 It is neither hard nor brittle, nor flaky, nor splintery, but uniform and delicately, yet not ignobly soft — exactly soft enough to allow the sculptor to work it without force, and trace on it the finest lines of finished form...  First Book of Nature - Seite 207von James Edward Talmage - 1888 - 265 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Ruskin - 1859 - 504 Seiten
...it is fitted. It is exactly of the consistence which is best adapted for sculpture; thnt is to say, neither hard nor brittle, nor flaky nor splintery, but uniform, and delicately, yet not ignobly soft—exactly soft enough to allow the sculptor to work it without force, and trace on it the finest... | |
 | Joel Dorman Steele - 1876 - 302 Seiten
...are * What are marbles made for f Over the greater part of the surface of the earth we find that a rock has been providentially distributed in a manner...exactly soft enough to allow the sculptor to work it yithout force, and trace on it the finest lines of finished form ; yet it is so hard as never to betray... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1887 - 644 Seiten
...it is fitted. It is exactly of the consistence which is best adapted for sculpture: that is to say, neither hard nor brittle, nor flaky nor splintery, but uniform, and delicately, yet not ignobly, soft,—exactly soft enough to allow the sculptor to work it without force, and trace on it the finest... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1888 - 510 Seiten
...ft is fitted. It is exactly of the consistence which is best adapted for sculpture ; that is to say, neither hard nor brittle, nor flaky nor splintery,...ignobly soft — exactly soft enough to allow the scalptor tc work it without force, and trace on it the finest lines ol finished forms ; and yet so... | |
 | John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1889 - 512 Seiten
...ft is fitted. It is exactly of the consistence which if best adapted for sculpture ; that is to say, neither hard nor brittle, nor flaky nor splintery,...soft — exactly soft enough to allow the sculptor tc work it without force, and trace on it the finest lines oi finished forms ; and yet so hard as never... | |
 | 1896 - 572 Seiten
...is exactly of the consistence which is best adapted for sculpture, i Imt is to say, neither Imrd uor brittle, nor flaky nor splintery, but uniform, and...delicately, yet not ignobly, soft, — exactly soft euough to allow the sculptor to wurk it without force, aud trace on it the finest lines of finished... | |
 | J. Dorman Steele - 1877 - 298 Seiten
...It out as intended for the service of man. It is exactly of the consistence which is beet adapti d for sculpture and architecture. It is neither hard...splintery, but uniform and delicately, yet not ignobly soft—exactly soft enough to allow the sctlptor to work it without force, and trace on it the finest... | |
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