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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... possible to Ruskin . " The present healthy feature of my character at present , " he wrote later in the year ( Bonneville , October 9 ) , " is in- tense indolence . " He sat or walked on the sands and rocks ; he made friends with the ...
... possible to Ruskin . " The present healthy feature of my character at present , " he wrote later in the year ( Bonneville , October 9 ) , " is in- tense indolence . " He sat or walked on the sands and rocks ; he made friends with the ...
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... in shortest possible language . I think the insolence of these Saturday Review scamps in talking to Smith as if they would ' let ' me do this or that passes all I d XVII . • ever met ; and I'm not going to ' INTRODUCTION xlix.
... in shortest possible language . I think the insolence of these Saturday Review scamps in talking to Smith as if they would ' let ' me do this or that passes all I d XVII . • ever met ; and I'm not going to ' INTRODUCTION xlix.
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... possible to reach you in the morning , not even by telegraph , as I once did from Mont Cenis , for ( and may Heaven be devoutly thanked therefore ) there are yet on Mont Salève neither rails nor wires . " However , arriving in the ...
... possible to reach you in the morning , not even by telegraph , as I once did from Mont Cenis , for ( and may Heaven be devoutly thanked therefore ) there are yet on Mont Salève neither rails nor wires . " However , arriving in the ...
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... possible , with the necessary supply of ingenuity , to devise as many meanings for Ruskin's title as there are versions of the lines from which it is taken . This exercise , however , is hardly necessary ; for there are sufficient clues ...
... possible , with the necessary supply of ingenuity , to devise as many meanings for Ruskin's title as there are versions of the lines from which it is taken . This exercise , however , is hardly necessary ; for there are sufficient clues ...
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John Ruskin Sir Edward Tyas Cook, Alexander Dundas Ogilvy Wedderburn. 66 possible meanings of Ruskin's phrase , because the choice of such " cryptic " titles was very characteristic of the later workings of his mind . We have seen ...
John Ruskin Sir Edward Tyas Cook, Alexander Dundas Ogilvy Wedderburn. 66 possible meanings of Ruskin's phrase , because the choice of such " cryptic " titles was very characteristic of the later workings of his mind . We have seen ...
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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.