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" What else there is of light is from torches, or silver lamps, burning ceaselessly in the recesses of the chapels; the roof sheeted with gold, and the polished walls covered with alabaster, give back at every curve and angle some feeble gleaming to the... "
Cities of the World: Their Origin, Progress, and Present Aspect - Page 93
by Edwin Hodder - 1882
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The Stones of Venice: The sea-stories

John Ruskin - 1853 - 456 pages
...a narrow phosphoric stream upon the waves of marble that heave and fall in a thousand colours along the floor. What else there is of light is from torches,...ceaselessly in the recesses of the chapels; the roof sheeted with gold, and the polished walls covered with alabaster, give back at every curve and angle...
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The Ecclesiologist

Ecclesiological society - 1853 - 942 pages
...a narrow phosphoric stream upon the waves of marble that heave and fall in a thousand colours along the floor. What else there is of light is from torches,...ceaselessly in the recesses of the chapels; the roof sheeted with gold, and the polished walls covered with alabaster, give back at every curve and angle...
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The Sydenham Sindbad [by - Rand].

Rand - 1857 - 344 pages
...a narrow phosphoric stream upon the waves of marble that heave and fall in a thousand colours along the floor. What else there is of light is from torches,...ceaselessly in the recesses of the chapels ; the roof sheeted with gold, and the polished walls covered with alabaster, give back at every curve and angle...
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The True and the Beautiful in Nature, Art, Morals, and Religion: Selected ...

John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1859 - 504 pages
...a narrow phosphoric stream upon the waves of marble that heave and fall in a thousand colors along the floor. What else there is of light is from torches, or silver lamps, burning carelessly in the recesses of the chapels ; the roof sheeted with gold, and the polished wall covered...
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The True and the Beautiful: In Nature, Art, Morals, and Religion

John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1859 - 496 pages
...a narrow phosphoric stream upon the waves of marble that heave and fall in a thousand colors along the floor. What else there is of light is from torches, or silver lamps, burning carelessly in the recesses of the chapels ; the roof sheeted with gold, and the polished wall covered...
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The stones of Venice.-3 vol

John Ruskin - 1867 - 458 pages
...a narrow phosphoric stream upon the waves of marble that heave and fall in a thousand colors along the floor. What else there is of light is from torches,...ceaselessly in the recesses of the chapels ; the roof sheeted with gold, and the polished walls covered with alabaster, give back at every curve and angle...
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Selections from the Writings of John Ruskin

John Ruskin - 1868 - 506 pages
...a narrow phosphoric stream upon the waves of marble that heave and fall in a thousand colours along the floor. What else there is of light is from torches,...ceaselessly in the recesses of the chapels ; the roof sheeted with gold, and the polished walls covered with alabaster, give back, at every curve and angle,...
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The True and the Beautiful in Nature, Art, Morals, and Religion: Selected ...

John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1872 - 500 pages
...a narrow phosphoric stream upon the waves of marble that heave and fall in a thousand colors along the floor. "What else there is of light is from torches, or silver lamps, burning carelessly in the recesses of the chapels ; the roof sheeted with gold, and the polished wall covered...
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The True and the Beautiful in Nature, Art, Morals, and Religion

John Ruskin - 1872 - 500 pages
...a narrow phosphoric stream upon the waves of marble that heave and fall in a thousand colors along the floor. What else there is of light is from torches, or silver lamps, burning carelessly in the recesses of the chapels ; the roof sheeted with gold, and the polished wall covered...
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The sea-stories

John Ruskin - 1873 - 460 pages
...a narrow phosphoric stream upon the waves of marble that heave and fall in a thousand colors along the floor. "What else there is of light is from torches,...ceaselessly in the recesses of the chapels the roof sheeted with gold, and the polished walls covered with alabaster, give back at every curve and angle...
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