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 386
... wind ; and I now define for you , as briefly as possible , the essential signs of it . 1. It is a wind of darkness , —all the former conditions of tormenting winds , whether from the north or east , were more or less capable of co ...
... wind ; and I now define for you , as briefly as possible , the essential signs of it . 1. It is a wind of darkness , —all the former conditions of tormenting winds , whether from the north or east , were more or less capable of co ...
Page 387
... wind always , and from our own old friend , the east . 3. It always blows tremulously , making the leaves of the trees shudder as if they were all aspens , but with a peculiar fitfulness which gives them — and I watch them this moment ...
... wind always , and from our own old friend , the east . 3. It always blows tremulously , making the leaves of the trees shudder as if they were all aspens , but with a peculiar fitfulness which gives them — and I watch them this moment ...
Page 431
... wind , 415 ; hills , 388 ; lake frozen , 1878-9 , 388 ; lake in winds , 390 ; Old Man , 377 ; plague - wind at , 389 seq .; sunset , August 6 , 1880 , 377 , 388 ; weather , 388 . CORREGGIO alone could paint rain - cloud at dawn , 395 ...
... wind , 415 ; hills , 388 ; lake frozen , 1878-9 , 388 ; lake in winds , 390 ; Old Man , 377 ; plague - wind at , 389 seq .; sunset , August 6 , 1880 , 377 , 388 ; weather , 388 . CORREGGIO alone could paint rain - cloud at dawn , 395 ...
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