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Fors clavigera : letters to the workmen and labourers of Great Britain (1894)

Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · New York : Bryan, Taylor · leaf 316

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hecreature who, in the midst of this labyrinth, lived as a spiderin the centre of his web ; and the maiden all forlorn maystand for Ariadne, or Adriane—(either name is given her byChaucer, as he chooses to have three syllables or two)—whilethe gradual involution of the ballad, and necessity of… … who cut his hair short in front, may not inaptly be repre-sented by the priest all shaven and shorn ; the cock thatcrew in the morn is the proper Athenian symbol of a pugna-cious mind ; and the malt that lay in the house fortunatelv 312 FOBS CLAVIGERA. indicates the connection of Theseus and the…

Labor -- Great Britain · Conduct of life · Aesthetics · Social problems · Great Britain -- Social conditions 19th century

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