 To watch the corn grow, and the blossoms set; to draw hard breath over ploughshare or spade; to read, to think, to love, to hope, to pray — these are the things that make men happy; they have always had the power of doing these, and they never will...  Modern Painters ... - Page 310by John Ruskin - 1856Full view - About this book
 | 1881 - 838 pages
...possible to man have been just as possible to him sioce he was first made of the earth as they are now, and they are possible to him chiefly in peace....over plough-share or spade ; to read, to think, to hope, to pray, these are the things that make men happy; they have always had the power of doing these... | |
 | 1881 - 602 pages
...quiet. T» watch tho corn grow and the blossoms set; to draw hard breath over the plowshare or spado; to read, to think, to love, to hope, to pray — these...men happy ; they have always had the power of doing thew, they never will have power to do more. * * * * * * Tho time will come, I do verily beliovo, when... | |
 | Mary A. Lewis - 1881 - 762 pages
...rest, of our vulgar world, are not, it seems to me, enjoyments we need be Hnxious to communicate. . . . To watch the corn grow, and the blossoms set ; to draw hard breath over plough-share or spade ; to re;id. to think, to love, to hope, to pray, — these are the things that make men happy." — Joict... | |
 | Theodore Thornton Munger - 1881 - 248 pages
...possible to man have been just as possible to him since first he was made of the earth as they are now. To watch the corn grow and the blossoms set, to draw hard breath over plowshare and spade, to read, to think, to love, to hope, to pray ; these are the things that make... | |
 | Mary Anna Lewis - 1881 - 290 pages
...world, are not, it seems to me, enjoyments we need be anxious to communicate. ... To watch the cum grow, and the blossoms set ; to draw hard breath over plough-share or spudf ; to read, to think, to love, to hope, to pray, — these are the things that make men happy."... | |
 | 1881 - 476 pages
...We must work. To be hungry we must starve ; to be happy we must be kind ; to be wise we must think. To watch the corn grow and the blossoms set, to draw hard breaths over plowshare and spade ; to wait, to think, to love, to pray, and be grateful, these are... | |
 | Edmund J. Baillie - 1882 - 76 pages
...make up largely the happiness of life. Mr. BUSKIN has thus expressed his views upon this question : " To watch the corn grow, . and the blossoms set ; to draw hard breath over the ploughshare or spade; to see, to think, to love, to hope, to pray — these are the things that... | |
 | Joseph Johnson - 1883 - 426 pages
...man," says Euskin, " have been just as possible to him since first he was made of the earth as they are now ; and they are possible to him chiefly in peace. To watch the corn grow and the blossom set, to draw hard breath over ploughshare and spade, to read, to think, to love, to hope, to... | |
 | 1881 - 764 pages
...possible to man have been just as possible to him since he was first made of the earth as they are now, and they are possible to him chiefly in peace....over plough-share or spade ; to read, to think, to hope, to pray, these are the things that make men happy; they have always had the power of doing these... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1885 - 654 pages
...possible to man have been just as possible to him, since first he was made of the earth, as they are now ; and they are possible to him chiefly in peace....To watch the corn grow, and the blossoms set ; to flraw hard breath over ploughshare or spade ; to read, to think, to love, to hope, to pray, — these... | |
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