The Complete Works of John Ruskin ...T.Y. Crowell & Company, 1905 |
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Pagina 11
... , -may have read very few books . But whatever language he knows , he knows precisely ; whatever word he pronounces , he pronounces rightly ; above all , he is learned in the peerage of words ; knows the words I. OF KINGS ' TREASURIES . 11.
... , -may have read very few books . But whatever language he knows , he knows precisely ; whatever word he pronounces , he pronounces rightly ; above all , he is learned in the peerage of words ; knows the words I. OF KINGS ' TREASURIES . 11.
Pagina 12
... words at any time , and in any country . But an uneducated person may know , by memory , many languages , and talk them all , and yet truly know not a word of any , -not a word even of his own . An ordinarily clever and sensible seaman ...
... words at any time , and in any country . But an uneducated person may know , by memory , many languages , and talk them all , and yet truly know not a word of any , -not a word even of his own . An ordinarily clever and sensible seaman ...
Pagina 13
... words ; they are the unjust stewards of all men's ideas : whatever fancy or favorite instinct a man most cherishes , he gives to his favorite masked word to take care of for him ; the word at last comes to have an infinite power over ...
... words ; they are the unjust stewards of all men's ideas : whatever fancy or favorite instinct a man most cherishes , he gives to his favorite masked word to take care of for him ; the word at last comes to have an infinite power over ...
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