The Works of John Ruskin: Unto this last Munera Pulveris time and tide with other writings on political economy, 1860-1873G. Allen, 1905 |
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... object that their science expressly abstracts itself from moralities , from etc. , etc .; but what you say and show is incontrovertibly true that no ' science , ' worthy of men ( and not worthier of dogs or of devils ) , has a right to ...
... object that their science expressly abstracts itself from moralities , from etc. , etc .; but what you say and show is incontrovertibly true that no ' science , ' worthy of men ( and not worthier of dogs or of devils ) , has a right to ...
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... objects of Ruskin's expedition , as he had undertaken to report upon Luini's frescoes to the committee of the Arundel Society . He made a very careful copy in water - colour of the St. Catherine with her wheel , one of the figures in ...
... objects of Ruskin's expedition , as he had undertaken to report upon Luini's frescoes to the committee of the Arundel Society . He made a very careful copy in water - colour of the St. Catherine with her wheel , one of the figures in ...
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... object with all their might to smoke , and to wet weather . Most of the Salève flowers , however , have a sort of English domesticity about them , except only one - now , alas , in fruit - not in flower - the in- finitely delicate ...
... object with all their might to smoke , and to wet weather . Most of the Salève flowers , however , have a sort of English domesticity about them , except only one - now , alas , in fruit - not in flower - the in- finitely delicate ...
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... objects in view . First , as he explains in Præterita ( ii . 206 seq . ) , he wanted to make some practical effort to help the peasantry , whose fundamental nobleness of character he respected , and for whose hard and often neglected ...
... objects in view . First , as he explains in Præterita ( ii . 206 seq . ) , he wanted to make some practical effort to help the peasantry , whose fundamental nobleness of character he respected , and for whose hard and often neglected ...
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... objects of all my writings , and conveyed to me more useful criticisms than many a review in our best weekly , monthly , or quarterly journals . How he found time to do all he did , and to read all he read , and to think out all that he ...
... objects of all my writings , and conveyed to me more useful criticisms than many a review in our best weekly , monthly , or quarterly journals . How he found time to do all he did , and to read all he read , and to think out all that he ...
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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.