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 168
... possessions , they rather calculate the value of their horses and fields by the number of guineas they could get for ... possession of a large estate of fruitful land , with rich beds of gold in its gravel , countless herds of cattle in ...
... possessions , they rather calculate the value of their horses and fields by the number of guineas they could get for ... possession of a large estate of fruitful land , with rich beds of gold in its gravel , countless herds of cattle in ...
Page 203
... Possession . Then what is the meaning of “ useful , " or the nature of Utility . And first of possession . At the crossing of the transepts of Milan Cathedral has lain , for three hundred years , the em- balmed body of St. Carlo ...
... Possession . Then what is the meaning of “ useful , " or the nature of Utility . And first of possession . At the crossing of the transepts of Milan Cathedral has lain , for three hundred years , the em- balmed body of St. Carlo ...
Page 204
... possessed , but also ( and in a greater degree ) in its suita- bleness to the person possessing it , and in his vital power to use it . And our definition of Wealth , expanded , becomes : " The possession of useful articles , which we ...
... possessed , but also ( and in a greater degree ) in its suita- bleness to the person possessing it , and in his vital power to use it . And our definition of Wealth , expanded , becomes : " The possession of useful articles , which we ...
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