Ariadne florentina. Six lectures on wood and metal engraving (1904)
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · New York : Longmans · leaf 225
monplaces ofthe creed of his time than the death of a child,—chiefly, and most of all, the death of a countrychild,—a little thing fresh from the cottage andthe field. Surely for such an one, angels willwait by its sick bed, and rejoice as they bearits soul away; and over its shroud flowers willbe… … THE CHILDS BEDTIME.IFi^. C) Fao-aimile from Holbeins woodcut- GERMAN SCHOOLS OF ENGRAVING. 185 The country labourers cottage—the rain com-ing through its roof, the clay crumbling fromits partitions, the fire lighted with a few chipsand sticks on a raised piece of the mud floor,—such dais as can be…
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