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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... kind of labour being given , its value , like that of all other valuable things , is invariable . But the quantity of it which must be given for other things is varia- ble ; and in estimating this variation , the price of other things ...
... kind of labour being given , its value , like that of all other valuable things , is invariable . But the quantity of it which must be given for other things is varia- ble ; and in estimating this variation , the price of other things ...
Page 387
... kind of quivering , and hear the omi- nous whimpering , in the gusts that precede a great thunder- storm ; but ... kind of drawing in col- our , the light being never for two seconds the same from morning till evening . 5. It degrades ...
... kind of quivering , and hear the omi- nous whimpering , in the gusts that precede a great thunder- storm ; but ... kind of drawing in col- our , the light being never for two seconds the same from morning till evening . 5. It degrades ...
Page 404
... kind of reflec- tion , but one of which I do not understand the nature . It is seen most simply in wood smoke , blue against trees , brown against clear light ; but in both cases the colour is communi cated to ( or left in ) the ...
... kind of reflec- tion , but one of which I do not understand the nature . It is seen most simply in wood smoke , blue against trees , brown against clear light ; but in both cases the colour is communi cated to ( or left in ) the ...
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æther Alps Athena beautiful become blue body breath calm Camarina catallactic character Chimæra cloud colour creature dark death Demeter depends earth economists electric cloud English entirely Erechtheum evil eyes fact farther fire flowers force give given gold Greek Greek art ground hand Harpies heart heaven Hephæstus Hermes Homer honour human idea Iliad justice kind labour lecture less light live look matter means merely Milan Cathedral mind modern Mont Blanc moral myths nation nature Nemean Lion ness never noble observe once passion perfect perhaps persons Pindar plague-wind political economy produce pure quantity question rain reader respecting rich rock sense serpent soul spirit strange strength sunset suppose tell things thought tion true truth vapour Voirons wages wealth weather wholly wind wise word