...humming; not far away, a cuckoo called ; from the pasture of the farm below came a bleating of lambs. XVI I am no friend of the people. As a force, by which...me shrink aloof, and often move me to abhorrence. For the greater part of my life, the people signified to me the London crowd, and no phrase of temperate...

...people. As a force, by which the tenor of the time is conditioned, they inspire V THE PRIVATE PAPERS OF me with distrust, with fear; as a visible multitude,...me shrink aloof, and often move me to abhorrence. For the greater part of my life, the people signified to me the London crowd, and no phrase of temperate...

...artist. As an artist he must be judged. Listen to Gissing on the people in the dress of Henry Ryecroft: l am no friend of the people. As a force, by which the...Every instinct of my being is antidemocratic, and l dread to think of what our England may become when Demos rules irresistibly. Sentiments, those, of...

...no friend of the people," he exclaims, and the words come with a strange insistence from such a man. "As a force, by which the tenor of the time is conditioned, they inspire me with distrust, with fear. . . . Every instinct of my being is anti-democratic, and I dread to think of what our England may become...

...Abneigung gegen den vierten Stand spricht er noch an seinem Lebensabend ganz klar mit den Worten aus : „I am no friend of the people. As a force, by which the tenor of the Ume is conditioned, they inspire nie with Aistrust, with fear; as a visible multitude they make me...

...outline of his views on democracy. I take the passage from Henry Ryecroft, Section XVI of " Spring ".: I am no friend of the people. As a force, by which...me shrink aloof, and often move me to abhorrence. For the greater part of my life, the people signified to me the London crowd, and no phrase of temperate...

...the lips of the gentle Ryecroft come outbursts such as these : " I am no friend of the people. . . . Every instinct of my being is anti-democratic, and I dread to think of what an England may become when Demos rules irresistibly." * Yet, despite his reverence for books and learning,...

...Papers, c\t.,Spring XVI: «I am no friend of thè people. As a force, by which thè tenor of thè rime is conditioned, they inspire me with distrust, with...me shrink aloof, and often move me to abhorrence. Por thè greater part of my life, thè people signified to me thè London crowd, and no phrase of temperate...

...the following quotation from the book which has been rightly called his masterpiece will show : — I am no friend of the people. As a force by which...me shrink aloof, and often move me to abhorrence. For the greater part of my life, the people signified to me the London crowd, and no phrase of temperate...