Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · Sunnyside, Orpington, Kent, [Eng.] : G. Allen · leaf 247
of goodornamental work; but there is an evidence in the features ofthoughtfulness and fancy which is not common, at least now-a-days. The upper creature on the left is biting something, theform of which is hardly traceable in the defaced stone—butbiting he is ; and the reader cannot but recognise… … I THE LAMP OF LIFE. I 73 as it can be marked by the mere incision of the chisel, will befelt by comparing it with the eye of the couchant figure on theright, in its gloomy and angry brooding. The plan of this head,and the nod of the cap over its brow, are fine; but there is alittle touch above the…
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