Ruskin: Arrows of the chase. Being a collection of scattered letters published chiefly in the Daily Newspapers, 1840-1880Dana Estes & Company, 1880 |
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... labor of my leisure for more than two years past , and to express my hope that these scat- tered arrows , some from the bow of " An Oxford Graduate , " some from that of an Oxford Professor , may not have been vainly winged anew by ...
... labor of my leisure for more than two years past , and to express my hope that these scat- tered arrows , some from the bow of " An Oxford Graduate , " some from that of an Oxford Professor , may not have been vainly winged anew by ...
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... labor of a devoted life , is the weight of stone upon the trampled grave , where * Cimabue . The quarter of the town is yet named , from the rejoicing of that day , Borgo Allegri . ' ( Original note to the letter : see editor's preface ...
... labor of a devoted life , is the weight of stone upon the trampled grave , where * Cimabue . The quarter of the town is yet named , from the rejoicing of that day , Borgo Allegri . ' ( Original note to the letter : see editor's preface ...
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... labor bestowed on those works , and their fidelity to a certain order of truth ( labor and fidelity which are altogether indisputable ) , ought at once to have placed them above the level of mere contempt ; and , sec- ondly , because I ...
... labor bestowed on those works , and their fidelity to a certain order of truth ( labor and fidelity which are altogether indisputable ) , ought at once to have placed them above the level of mere contempt ; and , sec- ondly , because I ...
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... labor required Of the two pictures described in this and the following letter , The Light of the World is well known from the engraving of it by W. H. Simmons . It was originally purchased by Mr. Thomas Combe , of Ox- ford , whose widow ...
... labor required Of the two pictures described in this and the following letter , The Light of the World is well known from the engraving of it by W. H. Simmons . It was originally purchased by Mr. Thomas Combe , of Ox- ford , whose widow ...
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... his whra wal in it tho chept better wither own every when W 6 Seneralf er sh example encloud ! incident being noted that aris going on with momenty & Well . before the labor and judgment which he has shown in. LETTERS ON ART . 89 5.
... his whra wal in it tho chept better wither own every when W 6 Seneralf er sh example encloud ! incident being noted that aris going on with momenty & Well . before the labor and judgment which he has shown in. LETTERS ON ART . 89 5.
Términos y frases comunes
alluded answer architecture artist beautiful believe Brantwood building Castle Clavigera color columns Coniston correspondent criticism Daily Telegraph DEAR SIR December December 27 Denmark Hill Denmark Edinburgh edition Editor England English Exhibition expression faithful servant February feel give glacier Gothic Herne Hill Hill Denmark Hill honor interest January January 19 January 20 January 31 JOHN RUSKIN July June labor lecture letter light London Magazine Marlborough House matter means mind Modern Painters National Gallery nature never noble November obedient servant October Oxford Museum painting Pall Mall Gazette persons pre-Raphaelite present principles printed question Railway readers reference reflection reply respecting Ribbesford rock sculpture seen September shadow sketches suppose thing thought tion Titian true Turner Turner Bequest Turner's Drawings Venice water-color words write written
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Página 335 - She is not afraid of the snow for her household, for all her household are clothed with scarlet. She maketh herself coverings of tapestry, her clothing is silk and purple.
Página 26 - ... du public de me citer un bon livre que le public ait jamais rebuté ; à moins qu'ils ne mettent en ce rang leurs écrits, de la bonté desquels eux seuls sont persuadés.
Página 36 - One impulse from a vernal wood May teach you more of man, Of moral evil and of good, Than all the sages can. Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; Our meddling intellect Misshapes the beauteous forms of things: — We murder to dissect. Enough of Science and of Art; Close up those barren leaves; Come forth, and bring with you a heart That watches and receives.
Página 368 - D'Israeli or Mr. Gladstone ? You are students at the University, and have no more business with politics than you have with rat-catching. Had you ever read ten words of mine with understanding, you would have known that I care no more either for Mr. D'Israeli or Mr. Gladstone than for two old bagpipes with the...
Página 32 - The point of one white star is quivering still Deep in the orange light of widening morn Beyond the purple mountains : through a chasm Of wind-divided mist the darker lake Reflects it. Now it wanes : it gleams again As the waves fade, and as the burning threads Of woven cloud unravel in pale air. 'Tis lost ! and through yon peaks of cloud-like snow The roseate sunlight quivers.
Página 286 - A man-servant was too expensive ; so I caught up a little garden-girl, made like a milestone, christened her Bunch, put a napkin in her hand, and made her my butler. The girls taught her to read, Mrs. Sydney to wait, and I undertook her morals ; Bunch became the best butler in the county.
Página 65 - And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands ? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.
Página 285 - Sir, there is only only one way to have good servants ; that is, to be worthy of being well served. All nature and all humanity will serve a good master, and rebel against an ignoble one. And there is no surer test of the quality of a nation than the quality of its servants, for they are their masters' shadows, and distort their faults in a flattened mimicry.
Página 284 - Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him. 21 He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child, shall have him become his son at the length.
Página 152 - EXAMPLES OF THE ARCHITECTURE OF VENICE, SELECTED AND DRAWN TO MEASUREMENT FROM THE EDIFICES. In Parts of Folio Imperial size, each containing Five Plates, and a short Explanatory Text, price II.