Selections from the Writings of John RuskinJ. Wiley, 1868 - 479 страница |
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... observation , and supposing the possession of such impossible knowledge , it needs but a moment's reflection to prove how incapable the memory is of retaining for any time the distinct image of the sources even of its most vivid ...
... observation , and supposing the possession of such impossible knowledge , it needs but a moment's reflection to prove how incapable the memory is of retaining for any time the distinct image of the sources even of its most vivid ...
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... Observe , the peculiar characters of the grass , which adapt it especially for the service of man , are its apparent humility , and cheerfulness . Its humility , in that it seems created only for lowest service , - appointed to be ...
... Observe , the peculiar characters of the grass , which adapt it especially for the service of man , are its apparent humility , and cheerfulness . Its humility , in that it seems created only for lowest service , - appointed to be ...
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... observe the laws common to all . First , then , neither the stems nor the boughs of any of the above trees taper , except where they fork . Wherever a stem sends off a branch , or a branch a lesser bough , or a lesser bough a bud , the ...
... observe the laws common to all . First , then , neither the stems nor the boughs of any of the above trees taper , except where they fork . Wherever a stem sends off a branch , or a branch a lesser bough , or a lesser bough a bud , the ...
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... observe most people prefer going in autumn . — M . P. v . Pt . vi . ch . x . § 2 , 3 . CHARM OF FLOWERS . - Flowers seem intended for the solace of ordinary humanity : children love them ; quiet , tender , contented ordinary people love ...
... observe most people prefer going in autumn . — M . P. v . Pt . vi . ch . x . § 2 , 3 . CHARM OF FLOWERS . - Flowers seem intended for the solace of ordinary humanity : children love them ; quiet , tender , contented ordinary people love ...
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... observe , in order to bring the world into the form which it now bears , it was not mere sculpture that was needed ; the mountains could not stand for a day unless they were formed of materials altogether different from those which ...
... observe , in order to bring the world into the form which it now bears , it was not mere sculpture that was needed ; the mountains could not stand for a day unless they were formed of materials altogether different from those which ...
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