The Complete Works of John Ruskin, Volume 20Reuwee, Wattley & Walsh, 1891 |
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... tion day by day , and when the press universally exerts such power as it possesses to direct the feeling of the mation more completely to all that is theatrical , affected , ani bilse i art , while in vents its ball buboneries on the ...
... tion day by day , and when the press universally exerts such power as it possesses to direct the feeling of the mation more completely to all that is theatrical , affected , ani bilse i art , while in vents its ball buboneries on the ...
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... of Death , and exalt , with vain acclama- tion , the names of those who neither demand our praise , nor regard our gratitude . THE AUTHOR . PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION . It is allowed by 8 PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION .
... of Death , and exalt , with vain acclama- tion , the names of those who neither demand our praise , nor regard our gratitude . THE AUTHOR . PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION . It is allowed by 8 PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION .
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... tion ; but it should always be remembered that it is im- probable that many , and impossible that all , of such works , though the greatest yet produced , should ap- proach abstract perfection ; that there is certainly some- thing left ...
... tion ; but it should always be remembered that it is im- probable that many , and impossible that all , of such works , though the greatest yet produced , should ap- proach abstract perfection ; that there is certainly some- thing left ...
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... tion . If divinity be stamped upon the features , or ap- parent in the form of the spiritual creature , the mind will not be shocked by its appearing to ride upon the whirl- wind , and trample on the storm ; but if mortality , no vio ...
... tion . If divinity be stamped upon the features , or ap- parent in the form of the spiritual creature , the mind will not be shocked by its appearing to ride upon the whirl- wind , and trample on the storm ; but if mortality , no vio ...
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... tion of a consummate master . It is not , therefore , detail sought for its own sake , - not the calculable bricks of the Dutch house - painters , nor the numbered hairs and mapped wrinkles of Denner , which constitute great art , they ...
... tion of a consummate master . It is not , therefore , detail sought for its own sake , - not the calculable bricks of the Dutch house - painters , nor the numbered hairs and mapped wrinkles of Denner , which constitute great art , they ...
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Page 290 - ... what is extraordinary ; and yet it is not in the broad and fierce manifestations of the elemental energies, not in the clash of the hail, nor the drift of the whirlwind, that the highest characters of the sublime are developed, God is not in the earthquake, nor in the fire, but in the still, small voice.
Page 288 - it is a strange thing how little in general people know about the sky. It is the part of creation in which Nature has done more for the sake of pleasing man, more for the sole and evident purpose of talking to him, and teaching him, than in any other of her works, and it is just the part in which we least attend to her.
Page 349 - How divine, The liberty, for frail, for mortal, man To roam at large among unpeopled glens And mountainous retirements, only trod By devious footsteps; regions consecrate To oldest time! and, reckless of the storm That keeps the raven quiet in her nest, Be as a presence or a motion — one Among the many there...
Page 151 - Thanks to its tenderness, its joys, and fears, To me the meanest flower that blows can give Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.
Page 103 - A sufficient impulse there may be on the organ; but it not reaching the observation of the mind, there follows no perception: and though the motion that uses to produce the idea of sound be made in the ear, yet no sound is heard.
Page 347 - But here, — above, around, below, On mountain or in glen, Nor tree, nor shrub, nor plant, nor flower, Nor aught of vegetative power, The weary eye may ken.
Page 298 - Attained his western bound ; but rays of light — Now suddenly diverging from the orb Retired behind the mountain tops or veiled By the dense air — shot upwards...
Page 289 - The noblest scenes of the earth can be seen and known but by few; it is not intended that man should live always in the midst of them; he injures them by his presence, he ceases to feel them if he be always with them: but the sky is for all; bright as it is, it is not Too bright or good For human nature's daily food...
Page 76 - ... but it is, nevertheless, nothing more than language, and all those excellences which are peculiar to the painter as such, are merely what rhythm, melody, precision and force are in the words of the orator and the poet, necessary to their greatness, but not the tests of their greatness. It is not by the mode of representing and saying, but by what is represented and said, that the respective greatness either of the painter or the writer is to be finally determined.
Page 74 - ... has once stood beside the grave to look back upon the companionship which has been for ever closed, feeling how impotent there are the wild love and the keen sorrow to give one instant's pleasure to the pulseless heart, or atone in the lowest measure to the departed spirit for the hour of unkindness, will scarcely for the future incur that debt to the heart which can only be discharged to the dust.