 Of all inorganic substances, acting in their own proper nature, and without assistance or combination, water is the most wonderful. If we think of it as the source of all the changefulness and beauty which we have seen in clouds ; then as the instrument...  The Strand Magazine - Page 396redigeeritud poolt - 1892Full view - About this book
 | 1860 - 722 lehte
...Englishman. He opens his discourse in his usual brilliant and fluent manner : " Of all inorganic substances, acting in their own proper nature and without assistance...wonderful. If we think of it as the source of all the changeful ness and beauty which we have seen in the clouds; then as the instrument by which the earth... | |
 | David Thom - 1848 - 460 lehte
...as painted by the Ancients, to meet with the following passage : — "Of all inorganic substances, acting in their own proper nature, and without assistance...the changefulness and beauty which we have seen in clouds ; then as the instrument by which the earth we have contemplated was modelled into symmetry,... | |
 | Elizabeth Nicholson - 1853 - 412 lehte
...like the sea-sand, good and true books are but as the rarer sheik. 350 OF all inorganic substances, acting in their own proper nature, and without assistance...the changefulness and beauty which we have seen in clouds : then as the instrument by which the earth we have contemplated was modelled into symmetry,... | |
 | 1853 - 442 lehte
...the sea-sand, good and true books are bat as the rarer skriis. Hfoter. OP all inorganic substances, acting in their own proper nature, and without assistance...the changefulness and beauty which we have seen in clouds : then as the instrument by which the earth we have contemplated was modelled into symmetry,... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1857 - 502 lehte
...WATER. CHAPTER I. OF WATEH, AS PAINTED BY THE ANCIENTS. § i. Sketch of OF all inorganic substances, acting in their own proper nature, and without assistance or combination, water is the most wonderful. If of jt 33 the source of all the changefulness and beauty and infinite'9 agency of we § 2. The case... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1857 - 500 lehte
...nature, and and infinite * without assistance or combination, water is the most wonderful. If agency of we think of it as the source of all the changefulness and beauty water. ° * which we have seen in clouds ; then as the instrument by which the earth we have contemplated... | |
 | John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1859 - 504 lehte
...countless troops of funeral mourners passing from a nation's grave. WATER. Of all inorganic substances, acting in their own proper nature, and without assistance...the changefulness and beauty which we have seen in clouds ; then as the instrument by which the earth we have contemplated was modelled into symmetry,... | |
 | Thomas Starr King - 1859 - 438 lehte
...way to the CRYSTAL CASCADE, let us bear in mind that " of all inorganic substances, acting in theii own proper nature, and without assistance or combination,...the changefulness and beauty which we have seen in clouds ; then as the instrument by which the earth we have contemplated was modelled into symmetry,... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1859 - 504 lehte
...countless troops of funeral mourners passing from a nation's grave. WATER. Of all inorganic substances, acting in their own proper nature, and without assistance or combination, water is tho most wonderful. If we think of it as the source of all the changefulness and beauty which we have... | |
 | 1860 - 712 lehte
...Englishman. He opens his discourse in his usual brilliant and fluent manner: " Of all inorganic substances, acting in their own proper nature and without assistance...instrument by which the earth we have contemplated was modeled into symmetry, and its crags chiseled into grace ; then as in the form of snow it robes the... | |
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