 If, in our moments of utter idleness and insipidity, we turn to the sky as a last resource, which of its phenomena do we speak of? One says it has been wet, and another it has been windy, and another it has been warm. Who, among the whole chattering crowd,...  Friends' Weekly Intelligencer - Page 4041870Full view - About this book
 | Newell Dwight Hillis - 1922 - 236 pages
...the most part, men turn their eyes toward the sky only in moments of utter idleness and insipidity. "One says it has been wet, and another, it has been windy, and another, it has been warm. But who, among the whole chattering crowd, can tell me of the forms and precipices of the chain of... | |
 | Warner Taylor - 1923 - 524 pages
...accident, too common and too vain to be worthy of a moment of watchfulness, or a glance of admiration. If in our moments of utter idleness and insipidity,...whole chattering crowd can tell me of the forms and the precipices of the chain of tall white mountains that girded the horizon at noon yesterday? Who... | |
 | Richard Carman Borden, Alvin Clayton Busse - 1925 - 320 pages
...insipidity, we turn to the sky as a last resource, which of its phenomena do we speak of? One says that it has been wet, and another it has been windy, and...whole chattering crowd, can tell me of the forms and the precipices of the chain of tall white cloud-mountains that girded the horizon at noon yesterday?... | |
 | Richard Carman Borden, Alvin Clayton Busse - 1925 - 332 pages
...writhing, hanging, coiling masses, which make the air white and thick as with snow. General Indistinctness If in our moments of utter idleness and insipidity,...resource, which of its phenomena do we speak of? One says that it has been wet, and another it has been windy, and another it has been warm. Who, among the whole... | |
 | John Henry Grafton Grattan - 1925 - 354 pages
...slaying ; but the world has never respected bravos more than merchants." RUSKIN, Unto this Last. 44. " If, in our moments of utter idleness and insipidity,...last resource, which of its phenomena do we speak of ? " RUSKIN, Modern Painters. 45. " Even a Russian steppe has tumuli and gold ornaments." CARLYLE, Sartor... | |
 | 152 pages
...imports me little what ground I tread upon. Lord BOLINGBROKE, Reflections upon Exile. 185.** LOOKING AT THE SKY. If, in our moments of utter idleness and...whole chattering crowd, can tell me of the forms and the precipices of the chain of tall white mountains that girded the horizon at noon yesterday ? Who... | |
 | 1911 - 622 pages
...TALMADGE, 1912. GRACE C. KELLEY, 1911. EUNICE W. SMITH, 1913. THE COMFORTABLE SCIENCE OF RUSKIN. "!F in our moments of utter idleness and insipidity, we...Who, among the whole chattering crowd, can tell me the forms and the precipices of the chain of tall white mountains that girded the horizon at noon yesterday?... | |
 | Eliza Cook - 1852 - 430 pages
...accident, too common and too vain to be worthy of a moment of watchfulness or a glance of admiration. If in our moments of utter idleness and insipidity...and another it has been warm. Who among the whole clattering crowd can tell me of the forms and the precipices of the chain of tall white mountains that... | |
 | O. C. (ed.) - 1993 - 204 pages
...if on its way to heaven ? And yet ' if 'in our moments of utter idleness and insipidity, we return to the sky as a last resource, which of its phenomena...among the whole chattering crowd, can tell me of the form and the precipices of the chain of tall white mountains that girded the horizon at noon yesterday... | |
 | dr. w. p. mackay - 1879 - 444 pages
...moment of watchfulness, or i glance of admiration." 38 THE BRITISH EVANGELIST. 39 NATURE'S EXHORTATION. IF, in our moments of utter idleness and insipidity,...One says it has been wet, and another it has been wind}', and another it has been warm. Who among the whole crowd can tell me of the forms and the precipices... | |
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