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... mind to theories of national wealth and social justice . Into these essays Ruskin put the results of much long and earnest thought , 2 and to them he brought all the resources of a now matured and chastened style . Every word of Unto ...
... mind to theories of national wealth and social justice . Into these essays Ruskin put the results of much long and earnest thought , 2 and to them he brought all the resources of a now matured and chastened style . Every word of Unto ...
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... mind : - " 7 BILLITER STREET , 21st July , 1860 . " I addressed just now the August Cornhill Magazine - not out , b obtained by favour - to Mr. Simon , and Mr. Smith assured me his of man should have it at 44 before 5 o'clock . " John ...
... mind : - " 7 BILLITER STREET , 21st July , 1860 . " I addressed just now the August Cornhill Magazine - not out , b obtained by favour - to Mr. Simon , and Mr. Smith assured me his of man should have it at 44 before 5 o'clock . " John ...
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... mind or work . Ther more chaos in my mind than there was in Hesiod's or Virg you will find neither of them were happy men . The happ in the world is probably a caterpillar's or a duck's ; they ' imaginations , ' no fears , and no ...
... mind or work . Ther more chaos in my mind than there was in Hesiod's or Virg you will find neither of them were happy men . The happ in the world is probably a caterpillar's or a duck's ; they ' imaginations , ' no fears , and no ...
Page xli
... mind . I never change my views with my temper : to - day I am peculiarly well and in good spirits . I am working at my best diagram and getting on with it ; the window is open ; Mont Blanc gleams softly through the leaves of the ...
... mind . I never change my views with my temper : to - day I am peculiarly well and in good spirits . I am working at my best diagram and getting on with it ; the window is open ; Mont Blanc gleams softly through the leaves of the ...
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... mind that the finest things one can see in summer are nothing , compared to winter scenery among the Alps when the weather is fine . Pilate looked as if it was entirely constructed of frosted silver , like Geneva filigree work - lighted ...
... mind that the finest things one can see in summer are nothing , compared to winter scenery among the Alps when the weather is fine . Pilate looked as if it was entirely constructed of frosted silver , like Geneva filigree work - lighted ...
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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.