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The stones of Venice (1851)

Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · London, Smith, Elder, and co. · leaf 117

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sist upon calling it, though it is neither a palace,nor of crystal) there will be placed, I believe, a noble cast ofone of its angles. As for St. Marks, the effort was hopelessfrom the beginning. For its effect depends not only upon themost delicate sculpture in every part, but, as we have just… … The \ I lie Vvoc. :ilnl 111 Sc|\-|< IV. be easier to illustrate a crest of Scottish mountain, with itspurple heather and pale harebells at their fullest and fairest, or aglade of Jura forest, with its floor of anemone and moss, thana single portico of St. Marks. The fragment of one of…

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