 | Ecclesiological society - 1853 - 942 Seiten
...to it without the slightest sense of lots either to its unity or majesty,—subtle and flexible like a fiery serpent, but ever attentive to the voice of...they built one; utterly regardless of any established conventionalities of external appearance, knowing (as indeed it always happened) that such daring interruptions... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1853 - 456 Seiten
...it without the slightest sense of loss either to its unity or majesty, — subtle and flexible like a fiery serpent, but ever attentive to the voice of...built one ; utterly regardless of any established conventionalities of external appearance, knowing (as indeed it always happened) that such daring interruptions... | |
 | 1853 - 512 Seiten
...sense of loss either to its unity or majesty, — subtle and flexible like a fiery serpent, bnt erer attentive to the voice of the charmer. And it is one...interfere with the real use and value of what they did- K they wanted a window, they opened one ; a room, they added one ; a buttress, they built one; utterly... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1854 - 104 Seiten
...it without the slightest sense of loss either to its unity or majesty, — subtle and flexible like a fiery serpent, but ever attentive to the voice of...built one ; utterly regardless of any established conventionalities of external appearance, knowing (as indeed it always happened) that such daring interruptions... | |
 | Crystal palace - 1854 - 250 Seiten
...it, without the slightest sense of loss, either to its unity or majesty—subtle and flexible like a fiery serpent, but ever attentive to the voice of the charmer." It is the proudest tribute Gothic art can receive, when We confess, that it never ceased grounng, that... | |
 | Robert Scott Burn - 1857 - 138 Seiten
...it, without the slightest sense of loss, either to its unity or majesty — subtle and flexible like a fiery serpent, but ever attentive to the voice of the charmer." As to the " Naturalism," Mr. Ruskin has the following : — " The new direction of mental interest... | |
 | John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1859 - 504 Seiten
...it without the slightest sense of loss either to its unity or majesty, — subtle and flexible like a fiery serpent, but ever attentive to the voice of...window, they opened one ; a room, they added one ; a puttress, they built one ; utterly regardless of any established conventionalities of external appearance,... | |
 | John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1859 - 496 Seiten
...it without the slightest sense of loss either to its unity or majesty, — subtle and flexible like a fiery serpent, but ever attentive to the voice of...symmetries and consistencies to interfere with the real use _and value of what they did. If they wanted a window, they opened one ; a room, they added one ; a... | |
 | 1860 - 966 Seiten
...staircase or spring into a spire, with undegraded grace and unexhausted energy : subtle, flexible, like a fiery serpent, but ever attentive to the voice of the charmer." Many had been our pleasant visions of the " olden times,'' but tiit beautiful reality was before us... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1867 - 458 Seiten
...it without the slightest sense of loss either to its unity or majesty,— subtle and flexible like a fiery serpent, but ever attentive to the voice of...built one ; utterly regardless of any established conventionalities of external appearance, know ing (as indeed it always happened) that such daring... | |
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... whenever it finds occasion for change in its form or purpose, it submits to it without the slightest sense of loss either to its unity or majesty, — subtle and flexible like a fiery serpent, but ever attentive to the voice of the charmer. 
