 France," says M. Sainte-Beuve, " the first consideration for us is not whether we are amused and pleased by a work of art or mind, nor is it whether we are touched by it. What we seek above all to learn is, whether we were right in being amused with it,...  The Cornhill Magazine - Página 157editado por - 1864Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1864 - 640 páginas
...had not these words of Cicero in hie mind when he made, about the French nation, the assertion that I am going) to quote ; but, for all that, the assertion...whether we are amused and pleased by a work of art or uinil, nor is it whether we are touched by it. What we seek above all to learn is, whether we were... | |
 | 1865 - 1022 páginas
...SainteBeuve, as quoted by Mr. Arnold, " the first consideration for us is not whether we are amused or pleased by a work of art or mind, nor is it whether...it, and in applauding it, and in being moved by it?" Mr. Arnold may well call these words "remarkable;" they throw a flood of light over the whole doctrine... | |
 | 1865 - 540 páginas
...Sainte-Beuve, as quoted by Mr. Arnold, " the first consideration for us is not whether we are amused or pleased by a work of art or mind, nor is it whether...it, and in applauding it, and in being moved by it?" Mr. Arnold may well call these words "remarkable ;" they throw a flood of light over the whole doctrine... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1865 - 332 páginas
...words of Cicero, and wonderfully illustrates and confirms them. "In France," says M. Sainte-Beuve, " the first consideration for us is not whether we are...What we seek above all to learn is, whether we were rig/if in being amused with it, and in applauding it, and in being moved by it." Those are very remarkable... | |
 | John Franklin Genung - 1889 - 338 páginas
...or three best English prose writers of his day." — HENRY JAMES. "!N France," says M. Sainte-Beuve, "the first consideration for us is not whether we...What we seek above all to learn is, whether we were The present Selection will be studied as illustrating not only the construction of sentences, individually,... | |
 | John Franklin Genung - 1889 - 326 páginas
...best English prose writers of his day." — HENRY JAMES. *"* " IN France," says M. Sainte-Beuve, " the first consideration for us is not whether we are amused and pleas§d;by a work of art or mind, nor is it whether we are touched by it. What we seek above all to... | |
 | Theodore Whitefield Hunt - 1890 - 304 páginas
...still stronger terms. "The first consideration for us is not whether we are pleased by a work of art. What we seek above all to learn is, whether we were right in being pleased with it." This is certainly high ground for the Gallic mind to assume, as it at once lifts... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1892 - 214 páginas
...constitutes abiding relations," said Goethe. M. Sainte-Beuve, speaking of the function of criticism, says : " The first consideration for us is, not whether we...mind, nor is it whether we are touched by it. What we should seek first of all is, — ought we to be amused, are we right in being moved by it, in applauding... | |
 | Henry Arthur Jones - 1895 - 370 páginas
...as rendered by Mr. Matthew Arnold : " ' In France,' says M. SainteBeuve, ' the first consideration is not whether we are amused and pleased by a work...it. What we seek above all to learn is whether we are right in being amused with it, and in applauding in it, and in being moved by it.' " I want you... | |
 | Arthur Howard Galton - 1897 - 140 páginas
...originality is confessed ; but, in praising him, the laws of his Art are neither contemned nor violated. " The first consideration for us is not whether we are...in being amused with it, and in applauding it, and being moved by it." It may be, that our modern authors and reviewers are all in a conspiracy to disguise... | |
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