The Complete Works of John Ruskin, Volume 19Reuwee, Wattley & Walsh, 1891 |
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Page 68 - And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of Heaven from God, having the glory of God : And her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal...
Page 52 - And wipe the tears for ever from his eyes. Now, Lycidas, the Shepherds weep no more; Henceforth thou art the Genius of the shore, In thy large recompense, and shalt be good To all that wander in that perilous flood.
Page 212 - LET the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, " There is a man child conceived.
Page 141 - She riseth also while it is yet night and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
Page 234 - Certainly it is excellent discipline for an author to feel that he must say all he has to say in the fewest possible words, or his nadir is sure to skip them; and in the plainest possible words, or his reader will certainly misunderstand them. Generally, also, a downright fact may be told in a plain way; and we want downright facts at present more than anything else.
Page 399 - And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child ; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father. And his mother answered and said, Not so ; but he shall be called John. And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name.
Page 358 - For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
Page 380 - And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again.
Page 148 - Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
Page 207 - Yea, also, because he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and cannot be satisfied, — Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, ' Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his: and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay.