 their bluest veins to kiss" — the shadow as it steals back from them revealing line after line of azure undulation, as a receding tide leaves the waved sand; their capitals rich with interwoven tracery, rooted knots of herbage, and drifting leaves of...  Selections from the Works of John Ruskin - Page 163by John Ruskin - 1908 - 328 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1875 - 660 pages
...after line of azure undulation, aa a receding tide leaves the waved sand ; their capitals rich with interwoven tracery, rooted knots of herbage, and drifting...angels, and the signs of heaven, and the labours of men, ench in its appointed season upon the earth ; and above these, another range of glittering pinnacles,... | |
 | A. C. Owen - 1876 - 520 pages
...after line of azure undulation, as a receding tide leaves the waved sand; their capitals rich with interwoven tracery, rooted knots of herbage, and drifting...archivolts, a continuous chain of language and of life—angels, and the signs of heaven, and the labours of men, each in its appointed season upon the... | |
 | 1876 - 386 pages
...after line of azure undulation, as a receding tide leaves the waved sand ; their capitals rich with interwoven tracery, rooted knots of herbage, and drifting...broad archivolts, a continuous chain of language and life — angels, and the signs of heaven, and the labors of men, each in its appointed season upon... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1879 - 348 pages
...after line of azure undulation, as a receding tide leaves the waved sand; their capitals rich with interwoven tracery, rooted knots of herbage, and drifting...archivolts, a continuous chain of language and of life—angels, and the signs of heaven, and the labors of men, each in its appointed season upon the... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1880 - 230 pages
...after line of azure undulation, as a receding tide leaves the waved sand ; their capitals rich with interwoven tracery, rooted knots of herbage, and drifting...life — angels, and the signs of heaven, and the labors of men, each in its ap-' pointed season upon the earth ; and above these, another range of glittering... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1880 - 456 pages
...line after line of azure undulation, leaves of acanthus and vine, and mystical signs, all beginningand ending in the Cross ; and above them, in the broad...life — angels, and the signs of heaven, and the labors of men, each in its appointed season upon the earth ; and above these, another range of glittering... | |
 | Europe - 1881 - 364 pages
...after line of azure undulation, as a receding tide leaves the waved sands ; their capitals rich with interwoven tracery, rooted knots of herbage, and drifting...beginning and ending in the Cross ; and above them all, in the broad archivolt, a continuous chain of language and life — angels and the signs Desdtnunuil... | |
 | Joseph Cross - 1882 - 402 pages
...after line of their undulations, as the receding tide leaves the waved sand ; their capitals rich with interwoven tracery, rooted knots of herbage, and drifting leaves of acanthus and vine, and mystical scenes all beginning and ending in the cross ; and above them, in the broad archivolts, a continuous... | |
 | Lucy Crane - 1882 - 336 pages
...and porphyry and deep-green serpentine, spotted with flakes of snow . . . their capitals rich with interwoven tracery, rooted knots of herbage, and drifting leaves of acanthus and vine, mystical signs, all beginning and ending in the cross ; and above them, in the broad archivolts, a... | |
 | 1881
...porphyry, and deep green serpentine spotted with flakes of snow. . . . Their capitals are rich with inter-woven tracery, rooted knots of herbage and drifting...and ending in the cross; and above them in the broad archi volts a continuous chain of language and life — angels and the signs of heaven and the labours... | |
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