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 145
... less , and , therefore , the wages during health less , then the reward when health is broken may be less , but not less honourable ; and it ought to be quite as natural and straightforward a matter for a labourer to take his pension ...
... less , and , therefore , the wages during health less , then the reward when health is broken may be less , but not less honourable ; and it ought to be quite as natural and straightforward a matter for a labourer to take his pension ...
Page 191
... less work ( so that the curate of a parish of two thousand souls should have no more than the curate of a parish of five hundred ) . But I said that , so far as you employ it at all , bad work should be paid no less than good work ; as ...
... less work ( so that the curate of a parish of two thousand souls should have no more than the curate of a parish of five hundred ) . But I said that , so far as you employ it at all , bad work should be paid no less than good work ; as ...
Page 201
... less on its merits than on the interest taken in it by the public ; the price of singing less on the labour of the singer than the number of persons who desire to hear him ; and the price of gold less on the scarc- ity which affects it ...
... less on its merits than on the interest taken in it by the public ; the price of singing less on the labour of the singer than the number of persons who desire to hear him ; and the price of gold less on the scarc- ity which affects it ...
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