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 88
... perfect her beauty , the highest refinement of that beauty being unattainable with- out splendor of activity and of delicate strength . To perfect her beauty , I say , and increase its power ; it cannot be too powerful , nor shed its ...
... perfect her beauty , the highest refinement of that beauty being unattainable with- out splendor of activity and of delicate strength . To perfect her beauty , I say , and increase its power ; it cannot be too powerful , nor shed its ...
Page 221
... perfect , and pure . Strange words to be used of working people : " What ! holy ; without any long robes nor anointing oils ; these rough- jacketed , rough - worded persons ; set to nameless and dis- honoured service ? Perfect ! these ...
... perfect , and pure . Strange words to be used of working people : " What ! holy ; without any long robes nor anointing oils ; these rough- jacketed , rough - worded persons ; set to nameless and dis- honoured service ? Perfect ! these ...
Page 356
... perfect beauty , but beauty at perfect rest ! A kind of art this , surely , to be looked at , and thought upon some- times with profit , even in these latter days . 176. To be looked at sometimes . Not continually , and never as a model ...
... perfect beauty , but beauty at perfect rest ! A kind of art this , surely , to be looked at , and thought upon some- times with profit , even in these latter days . 176. To be looked at sometimes . Not continually , and never as a model ...
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