we have so much of the thing. At Soli, I imagine, they did not talk of solecisms. . . . Philistine must have originally meant, in... | |
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