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
... mere multiplica- tion of his voice . You cannot talk to your friend in India ; if you could , you would ; you write instead : that is mere con- veyance of voice . But a book is written , not to multiply the voice merely , not to carry it ...
... mere multiplica- tion of his voice . You cannot talk to your friend in India ; if you could , you would ; you write instead : that is mere con- veyance of voice . But a book is written , not to multiply the voice merely , not to carry it ...
Page 188
... mere thought , " with- out seeing that it was logically necessary to add also , " and of mere feel- ing . " And this ... merely indemnified for the first ; but the second both produce a part of the exchangeable value of the work , and ...
... mere thought , " with- out seeing that it was logically necessary to add also , " and of mere feel- ing . " And this ... merely indemnified for the first ; but the second both produce a part of the exchangeable value of the work , and ...
Page 199
... merely on its own nature , but on the number of people who can and will use it . A horse is useless , and therefore unsale- able , if no one can ride , —a sword if no one can strike , and meat , if no one can eat . Thus every material ...
... merely on its own nature , but on the number of people who can and will use it . A horse is useless , and therefore unsale- able , if no one can ride , —a sword if no one can strike , and meat , if no one can eat . Thus every material ...
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