The Works of John Ruskin: Time and tide, by Weare and Tyne. "Unto this last." Munera pulveris. The eagle's nestJ. Wiley, 1887 |
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... between individuals , have not as yet been thought of , much less estimated , -by any of your writers on commercial subjects ; and it is because I do not yet feel able to grapple with them that I LETTER I.- CO - OPERATION . 3.
... between individuals , have not as yet been thought of , much less estimated , -by any of your writers on commercial subjects ; and it is because I do not yet feel able to grapple with them that I LETTER I.- CO - OPERATION . 3.
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... less can they as yet be fairly brought to test . For all mastership is not alike in princi- ple ; there are just and unjust masterships ; and while , on the one hand , there can be no question but that co - opera- tion is better than ...
... less can they as yet be fairly brought to test . For all mastership is not alike in princi- ple ; there are just and unjust masterships ; and while , on the one hand , there can be no question but that co - opera- tion is better than ...
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... Less work and more wages , of course ; but how much lessening of work do you suppose is possible ? Do you think the time will ever come for everybody to have no work and all wages ? Or have you yet taken the trouble so much as to think ...
... Less work and more wages , of course ; but how much lessening of work do you suppose is possible ? Do you think the time will ever come for everybody to have no work and all wages ? Or have you yet taken the trouble so much as to think ...
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... less some other of the designs which seek for fantastic extreme of sin , as this for the utmost horror of death . But of all the 425 , there is not one which does not vio- late every instinct of decency and law of virtue or life ...
... less some other of the designs which seek for fantastic extreme of sin , as this for the utmost horror of death . But of all the 425 , there is not one which does not vio- late every instinct of decency and law of virtue or life ...
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... less fortify them also by appliance of the precepts , or sug- gestive and probable teachings of this Book , of which the authority is over many around you , more distinctly than over you , and which , confessing to be divine , they , at ...
... less fortify them also by appliance of the precepts , or sug- gestive and probable teachings of this Book , of which the authority is over many around you , more distinctly than over you , and which , confessing to be divine , they , at ...
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Page 10 - The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
Page 96 - 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 46 - And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick.
Page 169 - But peaceful was the night Wherein the Prince of Light His reign of peace upon the earth began...
Page 189 - Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
Page 170 - And, though the shady gloom Had given day her room, The sun himself withheld his wonted speed, And hid his head for shame, As his inferior flame The new-enlighten'd world no more should need.
Page 96 - 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 127 - THERE is -NO WEALTH BUT LIFE. Life, including all its powers of love, of joy, and of admiration. That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human beings; that man is richest who, having perfected the functions of his own life to the utmost, has also the widest helpful influence, both personal, and by means of his possessions, over the lives of others.
Page 183 - 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 27 - I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them. How then canst thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen? Am I now come up without the LORD against this place to destroy it? The LORD said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.