FORS CLAVIGERA VOLUME 2 LETTERS TO THE WORKMEN AND LABOURERS OF GREAT BRITAIN

FORS CLAVIGERA VOLUME 2 LETTERS TO THE WORKMEN AND LABOURERS OF GREAT BRITAIN

Author: JOHN RUSKIN

Publisher: BEYOND BOOKS HUB

Published: 2022-08-23

Total Pages: 193

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I would wish you a happy New Year, if I thought my wishes likely to be of the least use. Perhaps, indeed, if your cap of liberty were what you always take it for, a wishing cap, I might borrow it of you, for once; and be so much cheered by the chime of its bells, as to wish you a happy New Year, whether you deserved one or not: which would be the worst thing I could possibly bring to pass for you. But wishing cap, belled or silent, you can lend me none; and my wishes having proved, for the most part, vain for myself, except in making me wretched till I got rid of them, I will not present you with anything which I have found to be of so little worth. But if you trust more to any one else’s than mine, let me advise your requesting them to wish that you may deserve a happy New Year, whether you get one or not.....


FORS CLAVIGERA LETTERS TO THE WORKMEN AND LABOURERS OF GREAT BRITAIN VOLUME 4

FORS CLAVIGERA LETTERS TO THE WORKMEN AND LABOURERS OF GREAT BRITAIN VOLUME 4

Author: JOHN RUSKIN

Publisher: BEYOND BOOKS HUB

Published: 1880-01-01

Total Pages: 205

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One day last November, at Oxford, as I was going in at the private door of the University galleries, to give a lecture on the Fine Arts in Florence, I was hindered for a moment by a nice little girl, whipping a top on the pavement. She was a very nice little girl; and rejoiced wholly in her whip, and top; but could not inflict the reviving chastisement with all the activity that was in her, because she had on a large and dilapidated pair of woman’s shoes, which projected the full length of her own little foot behind it and before; and being securely fastened to her ancles in the manner of mocassins, admitted, indeed, of dextrous glissades, and other modes of progress quite sufficient for ordinary purposes; but not conveniently of all the evolutions proper to the pursuit of a whipping-top......


Fors Clavigera

Fors Clavigera

Author: John Ruskin

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2023-07-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781020241956

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This book is a collection of letters written by the renowned Victorian social critic and art historian John Ruskin, addressed to working-class readers. It discusses a wide range of topics, including art, architecture, politics, economy, religion, and education, and provides a unique perspective on the social and cultural challenges facing Britain in the 19th century. Beautifully written and full of insight and passion, it remains a classic of Victorian literature and a valuable source of inspiration for anyone interested in the history of ideas. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.