 ... down to the dull brown fibres of roots. And yet, think of it well, and judge whether of all the gorgeous flowers that beam in summer air, and of all strong and goodly trees, pleasant to the eyes or good for food — stately palm and pine, strong ash...  Selections and Essays - Page 42by John Ruskin - 1918 - 423 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1862 - 1406 pages
...NO. XLVII. — VOL. iv. 11 palm and pine, strong osh and oak, scented citron, turdened vine, there be any by man so deeply loved, by God so highly graced, as that narrow point of feeble green." . So writes one of the most brilliant, yet deeply thinking, of our English authors. Let us do as he... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1859 - 504 pages
...good for food,— stately palm and pine, strong ash and oak, scented citron, burdened vine,—there be any by man so deeply loved, by God so highly graced,...appears to have been felt by the multitude as the most impressive,—the miracle of the loaves,— commanded the people to sit down by companies " upon the... | |
 | 1859 - 534 pages
...for food, — stately palm and {line, strong ash and oak, scented citron burdened vine, — there be any by man so deeply loved, by God so highly graced,...which, of all that he showed, appears to have been ft) t by the multitude as the most impressive, — the miracle of the loaves, — commanded the people... | |
 | Thomas Starr King - 1859 - 438 pages
...for food, — stately palm and pine, strong ash and oak, scented citron, burdened vine, — there be any by man so deeply loved, by God so highly graced, as that narrow point of feeble green " Consider what we owe merely to the meadow grass, to the covering of the dark ground by that glorious... | |
 | John Hutton Balfour - 1859 - 492 pages
...for food — stately palm and pine, strong ash and oak, scented citron, burdened vine — there be any by man so deeply loved, by God so highly graced, as that narrow point of feeble grass. It seems to me not to have been -without peculiar significance, that our Lord, when about to... | |
 | Thomas Starr King - 1860 - 446 pages
...for food, — stately palm and pine, strong ash and oak, scented citron, burdened vine, — there be any by man so deeply loved, by God so highly graced, as that narrow point of feeble green nize in those words. All spring and summer is in them, — tne walks by silent scented paths, — the... | |
 | Ackworth sch - 1865 - 442 pages
...good for food—stately palm and pine, strong ash and oak, scented citron, burdened vine—there be any by man so deeply loved, by God so highly graced,...appears to have been felt by the multitude as the most impressive—the miracle of the loaves —commanded the people to sit down by companies " upon the... | |
 | Alexander Kennedy Isbister - 1870 - 420 pages
...for food—• stately palm and pine, strong ash and oak, scented citron, burdened vine—there be any by man so deeply loved, by God so highly graced,...appears to have been felt by the multitude as the most impressive—the miracle of the loaves —commanded the people to sit down by companies ' upon the... | |
 | School board readers - 1872 - 328 pages
...good for food—stately palm and pine, strong ash and oak, scented citron, burdened vine—there be any by man so deeply loved, by G-od so highly graced,...appears to have been felt by the multitude as the most impressive—the miracle of the loaves—commanded the people to sit down by companies "upon the green... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1872 - 418 pages
...for food, — stately palm and pine, strong ash and oak, scented citron, burdened vine, — there be any by man so deeply loved, by God so highly graced,...when about to work the miracle which, of all that Ho showed, appears to have been felt by the multitude as the most impressive, — the miracle of the... | |
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