 ... or feels about it, putting forth no claim, having no beauty, nor desirableness, pride nor grace; yet neither asking for pity; not, as ruins are, useless and piteous, feebly or fondly garrulous of better days; but useful still, going through its own...  Summer Pictures: From Copenhagen to Venice - Page 82by Henry Martyn Field - 1859 - 291 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Ruskin - Aesthetics - 1856 - 568 pages
...feebly or fondly garrulous of better days ; but useful still, going through its own daily work, — as some old fisherman beaten grey by storm, yet drawing...sound of its bells for prayer still rolling through ita rents ; and the grey peak of it seen far across the sea, principal of the three that rise above... | |
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - Children - 1858 - 328 pages
...better days ; but useful still, going through its own daily work, as some old fisherman beaten gray by storm, yet drawing his daily nets : so it stands,...for prayer still rolling through its rents, and the gray peak of it seen far across the sea, principal of the three that rise above the waste of surfy... | |
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - Children - 1858 - 336 pages
...better days ; but useful still, going through its own daily work, as some old fisherman beaten gray by storm, yet drawing his daily nets : so it stands,...gathering human souls together underneath it; the sound of * L'Ancien Regime et la Revolution. its bells for prayer still rolling through its rents, and the gray... | |
 | John Ruskin - Painting - 1858 - 482 pages
...I will do Ghirlandajo more justice hereafter. f Seven Lamps of Architecture, chap. vi. § 12. erman beaten grey by storm, yet drawing his daily nets :...complaint about its past youth, in blanched and meagre massivenese and serviceableness, gathering human souls together underneath it ; the sound of its bells... | |
 | Graduated series - 1859 - 462 pages
...feebly or fondly garrulous of better days ; but useful still, going through its own daily work, as some old fisherman beaten grey by storm, yet drawing...gathering human souls together underneath it ; the sounds of its bells for prayer still rolling through its rents ; and the grey peak of it seen far across... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1871 - 470 pages
...feebly or fondly garrulous of better days ; but useful still, going through its own daily work, — as some old fisherman beaten grey by storm, yet drawing...grey peak of it seen far across the sea, principal of v, the three that rise above the waste of surfy sand and hillocked shore, — the lighthouse for life,... | |
 | William Forsyth - Criticism - 1874 - 482 pages
...feebly or fondly garrulous of better days, but useful still, going through its own daily work — as some old fisherman, beaten grey by storm, yet drawing...underneath it ; the sound of its bells for prayer still rolliug through its rents ; and the grey peak of it seen far across the sea, principal of the three... | |
 | John Ruskin - Architecture, Italian - 1875 - 200 pages
...feebly or fondly garrulous of better days; but, useful still, going through its own daily work, — as some old fisherman, beaten grey by storm, yet drawing...past youth, in blanched and meagre massiveness and serviccableness, gathering human souls together underneath it; the sound of its bells for prayer still... | |
 | Marie Louise De la Ramée - 1875 - 380 pages
...piteous, feebly or fondly garrulous of better days ; but useful still, going through its daily work as some old fisherman beaten grey by storm yet drawing his daily nets." Its years of war indeed are done ; it can repel no foe — it can turn aside no invader ; the wall-sorrel... | |
 | Ouida - 1876 - 564 pages
...piteous, feebly or fondly garrulous of better days ; but useful still, going through its daily work as some old fisherman beaten grey by storm yet drawing his daily nets." Its years of war indeed are done ; it can repel no foe — it can turn aside no invader ; the wall-sorrel... | |
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