The crown of wild olive; four lectures on work, traffic, war, and the future of England (1900)
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · Chicago, W. B. Conkey company · leaf 204
village rector, a man of com-mon sense and kindness, who was greatlytroubled in his mind because it was preciselythe men who got highest wages in summerthat came destitute to his door in the winter.Destitute, and of riotous temper—for theirmethod of spending wages in their period ofprosperity was… … wmm^ m90^ Came destitute to his door in winter. —Page 192. The Crown of Wild Olive. THE CROWN OF WILD OLIVE. 193 freshman, went to my first college supper; atthe head of the table sat a nobleman of highpromise and of admirable powers, since deadof palsy; there also we had in the midst of us,not…
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