The Works of John Ruskin: Unto this last Munera Pulveris time and tide with other writings on political economy, 1860-1873G. Allen, 1905 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 53
Page xv
... ISSUE OF " UNTO THIS LAST " ( 1875 , 1877 ) THE NEED OF AN INDEX ( MARCH 27 , 1877 ) MORNEX REVISITED ( SEPTEMBER 8 , 1882 ) " TIME AND · 344 . xxxii • XX Iviii ECONOMY , MERCANTILE AND SOCIAL ( A NOTE ON PROFESSOR WILLIAM SMART'S ...
... ISSUE OF " UNTO THIS LAST " ( 1875 , 1877 ) THE NEED OF AN INDEX ( MARCH 27 , 1877 ) MORNEX REVISITED ( SEPTEMBER 8 , 1882 ) " TIME AND · 344 . xxxii • XX Iviii ECONOMY , MERCANTILE AND SOCIAL ( A NOTE ON PROFESSOR WILLIAM SMART'S ...
Page xxix
... issue of Protection versus Free Trade , Ruskin was a pronounced Free Trader . In 1860 , moreover , the " old " Political Economy was something more than a creed - it was an accepted policy . Its abstractions were taken as rules of ...
... issue of Protection versus Free Trade , Ruskin was a pronounced Free Trader . In 1860 , moreover , the " old " Political Economy was something more than a creed - it was an accepted policy . Its abstractions were taken as rules of ...
Page xxxii
... issue of the book in 1877 , Ruskin wrote to Mr. Allen ( January 27 , 1877 ) : - " I can't mend it as far as it goes ; but wonder at the feebly delicate dawn in my mind of some things about Lawyers and Clergy . " From an earlier letter ...
... issue of the book in 1877 , Ruskin wrote to Mr. Allen ( January 27 , 1877 ) : - " I can't mend it as far as it goes ; but wonder at the feebly delicate dawn in my mind of some things about Lawyers and Clergy . " From an earlier letter ...
Page cv
... the conclusion that the economic phenomena of society cannot be isolated , except provisionally , from the rest . . . . Especially 1 John Ruskin , Economist , p . 36 . must we keep in view the high moral issues to INTRODUCTION CV.
... the conclusion that the economic phenomena of society cannot be isolated , except provisionally , from the rest . . . . Especially 1 John Ruskin , Economist , p . 36 . must we keep in view the high moral issues to INTRODUCTION CV.
Page cvi
... issues to which the economic move- ment is subservient , and in the absence of which it could never in any great degree attract the interest or fix the attention either of eminent thinkers or of right - minded men . . . . A doctrine of ...
... issues to which the economic move- ment is subservient , and in the absence of which it could never in any great degree attract the interest or fix the attention either of eminent thinkers or of right - minded men . . . . A doctrine of ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Appendix Carlyle Clavigera copies Cornhill Cornhill Magazine Crown of Wild currency definition demand Denmark Hill depends desire economists edition of 1867 English exchange existing father footnote Fraser's Magazine give given gold hand hitherto honour human interest intrinsic value issue John Ruskin justice kind labour land last line less letter line 14 line 16 matter means ment merely mind Modern Painters moral Mornex Munera Pulveris nation nature omitted original essay Pall Mall Gazette paper passage persons Plutus Political Economy poor possession Preface present principles printed produce quantity of labour question reader respecting rich sense servants Sesame and Lilies soul Stones of Venice suppose things thought Tide tion title-page true Unto this Last Usury volume wages wealth wise words worth
Popular passages
Page 434 - Where the bee sucks, there suck I ; In a cowslip's bell I lie; There I couch when owls do cry. On the bat's back I do fly After summer merrily. Merrily, merrily shall I live now Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.
Page 369 - This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.
Page 434 - Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
Page 267 - And God is able to make all grace abound toward you ; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work : 9 As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor : his righteousness remaineth for ever.
Page 374 - For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies : and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
Page 324 - And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously ; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Page 334 - The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
Page 48 - In fact, it may be discovered that the true veins of wealth are purple — and not in Rock, but in Flesh — perhaps even that the final outcome and consummation of all wealth is in the producing as many as possible full-breathed, bright-eyed, and happy-hearted human creatures.
Page 372 - But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the passover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews? 40. Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.
Page 431 - AMONG the delusions which at different periods have possessed themselves of the minds of large masses of the human race, perhaps the most curious — certainly the least creditable — is the modern soi-disant science of political economy, based on the idea that an advantageous code of social action may be determined irrespectively of the influence of social affection.