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Página 22
... bed of the Ticino at the spot from which I chose to draw it . The masses of loose débris ( which , for any permanent purpose , I had no need to draw , as their arrangement changes at every flood ) I have not drawn , but only those ...
... bed of the Ticino at the spot from which I chose to draw it . The masses of loose débris ( which , for any permanent purpose , I had no need to draw , as their arrangement changes at every flood ) I have not drawn , but only those ...
Página 58
... bed of the river in the morning will still be traced by its line of white mist , and the mountain peaks will be seen at evening only in the rents between their blue fragments of towering cloud . Thus it is , and that so constantly ...
... bed of the river in the morning will still be traced by its line of white mist , and the mountain peaks will be seen at evening only in the rents between their blue fragments of towering cloud . Thus it is , and that so constantly ...
Página 94
... will swiftly cut itself a bed deep into the rock or ground , it will not , when the rock is hard , cut a wider channel than it actually needs ; The so that if the existing river beds , through ranges 94 [ PART V. THE DRY LAND .
... will swiftly cut itself a bed deep into the rock or ground , it will not , when the rock is hard , cut a wider channel than it actually needs ; The so that if the existing river beds , through ranges 94 [ PART V. THE DRY LAND .
Página 95
John Ruskin. so that if the existing river beds , through ranges of mountain , had in reality been cut by the streams , they would be found , wherever the rocks are hard , only in the form of narrow and profound ravines , -like the well ...
John Ruskin. so that if the existing river beds , through ranges of mountain , had in reality been cut by the streams , they would be found , wherever the rocks are hard , only in the form of narrow and profound ravines , -like the well ...
Página 96
... beds of clay or rock raised from be- neath the bosom of the valley into ranks of enclosing hills . give motion to air . § 8. The second great use of mountains is to maintain a con- stant change in the currents and nature of the air ...
... beds of clay or rock raised from be- neath the bosom of the valley into ranks of enclosing hills . give motion to air . § 8. The second great use of mountains is to maintain a con- stant change in the currents and nature of the air ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
Aiguille Albert Durer Alps appear artist bank beauty beds blue broken Chamouni chapter character Charmoz chlorite cleavage cliff clouds color composed contour crest curvature curves daguerreotype dark débris drawing earth edge examine expression fact Faido fall farther feeling feet flakes Fribourg give glacier gneiss granite grey heaven hills human imagination J. M. W. Turner kind landscape less light limestone lines look lower lowland Martigny Martin Schöngauer mass Matterhorn mica mind Mont Blanc moun mountain mystery nature nearly never noble observe outline paint painters Paul Veronese peaks perfect pine Plate Pre-Raphaelitism precipice purple ravines reader Rembrandt ridge rock round scene scenery seen shade shadows side slaty crystallines slope soft steep stones straight stream structure substance summit supposed Switzerland tain things tion Titian torrent trees true truth Turner Turnerian Valais valley waves whole
Passagens conhecidas
Página 53 - She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
Página 371 - In these two princely boys! They are as gentle As zephyrs, blowing below the violet, Not wagging his sweet head: and yet as rough, Their royal blood enchafd, as the rud'st wind, That by the top doth take the mountain pine, And make him stoop to the vale.
Página 84 - The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
Página 316 - For he is the Lord our God : and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.
Página 363 - Whilst summer lasts, and I live here, Fidele, I'll sweeten thy sad grave: Thou shalt not lack The flower, that's like thy face, pale primrose; nor The azur'd hare-bell, like thy veins; no, nor The leaf of eglantine, whom not to slander, Out-sweeten'd not thy breath...
Página 369 - Frascati villa with its bath, So, let the blue lump poise between my knees, Like God the Father's globe on both His hands Ye worship in the Jesu Church so gay, For Gandolf shall not choose but see and burst! Swift as a weaver's shuttle fleet our years: Man goeth to the grave, and where is he?
Página 369 - Ready to twitch the Nymph's last garment off, And Moses with the tables . . . but I know Ye mark me not! What do they whisper thee, Child of my bowels, Anselm?
Página 53 - Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions. Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.
Página 88 - Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths : but I say unto you, Swear not at all : neither by heaven ; for it is God's throne : nor by the earth ; for it is his footstool...
Página 316 - For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field : And the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.