The Works of John Ruskin: Time and tideGeorge Allen, 1872 - English literature |
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Appendix attain Barabbas beautiful Bible body British public Christ's Hospital co-operation corruption crime dance death degradation DENMARK HILL desire duty endeavour English evil fact farther feel finally George Cruikshank give given guild Gustave Doré hand heart honest honour human creatures instinct Jamaica Committee JOHN RUSKIN kind labour land last letter live Manchester Examiner marriage matter means mind modern moral nation nature never noble observe officers pain Pall Mall Gazette pantomime Parliament passion perfect persons pleasure political economy poor possible present profits proper question religious rent respecting sense soldiers song soul speak spirit stream bed Sunderland suppose teach tell theft things THOMAS DIXON thought tion trade true truth Unto this Last upper classes utter wages wholly wise word write yourselves youth
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Page 46 - And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and I cannot go back.
Page 93 - This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.
Page 94 - But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the passover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews? 40. Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.
Page 96 - For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
Page 177 - Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
Page 192 - And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves; 16 And would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through the temple.
Page 34 - And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously ; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Page 167 - For forms of government let fools contest— That which is best administered is best...
Page 173 - AMONG the delusions which at different periods have possessed themselves of the minds of large masses of the human race, perhaps the most curious — certainly the least creditable — is the modern soi-disant science of political economy, based on the idea that an advantageous code of social action may be determined irrespectively of the influence of social affection.
Page 164 - Whenever, in any country, the proprietor, generally speaking, ceases to be the improver, political economy has nothing to say in defence of landed property, as there established. In no sound theory of private property was it ever contemplated that the proprietor of land should be merely a sinecurist quartered on it.