 | Ecclesiological society - 1853 - 942 pages
...round the heads of the sculptured saints flash out upon us as we pass them, and sink again into the gloom. Under foot and over head, a continual succession...crystal; the passions and the pleasures of human life symbolized together, and the mystery of its redemption; for the mazes of interwoven lines Mid changeful... | |
 | 1853 - 512 pages
...gloom. Under foot and over head, a coutiuual succession of crowded imagery, one picture 1 .11 . -in;.' into another, as in a dream ; forms beautiful and...crystal ; the passions and the pleasures of human life symbolized together, and the mystery of its redemption ; for the mazes of interwoven lines and changeful... | |
 | Crystal palace - 1854 - 250 pages
...peculiarly applicable to all the details of the Court we are describing. " Under foot and over head is a continual succession of crowded imagery, one picture...crystal; the passions and the pleasures of human life symbolized together, and the mystery of its redemption, for the mazes of interwoven lines and changeful... | |
 | Rand - 1857 - 344 pages
...round the heads of the sculptured saints flash out upon us as we pass them, and sink again into the gloom. Under foot and over head, a continual succession...crystal ; the passions and the pleasures of human life symbolized together, and the mystery of i-ts redemption ; for the mazes of interwoven lines and changeful... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1867 - 458 pages
...foot and over head, a continual succession of crowded imagery, one picture passing into another, ns in a dream ; forms beautiful and terrible mixed together...crystal ; the passions and the pleasures of human life symbolized together, and the mystery of its redemption ; for the mazes of interwoven lines and changeful... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1868 - 506 pages
...round the heads of the sculptured saints flash out upon us as we pass them, and sink again into the gloom. Under foot and over head, a continual succession...of them drink from running fountains and feed from * The Doge Andrea Dandolo. vases of crystal ; the passions and the pleasures of human life symbolized... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1869 - 400 pages
...mosaics upon a ground of gold; the pavement is of tesselated marble. Under foot and over head there is " a continual succession of crowded imagery, one picture passing into another, as in a dream ; forms of beauty and shapes of terror blend in fantastic combinations ; in the midst of dragons, serpents,... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1869 - 390 pages
...mosaics upon a ground of gold; the pavement is of tesselafed marble. Under foot and over head there is " a continual succession of crowded imagery, one picture passing into another, as in a dream; forms of beauty and shapes of terror blend in fantastic combinations ; in the midst of dragons, serpents,... | |
 | 1870 - 1172 pages
...contains, so beautifully described by Mr. Ruskin in the following passage from the "Stones of Venice." "Under foot and over head, a continual succession...from running fountains and feed from vases of crystal : Jhe passions and the pleasures of human life symbolized together." Our illustration, taken from the... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1871 - 470 pages
...round the heads of the sculptured saints flash out upon us as we pass them, and sink again into the gloom. Under foot and over head, a continual succession...crystal ; the passions and the pleasures of human life symbolized together, and the mystery of its redemption ; for the mazes of interwoven lines and changeful... | |
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Under foot and over head, a continual succession of crowded imagery, one picture passing into another, as in a dream ; forms beautiful and terrible mixed together ; dragons and serpents, and ravening beasts of prey, and graceful birds that in the midst... 
