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... noble compatriots Xenophon and Thucy- dides , down to our own Hallam and Macaulay , who , as good Bishop Hall would say , " want only time to make them classical . " Mr. Ruskin is of course entitled to prefer microscopic epitomies ...
... noble compatriots Xenophon and Thucy- dides , down to our own Hallam and Macaulay , who , as good Bishop Hall would say , " want only time to make them classical . " Mr. Ruskin is of course entitled to prefer microscopic epitomies ...
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... who talk of all these wonders as coming from some- thing they deify by the name of " chance ; " and how the noble Savoyard replied at once , " I've heard LANDSCAPE FEELINGS : APPEAL TO EXPERIENCE . 53 " > 52 PHILOSOPHY OF ART .
... who talk of all these wonders as coming from some- thing they deify by the name of " chance ; " and how the noble Savoyard replied at once , " I've heard LANDSCAPE FEELINGS : APPEAL TO EXPERIENCE . 53 " > 52 PHILOSOPHY OF ART .
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... are in his Maker's book , who shall wonder if his foot - prints are on ocean sands , his heart's loneliness on desert rocks , or his whispered sighs in rustling leaves ? * Psalm lvi . 8 . : Is it vice , then , or a noble virtue.
... are in his Maker's book , who shall wonder if his foot - prints are on ocean sands , his heart's loneliness on desert rocks , or his whispered sighs in rustling leaves ? * Psalm lvi . 8 . : Is it vice , then , or a noble virtue.
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... noble and natural ; with heroic persons for heroic places Jacob and Laban ; or the finding of Moses ; or Tobit and the Angel ; or the Flight into Egypt ; or the Journey to Emmaus . Why will Mr. Ruskin call all this " foolish pas ...
... noble and natural ; with heroic persons for heroic places Jacob and Laban ; or the finding of Moses ; or Tobit and the Angel ; or the Flight into Egypt ; or the Journey to Emmaus . Why will Mr. Ruskin call all this " foolish pas ...
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... noble enough ; when not compared with those in Claude's " Mulino , " but which make a sort of blot . in the composition . I cannot even admire the picture but one irrepressible feeling comes over me ; Mr. Ruskin is perfectly right ...
... noble enough ; when not compared with those in Claude's " Mulino , " but which make a sort of blot . in the composition . I cannot even admire the picture but one irrepressible feeling comes over me ; Mr. Ruskin is perfectly right ...
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