 And if you can be pleased with this, you can see Florence. But if not, by all means amuse yourself there, if you find it amusing, as long as you like ; you can never see it.  Italian Highways - Page 365by E. Augusta King - 1896 - 435 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1891 - 906 pages
...contingency : " If you can be pleased with this, you can see Florence. But if not, by all means -itase yourself there, if you find it amusing, as long as you like ; you can never see it." So Florence 'with all its loveliness is lost to you, unless you can sufficiently sympathize with one... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1875 - 44 pages
...of sober red, and pure white, with brown and greyThat is all. And if you can be pleased with this, you can see Florence. But if not, — by all means...amusing, as long as you like ; you can never see it. But if indeed you are pleased, ever so little, with this fresco, think what that pleasure means. I... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1875 - 200 pages
...of sober red, and pure white, with brown and grey. That is all. And if you can be pleased with this, you can see Florence. But if not, by all means amuse...amusing, as long as you like; you can never see it. But if indeed you are pleased, ever so little, with this fresco, think what that pleasure means. I... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1876 - 450 pages
...Joachim and Anna at the Golden Gate, and the Birth of the Virgin. " If you can be pleased with this, you can see Florence. But if not, — by all means...amusing, as long as you like ; you can never see it." — Ruskin. Pope Martin V., after his acknowledgment by the Council of Constance, resided at S. Maria... | |
 | Ouida - 1876 - 288 pages
...with this," says a great artcritic, "this" being a little fresco of St. Anne, "you can see Floralia. But if not, — by all means amuse yourself there,...amusing, as long as you like ; you can never see it." The test may be a little exaggerated, but the general meaning of his words is correct. Cosmopolitan... | |
 | Marie Louise De la Ramée - 1876 - 400 pages
...this," says a great art-critie, ' this ' being a little fresco of St. Anne, " you can see Floralia. But if not, — by all means amuse yourself there,...amusing, as long as you like ; you can never see it." The test may be a little exaggerated, but the general meaning of his words is correct. Cosmopolitan... | |
 | 1880 - 400 pages
...qnestioTi are the Meeting of Joachim and Anna, ud the Birth of the Blessed Virgin. He says, " If you ctn be pleased, with these you can see Florence. But if not— by all means amuse yourself there if yon find it amusing as long as you like ; yon can never see it." I should like hnmbly to ask why these... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1884 - 424 pages
...Joachim and Anna at the Golden Gate, and the Birth of the Virgin. ' If you can be pleased with this, you can see Florence. But if not, — by all means...amusing, as long as you like ; you can never see it.' — A'ush'n. Pope Martin V., after his acknowledgment by the Council of Constance, resided at S. Maria... | |
 | Henry James - 1884 - 320 pages
...pure white, with brown and gray. That is all," Mr. Ruskin continues. "And if you are pleased with this you can see Florence. But if not, by all means amuse...amusing, as long as you like; you can never see it." You can never see it. This seemed to my friend insufferable, and I had to shuffle away the book again,... | |
 | Augustus John C. Hare - 1884 - 250 pages
...Joachim and Anna at the Golden Gate, and the Birth of the Virgin. ' If you can be pleased with this, you can see Florence . But if not, — by all means...amusing, as long as you like ; you can never see it. ' — Ruskin. Pope Martin V., after his acknowledgment by the Council of Constance, resided at S. Maria... | |
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