 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
 | John Ruskin, William Sloane Kennedy - 1886 - 610 pages
...orbits.— Mothrn Painters, IV., p. 295. HAPPINESS IN RURAL LIFE.— To watch the corn grow, and tho blossoms set ; to draw hard breath over ploughshare...have always had the power of doing these, they never mill have power to do more. The world's prosperity or adversity depends upon our knowing and teaching... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1888 - 510 pages
...possible to mac 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 <*row, and the blossoms set; to draw Lard breath over ploughshare or spade ; tc read, to think, to... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1889 - 638 pages
...vulgar world, are not, it seems to me, enjoyments we need bo ambitious to communicate. And all real and wholesome enjoyments possible to man have been just...blossoms set ; to draw hard breath over ploughshare or spado ; to read, to think, to love, to hope, to pray, — these are the things that make men happy... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1889 - 512 pages
...possible to mar have been just as possible to him, since first he was made of the earth, dlfi they are now; and they are possible to him chiefly in peace. To watch the corn <;row, and the blossoms set ; to draw hard breath over ploughshare or spade ; tc read to think, to... | |
 | James Henry Potts - 1889 - 806 pages
...tx> To watch the com ¿nnr ami the Ысмшлв ea ; to draw hard breath ovw plongh.share <jr ^pade ; to read, to think, to love, to hope, to pray — these are the thing* that нише mea happy ; they bave always had this power ; they never will have power tu do... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - 1890 - 514 pages
...indeed provides without stint the main requisites of human happiness. " To watch the corn grow, or the blossoms set; to draw hard breath over ploughshare or spade ; to read, to think, to love, to pray," these, says Ruskin, " are the things that make men happy." " I have fallen into the hands of... | |
 | Robert Percival Downes - 1890 - 142 pages
...selfpossession; and honouring themselves in the harmless pride and calm pursuits of peace." And, again, we read: "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... | |
 | Robert Percival Downes - 1890 - 154 pages
...and honouring themselves in the harmless pride and calm pursuits of peace." And, again, we read: " To watch the corn grow and the blossoms set; to draw hard breath over the ploughshare or spade; to H 2 see, to think, to love, to hope, to pray — these are the things... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - 1891 - 228 pages
...indeed provides without stint the main requisites of human happiness. " To watch the corn grow, or the blossoms set; to draw hard breath over ploughshare or spade ; to read, to think, to love, to pray," these, says Ruskin, " are the things that make men happy." " I have fallen into the hands of... | |
 | Theodore Thornton Munger - 1891 - 268 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 ploughshare and spade, to read, to think, to love, to hope, to pray ; these are the things that make men happy."... | |
| |
