Selections From the Works of John Ruskin eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 380 pages of information about Selections From the Works of John Ruskin.

Selections From the Works of John Ruskin eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 380 pages of information about Selections From the Works of John Ruskin.

  [245] Matthew xxv, 43.

  [246] Matthew xxv, 43.

  [247] Revelation vi, 13.

  [248] Jeremiah xi, 8.

  [249] James iv, 14.

  [250] Psalms xxxix, 6 and Revelation xiv, 11.

  [251] Ecclesiastes ix, 10.

  [252] Psalms civ, 4.

  [253] Revelation i, 7.

  [254] Daniel vii, 10.

[255] Dies Irae, the name generally given (from the opening words) to the most famous of the mediaeval hymns, usually ascribed to the Franciscan Thomas of Celano (died c. 1255).  It is composed in triplets of rhyming trochaic tetrameters, and describes the Last Judgment in language of magnificent grandeur, passing into a plaintive plea for the souls of the dead.

  [256] Acts v, 1, 2.

  [257] Galatians v. 24.

  [258] Isaiah lviii, 7.

  [259] 2 Thessalonians iii, 10.

  [260] Luke xviii, 11.

  [261] 1 Corinthians xiii, 13.

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Editions.  The standard edition of Ruskin is that of Cook and
      Wedderburn in 34 volumes.  Most of his better-known works may
      be had in cheap and convenient forms.

The best lives are: 

COLLINGWOOD, W.G.  The Life and Work of John Ruskin Houghton Mifflin
      Company, 1893. (2 vols.) The standard biography.

HARRISON, P. John Ruskin (English Men of Letters).  The Macmillan
      Company, 1902.  A short and readable biography.

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