 | William Laxton - Architecture - 1849 - 486 pages
..."feelosophy." As a specimen of such, the Dublin University Magazine quotes the following super-sublime passage: "For, indeed, the greatest glory of a building is...stones, nor in its gold. Its glory is in its age" — qiurre, its per cent-wye — "and in that deep sense of voicefulness, of stern watching, of mysterious... | |
 | John Ruskin - Architecture - 1857 - 234 pages
...thank us for, and let us think, as we lay stone on stone, that a time is to come when those Btoncs will be held sacred because our hands have touched them, and that men will say as they look upon the labor and wrought substance of them, " See ! this our lathers did for us." For, indee^ the greatest... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1859 - 504 pages
...held sacred because our hands have touched them, and that men will say as they look upon the labor and wrought substance of them, " See! this our fathers...greatest glory of a building is not in its stones, or in its gold. Its glory is in its age, and in that deep sense of voicefulness, of stern watching,... | |
 | John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - Aesthetics - 1859 - 504 pages
...let it be such work as our descendants will thank us for, and let us think, as we lav stone on stone, that a time is to come when those stones will be held sacred because our hands havo touched them, and that men will say as they look upon tha labor and wrought substance of them,... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1866 - 456 pages
...let it be such work as our descendants will thank us for, and let us think, as we lay stone on stone, that a time is to come when those stones will be held...them, and that men will say as they look upon the labor and wrought gubstance of them, " See ! this our fathers did for us." For, indeedj the greatest... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1868 - 506 pages
...let it be such work as our descendants will thank us for, and let us think, as we lay stone on stone, that a time is to come when those stones will be held...fathers did for us." For, indeed, the greatest glory in a building is not in its stones, nor in its gold. Its glory is in its Age, and in that deep sense... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1871 - 470 pages
...let it be such work as our descendants will thank us for, and let us think, as we lay stone on stone, that a time is to come when those stones will be held...that men will say as they look upon the labour and wroughf substance of them, " See ! this our fathers did for us." For, indeed, the greatest glory of... | |
 | John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - Aesthetics - 1872 - 500 pages
...our descendants will thank us for, and let us think, as we lav stone on stone, that a time is to coma when those stones will be held sacred because our...them, and that men will say as they look upon the labor and wrought substance of them, " See ! this our fathers did for us." For, indeed, the greatest... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1872 - 500 pages
...thank us for, and let us think, as we lav stone on stone, that a time is to come THE LAMP OF OBEDIENCE. when those stones will be held sacred because our...them, and that men will say as they look upon the labor and wrought substance of them, " See ! this our fathers did for us." For, indeed, the greatest... | |
 | John Ruskin - Architecture - 1874 - 246 pages
...them, and that men will say as they look upon the labor and wrought gibstance of them, " See ! tliis our fathers did for us." For, indeed, the greatest glory of a building is not in its stones, or in its gold Its glory is in its Ago, and in that deep sense of voicefuluess, of stern watching,... | |
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Therefore, when we build, let us think that we build forever. Let it not be for present delight, nor for present use alone; let it be such work as our descendants will thank us for, and let us think, as we lay stone on stone, that a time is to come when... 
