 | 1863 - 652 strani
...head-quarters of Goliath, nolxHly ta Iks of Philistinism. The French have adopted the term épicier, grocer, to designate the sort of being whom the Germans designate by the term Philistine ; but tho French term — besides that it casts a slur upon a respectable class, composed of living and HiiK'eptihle... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1865 - 332 strani
...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, nobody...designate by the term Philistine ; but the French term,—besides that it casts a slur upon a respectable class, composed of living and susceptible members,... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1865 - 686 strani
...no English synonyme. " At Soli," remarks Mr. Arnold, " I imagined they did not talk of solecisms ; and here, at the very head-quarters of Goliath, nobody talks of Philistinism." The word epicier, used by Mr. Arnold as a French synonyme, is not so good as bourgeois, and to those who... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1875 - 468 strani
...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, nobody...of Philistinism. The French have adopted the term Spicier (grocer), to designate the sort of being whom the Germans designate by the term Philistine... | |
 | Frederick Locker-Lampson - 1879 - 254 strani
...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, nobody talks of Philistinism. It means a strong, dogged, unenlightened opponent of the chosen people, of the children of light —... | |
 | Frederick Locker-Lampson - 1879 - 254 strani
...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, nobody talks of Philistinism. It means a strong, dogged, unenlightened opponent of the chosen people, of the children of light —... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1897 - 464 strani
...the thing. At Soli, I imagine, they did not talk of solecisms ; and here, at the very head5 quarters of Goliath, nobody talks of Philistinism. The French have adopted the term Spicier (grocer), to designate the sort of being whom the Germans designate by the term Philistine... | |
 | Samuel Harvey Reynolds - 1898 - 324 strani
...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, nobody talks of Philistinism.' The word is then contrasted with the French e'picier, and with the use, or rather abuse, by Mr. Carlyle,... | |
 | Herbert Woodfield Paul - 1902 - 210 strani
...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, nobody...of Philistinism. The French have adopted the term ipif.ier (grocer), to designate the sort of being whom the Germans designate by the term Philistine... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1903 - 438 strani
...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...of Philistinism. The French have adopted the term Spicier (grocer), to designate the sort of being whom the Germans designate by the term Philistine... | |
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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 head-quarters of Goliath, nobody talks of Philistinism. 
