 | New York (N.Y.) - 1851 - 588 pages
...cannot all have our gardens now, nor our pleasant fields to meditate in at eventide. Then the function of our architecture is, as far as may be, to replace these ; to tell us about nature ; to posseaa us with memories of her quietness ; to be solemn and full of tenderness like her, and rich... | |
 | John Ruskin - Architecture - 1851 - 520 pages
...cannot all have our gardens now, nor our pleasant fields to meditate in at eventide. Then the function of our architecture is, as far as may be, to replace...creatures now far away from us in their own solitude. If ever you felt or found this in a London Street, — if ever it furnished you with one serious thought,... | |
 | John Ruskin - Architecture - 1851 - 484 pages
...cannot all have our gardens now, nor our pleasant fields to meditate in at eventide. Then the function of our architecture is, as far as may be, to replace...creatures now far away from us in their own solitude. If ever you felt or found this in a London street, — if ever it furnished you with one serious thought,... | |
 | Church architecture - 1851 - 466 pages
...cannot all have our gardens now, nor our pleasant fields to meditate in at eventide. Then the function of our architecture is, as far as may be, to replace...creatures now far away from us in their own solitude. If ever you felt or found this in a London street, — if ever it furnished you with one serious thought,... | |
 | 1851 - 638 pages
...cannot all have our gardens now, nor our pleasant fields to meditate in at eventide. Then the function of our architecture is, as far as may be, to replace...creatures now far away from us in their own solitude. If ever you felt or found this in a London street, — if ever it furnished you with one serious thought,... | |
 | Architect, Herbert Emmanuel Gonsal - 1851 - 116 pages
...cannot all have our gardens now, nor our pleasant fields to meditate in at eventide. Then, the function of our architecture is, as far as may be, to replace...quietness ; to be solemn and full of tenderness," and so forth. Now, certes, Mr. Ruskin is the greatest of discoverers, he having discovered that it... | |
 | Architecture - 1851 - 66 pages
...cannot all have our gardens now, nor our pleasant fields to meditate in at eventide. Then, the function of our architecture is, as far as may be, to replace...quietness ; to be solemn and full of tenderness," and so forth. Now, certes, Mr. Ruskin is the greatest of discoverers, he having discovered that it... | |
 | Church architecture - 1851 - 468 pages
...our pleasant fields to meditate in at eventide. Then the function of our architecture is, as far a* may be, to replace these ; to tell us about nature...possess us with memories of her quietness ; to be solemn anil full of tenderness, like her, and rich in portraitures of her ; full of delicate imagery of the... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1868 - 506 pages
...cannot all have our gardens now, nor our pleasant fields to meditate in at eventide. Then the function of our architecture is, as far as may be, to replace...creatures now far away from us in their own solitude. If ever you felt or found this in a London street, — if ever it furnished you with one serious thought,... | |
 | Roderick Noble - British - 1869 - 430 pages
...of architecture is, as far as may be, to tell us about that Nature which lies remote from towns ; " to possess us with memories of her quietness ; to be solemn and full of tenderness, L like her, and rich in portraitures' of her ; full of delicate imagery of the flowers we can no more... | |
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We cannot all have our gardens now, nor our pleasant fields to meditate in at eventide. Then the function of our architecture is, as far as may be, to replace these ; to tell us about nature ; to possess us with memories of her quietness ; to be solemn... 
