Sesame and Lillies: Three LecturesCosimo, Inc., 01/10/2006 - 192 من الصفحات As a vocal critic of art on the whole, British writer JOHN RUSKIN (1819-1900) was a profoundly influential voice upon European painting, architecture, aesthetics of the 19th and 20th centuries. This 1865 collection of three lectures-"Of Kings' Treasures," "Of Queens' Gardens," and "Of the Mysteries of Life"-offers an intimate look at his thoughts on culture and humanity's nurturing of its own education. He discusses: . the importance of "valuable books" . the nature of "a civilized country" . the necessity of educating women . advice for living a plain but noble life . and more. Students of art history will in particular find this an enlightening read. |
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... able to keep soul and body together , still , as no person in decent cir- cumstances would put on his table confessedly bad wine , or bad meat , without being ashamed , so he need not have on his shelves ill - printed or loosely and ...
... able to keep soul and body together , still , as no person in decent cir- cumstances would put on his table confessedly bad wine , or bad meat , without being ashamed , so he need not have on his shelves ill - printed or loosely and ...
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... able to put in words of what , so far as is within my power , I mean henceforward both to do myself , and to plead with all over whom I have any influence , to do also according to their means : the letters begun on the first day of ...
... able to put in words of what , so far as is within my power , I mean henceforward both to do myself , and to plead with all over whom I have any influence , to do also according to their means : the letters begun on the first day of ...
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... able at the end of it to say , as proudly as any peasant , that you have not eaten the bread of idleness . Then , secondly , I said , you are not to be cruel . Perhaps you think there is no chance of your being so ; and indeed I hope it ...
... able at the end of it to say , as proudly as any peasant , that you have not eaten the bread of idleness . Then , secondly , I said , you are not to be cruel . Perhaps you think there is no chance of your being so ; and indeed I hope it ...
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... able , and which seem to be merely forms of whole- some trial or discipline . Your fingers tingle when you go out on a frosty morning , and are all the warmer afterwards ; your limbs are weary with whole- some work , and lie down in the ...
... able , and which seem to be merely forms of whole- some trial or discipline . Your fingers tingle when you go out on a frosty morning , and are all the warmer afterwards ; your limbs are weary with whole- some work , and lie down in the ...
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عذرًا، محتوى هذه الصفحة مقيَّد.
عذرًا، محتوى هذه الصفحة مقيَّد.
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