Lectures on architecture and painting, delivered at Edinburgh in November 1853 (1892)
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900, Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908, author of introduction, etc · New York : Charles E. Merrill & Co. ; London : George Allen · leaf 133
t in general bothjewels and sendees of silver are matters ofostentation, much more than sources of intel-lectual pleasure. There are also many evilsconnected with them—they are a care to theirpossessors, a temptation to the dishonest,and a trouble and bitterness to the poor.*So that I cannot but… … Fig. 19. II. ARCHITECTURE. 93 but to thousands besides, and neither temptthe unprincipled, nor inflame the envious, normortify the poor; while, supposing that yourown dignity was dear to you, this, you mayrely upon it, would be more impressed uponothers by the nobleness of your house-wallsthan by…
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851 · Architecture · Painting · Pre-Raphaelitism
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