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" ... of black foam ? Leagued leviathans of the Sea of Heaven, out of their nostrils goeth smoke, and their eyes are like the eyelids of the morning. The sword of him that layeth at them cannot hold the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon. Where ride the... "
Ruskin: Modern painters. Of general principles and of truth. 5 v - Page 138
by John Ruskin - 1887
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Temple Bar, Volume 83

George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - English periodicals - 1888 - 620 pages
...smoke, and their eyes are like the eyelids of the morning. Where ride the captains of their armies ? Where are set the measures of their march ? Fierce...morning until evening — what rebuke is this which hath awed them into peace? " The harmony of prose, even at its finest, never quite equals in effect...
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Modern Painters: Pt. VI. Of leaf beauty. Pt. VII. Of cloud beauty. Pt. VIII ...

John Ruskin - Aesthetics - 1860 - 442 pages
...them cannot hold the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon. Where ride the captains of their armies ? Where are set the measures of their march ? Fierce...murmurers, answering each other from morning until evening—what rebuke is this which has awed them into peace? what hand has reined them back by the...
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London Society, Volume 2; Volume 4

James Hogg, Florence Marryat - English literature - 1863 - 816 pages
...answering each other from morning until evening — what rebuke is his which lias awed them into pence? What hand has reined them back by the way by which they came ?1 I have known many men who, while lacking the eloquence, undoubtedly possessed more than the assurance...
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Precious Thoughts: Moral and Religious : Gathered from the Works of John Ruskin

John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1865 - 502 pages
...at them cannot hold the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon. Where ride the captains of their armies? Where are set the measures of their march? Fierce...has reined them back by the way by which they came? I know not if the reader will think at first that questions like these are easily answered. So fat...
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Repetition and reading book, selections by C. Bilton

Charles Bilton - 1866 - 264 pages
...them cannot hold the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon. Where ride the captains of their armies ? Where are set the measures of their march ? Fierce...has reined them back by the way by which they came ? I know not if the reader will think at first that questions like these are easily answered. So far...
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Precious Thoughts: Moral and Religious. Gathered from the Works of John ...

John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - English essays - 1866 - 374 pages
...measures of their march ? Pierce murmurers, answering each other from, morning until evening—what rebuke is this which, has awed them into peace ? what...has reined them back by the way by which they came. I know not if the reader will think at first that questions like these are easily answered. So far...
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Many Teachers, But One Lesson: A Book for Sunday Schools and Families

Margaret L. Bennett - Sunday school literature - 1867 - 264 pages
...balanced in the air? What gives them their forms and colors ? What separates them from each other ? " What hand has reined them back by the way by which they came ?" Can we answer all of these questions ? Ans. Only a few of them. Why should we ask them then f Ans....
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Selections from the Writings of John Ruskin

John Ruskin - 1868 - 506 pages
...at them cannot hold the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon. Where ride the captains of their armies? Where are set the measures of their march? Fierce...has reined them back by the way by which they came? I know not if the reader will think at first that questions like these are easily answered. So far...
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Precious Thoughts: Moral and Religious, Volume 1

John Ruskin - 1868 - 372 pages
...them cannot hold the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon. Where ride the captains of their armies ? Where are set the measures of their march ? Fierce...has reined them back by the way by which they came. I know not if the reader will think at first that questions like these are easily answered. So far...
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Precious Thoughts: Moral and Religious

John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1869 - 364 pages
...them cannot hold the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon. Where ride the captains of their armies ? Where are set the measures of their march ? Fierce...has reined them back by the way by which they came. I know not if the reader will think at first that questions like these are easily answered. So far...
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