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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... matter of dis- pute ) , I will merely state my long fixed conviction , that one of the most important conditions of a healthful system of social economy , would be the restraint of the prop- erties and incomes of the upper classes ...
... matter of dis- pute ) , I will merely state my long fixed conviction , that one of the most important conditions of a healthful system of social economy , would be the restraint of the prop- erties and incomes of the upper classes ...
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... matters need debat- ing about ? By all means debate about them ; but debate among yourselves , and with such honest helpers of your thoughts as you can find . If that way you cannot get at the truth , do you suppose you could get at 14 ...
... matters need debat- ing about ? By all means debate about them ; but debate among yourselves , and with such honest helpers of your thoughts as you can find . If that way you cannot get at the truth , do you suppose you could get at 14 ...
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... matters in hand . The first of these is the statement , that in the debate on the grant for the Blacas collection , " Mr. Bernal Osborne got an assenting cheer , when he said that ' whenever science and art were mentioned it was a sign ...
... matters in hand . The first of these is the statement , that in the debate on the grant for the Blacas collection , " Mr. Bernal Osborne got an assenting cheer , when he said that ' whenever science and art were mentioned it was a sign ...
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... matters must take their course , and that will be , yet awhile , to the worse . I meant to have continued this subject , but I see two other statements in the Pall Mall Gazette of to - day , with which , and a single remark upon them ...
... matters must take their course , and that will be , yet awhile , to the worse . I meant to have continued this subject , but I see two other statements in the Pall Mall Gazette of to - day , with which , and a single remark upon them ...
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... matter in hand ; and as such things very usually go out of one's head again , after they get tired of their lodging , they would otherwise never get said at all . And thus to - day , quite out of order , but in very close connection ...
... matter in hand ; and as such things very usually go out of one's head again , after they get tired of their lodging , they would otherwise never get said at all . And thus to - day , quite out of order , but in very close connection ...
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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.