The Works of John Ruskin, Volumen16G. Allen, 1905 |
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Página xxv - And what wealth then shall be left us, when none shall gather gold To buy his friend in the market, and pinch and pine the sold ? Nay, what save the lovely city, and the little house on the hill, And the wastes and the woodland beauty, and the happy fields we till ; And the homes of ancient stories, the tombs of the mighty dead ; And the wise men seeking out marvels, and the poet's teeming head ; And the painter's hand of wonder, and the marvellous fiddle-bow, And the banded choirs of music: all...
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Página 96 - Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassion every man to his brother. And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor ; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
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