 | Congregational union of England and Wales - 1846 - 506 pages
...quiet finger on the trembling stones, to teach them rest. No words that I know of will Bay what these mosses are ; none are delicate enough, none perfect...starred divisions of rubied bloom, fine filmed, as if the rock spirits could spin porphyry as we do glass — the traceries of intricate silver and fringes... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1860 - 556 pages
...quiet finger on the trembling stones, to teach them rest. No words, that I know of, will say what these mosses are. None are delicate enough, none perfect...enough, none rich enough. How is one to tell of the 1 The reader must remember always that my work is concerning the aspects of things only. Of course,... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - English periodicals - 1888 - 620 pages
...first mercy of the earth, veiling with hushed softness its dintless rocks. No words that I know of will say what mosses are. None are delicate enough,...furred and beaming green — the starred divisions of nibied bloom, fine-filmed, as if the Bock Spirits could spin porphyry as we do glass — the traceries... | |
 | John Ruskin - Painting - 1860 - 452 pages
...quiet finger on the trembling stones, to teach them rest. No words, that I know of, will say what these mosses are. None are delicate enough, none perfect...green, — the starred divisions of rubied bloom, fine-filmed, as if the Rock Spirits could spin porphyry as we do glass, — the traceries of intricate... | |
 | John Ruskin - Aesthetics - 1860 - 442 pages
...quiet finger on the trembling stones, to teach them rest. No words, that I know of, will say what these mosses are. None are delicate enough, none perfect...to tell of the rounded bosses of furred and beaming green,—the starred divisions of rubied bloom, fine-filmed, as if the Rock Spirits could spin porphyry... | |
 | John Ruskin - Aesthetics - 1860 - 574 pages
...only. Of course, a lichen has seeds, just as other plants have, but not effectually or visibly for man. rounded bosses of furred and beaming green, — the starred divisions of rubied bloom, fine-filmed, as if the Rock Spirits could spin porphyry as we do glass, — the traceries of intricate... | |
 | Agriculture - 1861 - 588 pages
...quiet finger on the tumbling stones, to teach them rest. No words that I know of, will say what these mosses are. None are delicate enough, none perfect...beaming green, the starred divisions of rubied bloom, the traceries of intricate silver and fringes of amber, lustrous, arborescent, burnished through every... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1861 - 614 pages
...quiet finger on the trembling stones, to tcacd them rest No words that I know of will say what these mosses are ; none are delicate enough ; none perfect...beaming green — the starred divisions of rubied bloom, fine-filmed, as if the rock spirits could spin porphyry as we do glass — the traceries of in trícate... | |
 | Hugh Macmillan - 1861 - 384 pages
...quiet finger on the trembling stones to teach them rest. No words that I know of will say what these mosses are ; none are delicate enough, none perfect...beaming green, the starred divisions of rubied bloom, finefilmed as if the rock spirits could spin porphyry as we do glass ; the traceries of intricate silver... | |
 | John Alfred Langford - England - 1862 - 310 pages
...fingers on the trembling stones to teach them to rest. No words that I know of will say what these mosses are. None are delicate enough, none perfect...beaming green, the starred divisions of rubied bloom, finefilmed, as if the rock spirits could spin porphyry as we do glass, the traceries of intricate silver,... | |
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... on the trembling stones to teach them rest. No words, that I know of, will say what these mosses are. None are delicate enough, none perfect enough, none rich enough. 
