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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... means of concentration ; and I could then dismiss in six words , " thistledown without seeds , and bubbles without color , " forms of art on which I should now perhaps spend half a page of analytic vituperation ; and represent , with a ...
... means of concentration ; and I could then dismiss in six words , " thistledown without seeds , and bubbles without color , " forms of art on which I should now perhaps spend half a page of analytic vituperation ; and represent , with a ...
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... mean that it is the highest light of the picture ( for no distant mountain can be so , when compared with bright earth or white clouds ) , but that no acci- dental shadow is cast upon it ; that it is under open sky , and so illumined ...
... mean that it is the highest light of the picture ( for no distant mountain can be so , when compared with bright earth or white clouds ) , but that no acci- dental shadow is cast upon it ; that it is under open sky , and so illumined ...
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... mean to say anything against Mr. Lee ; but can we for- bear to smile at the hopeless innocence of the man's novitiate , who could be reminded by them of landscapes powerful enough in color to take their place beside those of Rembrandt ...
... mean to say anything against Mr. Lee ; but can we for- bear to smile at the hopeless innocence of the man's novitiate , who could be reminded by them of landscapes powerful enough in color to take their place beside those of Rembrandt ...
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... means little more than the Royal Society . With reference to one of Wordsworth's poems , it means all who have hearts . With reference to one of Moore's , all who have passions . With reference to the works of Hogarth , it means those ...
... means little more than the Royal Society . With reference to one of Wordsworth's poems , it means all who have hearts . With reference to one of Moore's , all who have passions . With reference to the works of Hogarth , it means those ...
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... means , and " murder to dissect . " The picture is intended , not for artists alone , but for all who love what it portrays ; and so little doubt have we of the capacity of all to understand the works in question , that we have the most ...
... means , and " murder to dissect . " The picture is intended , not for artists alone , but for all who love what it portrays ; and so little doubt have we of the capacity of all to understand the works in question , that we have the most ...
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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.