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The stones of Venice (1851)

Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · London, Smith, Elder, and co. · leaf 18

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ut to fall into corruption, lost the perception of life inall things around it; and could no more distinguish the waveof the strong branches, full of muscular strength and sanguinecirculation, from the lax bending of a broken cord, nor thesinuousness of the edge of the leaf, crushed into deep… … ( m ) 11 ii i ■ C apital s I. EARLY RENAISSANCE. i» trifles which proceeds from love and conscience, and is mostholy; and a care for trifles which comes of idleness and fri-volity, and is most base. And so, also, there is a gravityproceeding from thought, which is most noble; and a…

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