Ruskin: Sesame and lilies. Unto this last. The Queen of the air. The storm cloud of the nineteenth centuryDana Estes & Company, 1856 |
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... earth and heaven , and of a finer element of æther supposed to be beyond the heavens ; * but at this time we find the four quite definite , both in their kingdoms and in their personalities . They are the rulers of the earth that we ...
... earth and heaven , and of a finer element of æther supposed to be beyond the heavens ; * but at this time we find the four quite definite , both in their kingdoms and in their personalities . They are the rulers of the earth that we ...
Page 286
John Ruskin. pent ; it is the very omnipotence of the earth . That rivulet of smooth silver - how does it flow , think you ? It literally rows on the earth , with every scale for an oar ; it bites the dust with the ridges of its body ...
John Ruskin. pent ; it is the very omnipotence of the earth . That rivulet of smooth silver - how does it flow , think you ? It literally rows on the earth , with every scale for an oar ; it bites the dust with the ridges of its body ...
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... earth enters into union with the earth at its surface , and with its waters ; so as to be the apparent cause of their ascending into life . First , it warms them , and shades , at once , staying the heat of the sun's rays in its own ...
... earth enters into union with the earth at its surface , and with its waters ; so as to be the apparent cause of their ascending into life . First , it warms them , and shades , at once , staying the heat of the sun's rays in its own ...
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