The Works of John Ruskin, Volume 17 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page xxv
... matter of form , " says Mr. Frederic Harrison , " I would point to Unto this Last as a work containing almost all that is noble in Ruskin's written prose , with hardly any , or very few , of his excesses and mannerisms . It is true that ...
... matter of form , " says Mr. Frederic Harrison , " I would point to Unto this Last as a work containing almost all that is noble in Ruskin's written prose , with hardly any , or very few , of his excesses and mannerisms . It is true that ...
Page xxix
... matter historically , and put ourselves back to the state of public opinion in 1860 , if we would either do justice to Ruskin's editor or appreciate correctly the importance of his own work . The " old " Political Economy was then at ...
... matter historically , and put ourselves back to the state of public opinion in 1860 , if we would either do justice to Ruskin's editor or appreciate correctly the importance of his own work . The " old " Political Economy was then at ...
Page xxxv
... matter , find that my definition is not wider than the Political Economists ' . Their's is as wide as mine . Only it is false . They mean by wealth - money or money's worth , and they say money's worth is determinable irre- spectively ...
... matter , find that my definition is not wider than the Political Economists ' . Their's is as wide as mine . Only it is false . They mean by wealth - money or money's worth , and they say money's worth is determinable irre- spectively ...
Page xliv
... matter with her , for I knew she ought to be crescent - shape and she came up in a long and broad bar of vague light , like cloud . I thought I must be dreaming , for it could not be halo- the stars were too clear . Presently , as I was ...
... matter with her , for I knew she ought to be crescent - shape and she came up in a long and broad bar of vague light , like cloud . I thought I must be dreaming , for it could not be halo- the stars were too clear . Presently , as I was ...
Page xlviii
... matter , the sound of the words may be fitly enj but if you get into the habit of liking the mere ring of with no meaning , it is like living on chalk sugar - plums , and the mind's digestion as they do the stomach's . " I find Horace ...
... matter , the sound of the words may be fitly enj but if you get into the habit of liking the mere ring of with no meaning , it is like living on chalk sugar - plums , and the mind's digestion as they do the stomach's . " I find Horace ...
Contents
xviii | |
xxx | |
lii | |
liii | |
lxx | |
lxxx | |
1 | |
3 | |
319 | |
330 | |
339 | |
347 | |
353 | |
415 | |
417 | |
423 | |
429 | |
436 | |
446 | |
455 | |
465 | |
474 | |
518 | |
529 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Appendix Archytas authority Carlyle Charles Eliot Norton Clavigera Compare Cornhill Cornhill Magazine Crown of Wild currency definition demand Denmark Hill depends desire E. T. Cook economists exchange father footnote Fraser's Magazine give given gold Government hitherto honour human intrinsic value issue John Ruskin justice kind labour land less letter line 14 line 16 line 9 Lucerne matter means ment mind Modern Painters moral Mornex Munera Pulveris nation nature never omitted original essay paper passage persons Political Economy poor possession Preface present principles printed produce quantity of labour question reader reference respecting rich Sesame and Lilies soul Stones of Venice suppose things thought Tide tion title-page true Unto this Last volume wages wealth Wild Olive words worth write wrote
Popular passages
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.