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The stones of Venice (1851)

Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · Boston : Estes and Lauriat Publishers · leaf 270

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iful whensculpture so rich can be employed ujion it; but it is liable toobjection, first, because it is heavy and unlike a parapet whenseen from below ; and, secondly, because it is inconvenient inuse. The position of leaning over a balcony becomes crampedand painful if long continued, unless the…

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