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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... seen so near , -that are seen so far ; -Those dropping waters that come from the rocks And many a hole , like the haunt of a fox . That silvery stream that runs babbling along , Making a murmuring , dancing song . Those trees that stand ...
... seen so near , -that are seen so far ; -Those dropping waters that come from the rocks And many a hole , like the haunt of a fox . That silvery stream that runs babbling along , Making a murmuring , dancing song . Those trees that stand ...
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... seen against a dark ground is indeed a 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 ...
... seen against a dark ground is indeed a 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 ...
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... seen , and is not where it is not seen . " But thirty years ago , in ' Modern Painters , ' I pointed out ( see the paragraph quoted in note 8th ) , the extreme difficulty of arriving at the cause of cloud outline , or explaining how ...
... seen , and is not where it is not seen . " But thirty years ago , in ' Modern Painters , ' I pointed out ( see the paragraph quoted in note 8th ) , the extreme difficulty of arriving at the cause of cloud outline , or explaining how ...
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