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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Page 37
... entirely thankful for them , and entirely ashamed of ourselves if we make no good use of them . But we make the worst possible use , if we allow them to usurp the place of true books : for , strictly speaking , they are not books at all ...
... entirely thankful for them , and entirely ashamed of ourselves if we make no good use of them . But we make the worst possible use , if we allow them to usurp the place of true books : for , strictly speaking , they are not books at all ...
Page 206
... entirely foolish , the entirely wise , the idle , the reckless , the humble , the thoughtful , the dull , the imag- inative , the sensitive , the well - informed , the improvident , the irregularly and impulsively wicked , the clumsy ...
... entirely foolish , the entirely wise , the idle , the reckless , the humble , the thoughtful , the dull , the imag- inative , the sensitive , the well - informed , the improvident , the irregularly and impulsively wicked , the clumsy ...
Page 336
... entirely immodest , unmeasured , and ( in evil sense ) unman- nered , execution with the fist ; and the entirely modest , measured , and ( in the noblest sense ) mannered , or moral'd , execution with the finger ; between the impatient ...
... entirely immodest , unmeasured , and ( in evil sense ) unman- nered , execution with the fist ; and the entirely modest , measured , and ( in the noblest sense ) mannered , or moral'd , execution with the finger ; between the impatient ...
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