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 124
... suppose I were to tell you in the strongest terms I could use , that Gustave Doré's art was bad - bad , not in weakness , -not in failure , -but bad with dreadful power - the power of the Furies and the Harpies mingled , enraging , and ...
... suppose I were to tell you in the strongest terms I could use , that Gustave Doré's art was bad - bad , not in weakness , -not in failure , -but bad with dreadful power - the power of the Furies and the Harpies mingled , enraging , and ...
Page 168
... suppose any person to be put in possession of a large estate of fruitful land , with rich beds of gold in its gravel , countless herds of cattle in its pastures ; houses , and gardens , and storehouses full of useful stores , but suppose ...
... suppose any person to be put in possession of a large estate of fruitful land , with rich beds of gold in its gravel , countless herds of cattle in its pastures ; houses , and gardens , and storehouses full of useful stores , but suppose ...
Page 171
... Suppose two sailors cast away on an uninhabited coast , and obliged to maintain themselves there by their own labour for a series of years . If they both kept their health , and worked steadily , and in amity with each other , they ...
... Suppose two sailors cast away on an uninhabited coast , and obliged to maintain themselves there by their own labour for a series of years . If they both kept their health , and worked steadily , and in amity with each other , they ...
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