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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... existence . But inequalities of wealth justly established , benefit the nation in the course of their establishment ; and nobly used , aid it yet more by their existence . That is to say , among every active and well - gov- erned people ...
... existence . But inequalities of wealth justly established , benefit the nation in the course of their establishment ; and nobly used , aid it yet more by their existence . That is to say , among every active and well - gov- erned people ...
Page 224
... existence . No air is sweet that is silent ; it is only sweet when full of low currents of under sound - triplets of birds , and murmur and chirp of in- sects , and deep - toned words of men , and wayward trebles of childhood . As the ...
... existence . No air is sweet that is silent ; it is only sweet when full of low currents of under sound - triplets of birds , and murmur and chirp of in- sects , and deep - toned words of men , and wayward trebles of childhood . As the ...
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... existence . Men cannot live on ribands , or buttons , or velvet , or by going quickly from place to place ; and every coin spent in useless ornament , or useless motion , is so much withdrawn from the national means of life . One of the ...
... existence . Men cannot live on ribands , or buttons , or velvet , or by going quickly from place to place ; and every coin spent in useless ornament , or useless motion , is so much withdrawn from the national means of life . One of the ...
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