The Works of John Ruskin: Time and tide, by Weare and Tyne. "Unto this last." Munera pulveris. The eagle's nestJ. Wiley, 1889 |
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... material sphere , as that blue - lipped serpent -working its way sidelong in the sand . As real , but with sting of eternal death - this worm that dies not , and fire that is not quenched , within our souls , or around them . Eternal ...
... material sphere , as that blue - lipped serpent -working its way sidelong in the sand . As real , but with sting of eternal death - this worm that dies not , and fire that is not quenched , within our souls , or around them . Eternal ...
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... material above the standard of the guild , attaining , necessarily , values above its assigned prices , every firm should be left free to make its own independent efforts and arrangements with its workmen , subject always to the same ...
... material above the standard of the guild , attaining , necessarily , values above its assigned prices , every firm should be left free to make its own independent efforts and arrangements with its workmen , subject always to the same ...
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... material , is , indeed , so far worse than these thefts by dishonest acquisition , that there is no possible excuse for it on the ground of self - deception ; while many speculative thefts are committed by persons who really mean to do ...
... material , is , indeed , so far worse than these thefts by dishonest acquisition , that there is no possible excuse for it on the ground of self - deception ; while many speculative thefts are committed by persons who really mean to do ...
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... material interest , and educate for education's sake only ! or the very good you try to bestow will become venomous , and that and your money will be lost together . And this has been the real cause of failure in our efforts for ...
... material interest , and educate for education's sake only ! or the very good you try to bestow will become venomous , and that and your money will be lost together . And this has been the real cause of failure in our efforts for ...
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... materials to think justly upon ; and do not look for things only that you like , when there are others to be seen " —this is the lesson to be taught to our youth , and inbred in them ; and that mainly by our own example and continence ...
... materials to think justly upon ; and do not look for things only that you like , when there are others to be seen " —this is the lesson to be taught to our youth , and inbred in them ; and that mainly by our own example and continence ...
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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 181 - 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 47 - 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 16 - For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
Page 123 - 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 37 - The best in this kind are but shadows ; and the worst are no worse, if imagination amend them.
Page 180 - 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 142 - To earn his cream-bowl duly set, When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath threshed the corn, That ten day-labourers could not end; Then lies him down, the lubber fiend, And, stretched out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength; And crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings.
Page 17 - Among the delusions which at different periods have possessed themselves of the minds of large masses of the human race, perhaps the most curious— certainly the least creditable • — is the modern soi-disant science of political economy, based on the idea that an advantageous code of social action may be determined, irrespectively of the influence of social affection.
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.