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... course of his career . We shall follow the purs studies which accompanied his economic writings ; trace , by ai letters and diaries , the temper of mind in which those writin conceived ; and narrate the fortunes of the books themselves ...
... course of his career . We shall follow the purs studies which accompanied his economic writings ; trace , by ai letters and diaries , the temper of mind in which those writin conceived ; and narrate the fortunes of the books themselves ...
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... course of his friend's th but the reminiscence agrees with the sceptical mood into which shall presently see , Ruskin was now entering . one In writing to a friend , he described himself during these at Chamouni as " drawing Alpine ...
... course of his friend's th but the reminiscence agrees with the sceptical mood into which shall presently see , Ruskin was now entering . one In writing to a friend , he described himself during these at Chamouni as " drawing Alpine ...
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... course , assume the right of one man over another to be that which has over an ox ( namely , to kill him if he wishes to eat hir 1 From Carlyle's Life in London , by J. A. Froude , vol . ii . p . 252. Er reply may be read in W. G. ...
... course , assume the right of one man over another to be that which has over an ox ( namely , to kill him if he wishes to eat hir 1 From Carlyle's Life in London , by J. A. Froude , vol . ii . p . 252. Er reply may be read in W. G. ...
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... course not counting my home visit fixed for November ) I have now got myself settled satisfactorily . I had no view from my sitting - room or bedroom - only from the garden ; so I have taken -for 10 napoleons a month - the Empress of ...
... course not counting my home visit fixed for November ) I have now got myself settled satisfactorily . I had no view from my sitting - room or bedroom - only from the garden ; so I have taken -for 10 napoleons a month - the Empress of ...
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... course of time and tide . " 1 Ruskin began the letters with the object of supplementing Munera Pulveris ( see pp . 315 , 442 ) ; he was not in vigorous health at the time , and he chose the vehicle of familiar correspondence as ...
... course of time and tide . " 1 Ruskin began the letters with the object of supplementing Munera Pulveris ( see pp . 315 , 442 ) ; he was not in vigorous health at the time , and he chose the vehicle of familiar correspondence as ...
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Page 553 - What shall we do then? 11 He answereth, and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none ; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.
Page 446 - 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 446 - 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 286 - Reverend sirs, For you there's rosemary and rue ; these keep Seeming and savour all the winter long : Grace and remembrance be to you both, And welcome to our shearing ! Pol.
Page 7 - These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.
Page 277 - 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 338 - 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 348 - 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 50 - 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 5 - But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny ? Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee. Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own ? Is thine eye evil, because I am good ? So the last shall be first, and the first last : for many be called, but few chosen.