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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... reader should remember that the book remains a fragment . Thus in one place he promises a fuller discussion of definitions given only in extremest brevity , and gives the titles of three intended chapters- " Thirty Pieces " ( on Price ) ...
... reader should remember that the book remains a fragment . Thus in one place he promises a fuller discussion of definitions given only in extremest brevity , and gives the titles of three intended chapters- " Thirty Pieces " ( on Price ) ...
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... reader will turn to the essay which Matthew Arnold entitled A French Eton , he will find himself among the ideas which an advocate of State action had still to combat in 1864 , and by this pleasant exercise will put him- self in a ...
... reader will turn to the essay which Matthew Arnold entitled A French Eton , he will find himself among the ideas which an advocate of State action had still to combat in 1864 , and by this pleasant exercise will put him- self in a ...
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... readers , to whom , from various and obvious causes , the principal works whence it is derived are not easily accessible . " The Publishers think it right to add that Mr. Ruskin , though tacitly consenting to this publication , has ...
... readers , to whom , from various and obvious causes , the principal works whence it is derived are not easily accessible . " The Publishers think it right to add that Mr. Ruskin , though tacitly consenting to this publication , has ...
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... readers ” ; but reviewers are not always , or perhaps often , in that category , and the curtness of expression in the essays proved a stumbling - block to many . It should be remembered that the essays as they stand were written only ...
... readers ” ; but reviewers are not always , or perhaps often , in that category , and the curtness of expression in the essays proved a stumbling - block to many . It should be remembered that the essays as they stand were written only ...
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... readers understand -so says Mr. Frederic Harrison ( John Ruskin , 1902 , p . 102 ) , and he does not explain the secret . Other writers do not allude to the title . A probable explanation was given in an article in Good Words , July ...
... readers understand -so says Mr. Frederic Harrison ( John Ruskin , 1902 , p . 102 ) , and he does not explain the secret . Other writers do not allude to the title . A probable explanation was given in an article in Good Words , July ...
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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.