 | Matthew Arnold - 1867 - 214 sider
...possibly be perpetrated. It is simply a foolish interference with the natural progress of civilisation and prosperity. If it is desirable that the Welsh...disappear from the face of the earth the better." And I need hardly say, that I myself, as so often happens to me at the hands of my own countrymen,... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1883 - 340 sider
...possibly be perpetrated. It is simply a foolish interference with the natural progress of civilisation and prosperity. If it is desirable that the Welsh...disappear from the face of the earth the better." And I need hardly say that I myself, as so often happens to me at the hands of my own countrymen, was... | |
 | Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England) - 1893 - 662 sider
...upshot of its exhortations to the Welsh; by evil the Times understanding all things Celtic, and by <jood all things English. "The Welsh language is the curse...better." " I myself," continues Matthew Arnold, following up this quotation, " was cruelly judged by the Times and most severely treated. What I said about the... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1905 - 184 sider
...possibly be perpetrated. It is simply a foolish interference with the natural progress of civilisation and prosperity. If it is desirable that the Welsh...disappear from the face of the earth the better.' And I need hardly say, that I myself, as so often happens to me at the hands of my own countrymen,... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1912 - 180 sider
...possibly be perpetrated. It is simply a foolish interference with the natural progress of civilisation and prosperity. If it is desirable that the Welsh...disappear from the face of the earth the better.' And I need hardly say, that I myself, as so often happens to me at the hands of my own countrymen,... | |
 | George William Erskine Russell - 1915 - 322 sider
...John Bullish opinion — The Times — took a tone of loftier insult. "The Welsh language," it said, "is the curse of Wales. Its prevalence, and the ignorance...disappear from the face of the earth, the better." I cannot forbear to italicize that tribute of the Times to Teutonism. Being myself in part a Welshman,... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1962 - 598 sider
...monstrous folly to encourage them in a loving fondness for their old language. Not only the energy 30 and power, but the intelligence and music of Europe...disappear from the face of the earth the better." 35 And I need hardly say that I myself, as so often happens to me at the hands of my own countrymen,... | |
 | Daniel R. Davis - 2001 - 630 sider
...possibly be perpetrated. It is simply a foolish interference with the natural progress of civilisation and prosperity. If it is desirable that the Welsh...disappear from the face of the earth the better." And I need hardly say, that I myself, as so often happens to me at the hands of my own countrymen,... | |
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An Eisteddfod is one of the most mischievous and selfish pieces of sentimentalism which could possibly be perpetrated. It is simply a foolish interference with the natural progress of civilisation and prosperity. If it is desirable that the Welsh should... 