You Enterprised a Railroad through the valley — you blasted its rocks away, heaped thousands of tons of shale into its lovely stream. The valley is gone, and the Gods with it; and now, every fool in Buxton can be at Bakewell in half an hour, and every... Great Movements, and Those who Achieved Them - Page 439by Henry James Nicoll - 1882 - 487 pagesFull view - About this book
| Bibliography - 1908 - 536 pages
...Bakewell, once upon a time divine as the Vale of Tempe. You enterprised a railroad through the valley, &c. The valley is gone and the Gods with it, and now every...lucrative process of exchange -you fools everywhere." Well, there is something to be said for the railways. The Bibliophile, if he goes to the valley of... | |
| John Ruskin - Aesthetics - 1871 - 626 pages
...get) ; you thought you could get it by what the Times calls " Railroad Enterprise." You Enterprised a Railroad through the valley — you blasted its...lucrative process of exchange— you Fools Everywhere. To talk at a distance, when you have nothing to say, though you were ever so near ; to go fast from... | |
| John Ruskin - Aesthetics - 1871 - 140 pages
...get); you thought you could get it by what the Times calls " Railroad Enterprise." You Euterprised a Railroad through the valley — you blasted its...lucrative process of exchange — you Fools Everywhere. To talk at a distance, when you have nothing to say, though you were ever so near; to go fast from... | |
| American literature - 1874 - 848 pages
...— the stupid British public, to wit — thought that you could make money of it; " you enterprised a railroad through the valley — you blasted its...lucrative process of exchange, you fools everywhere." The beauty of English landscape is everywhere defaced by coal-smoke, and the purity of English streams... | |
| 1874 - 834 pages
...— the stupid British public, to wit — thought that you could make money of it ; ' yon enterprised a railroad through the valley — you blasted its...lucrative process of exchange ; you fools everywhere.' The beauty of English landscape is everywhere defaced by coal-smoke, and the purity of English streams... | |
| 1874 - 532 pages
...— the stupid British public, to wit — thought that you could make money of it; "you enterprised a railroad through the valley — you blasted its...lucrative process of exchange ; you fools everywhere." The beauty of English landscape is everywhere defaced by coal-smoke, and the purity of English streams... | |
| 1874 - 898 pages
...— thought that yon could make money of it; ' you enterprised a railroad through the valley — yon blasted its rocks away, heaped thousands of tons of...; which you think a lucrative process of exchange ; yon fools everywhere.' The beauty of English landscape ia everywhere defaced by coal-smoke, and the... | |
| American periodicals - 1874 - 870 pages
...railroad through the valley — you blasted its rocks away, heaped thousands of tons of shale into ts lovely stream. The valley is gone, and the gods with...in Bakewell at Buxton ; which you think a lucrative Drocess of exchange ; you fools everywhere." The beauty of English landscape is everywhere defaced... | |
| Henry James Nicoll - Great Britain - 1881 - 506 pages
...valley is gone, and the gods with it ; and now every fool in Buxton can be at Bakewell in half-an-hour, and every fool in Bakewell at Buxton ; which you think...bring in their train we cannot but wonder that Mr. Ruskin should be so blind to them. To the tired artisan and the overworked clerk they afford the means... | |
| William Smart - 1883 - 124 pages
...stream. The valley ts gone, and the Gods with it ; and now, every fool in Buxton can be at Bakewellin half an hour, and every fool in Bakewell at Buxton...lucrative process of exchange — you Fools Everywhere." — The meaning of which passage is, that, in destroying a beautiful valley, no matter for what convenience... | |
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