 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
 | John Ruskin - 1887 - 686 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... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1889 - 712 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... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1889 - 266 pages
...of sober red, and pure white, with brown and gray. That is all. And if you can be pleased with this, you can see Florence. But if not, by all means amuse...it amusing, as long as you like ; you can never see But if indeed you are pleased, ever so little, with this fresco, think what that pleasure means. I... | |
 | Agnes Repplier - 1891 - 258 pages
...degree of scorn that seems hardly warranted by the contingency : " 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." So Florence with all its loveliness is lost to you, unless you can sufficiently sympathize with one... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1891 - 476 pages
...gray. That is all. And if you can be pleased with this, you can see Florence. But if not, by all menus amuse yourself there, if you find it 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 - 1894 - 464 pages
...of sober red, and pure white, with brown and gray. 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... | |
 | 1896 - 404 pages
...Venice. anxiety at the frescoes of Giotto, of which Ruskin says, "If you can be pleased with this, you can see Florence ; but if not, by all means amuse yourself , if you can be amused, as long as you like ; you can never see it ! " a fine park full of trees and... | |
 | Henry Harrison Metcalf, John Norris McClintock - 1896 - 442 pages
...Venice. anxiety at the frescoes of Giotto, of which Ruskin says, "If you can be pleased with this, you can see Florence ; but if not, by all means amuse yourself , if you can be amused, as long as you like ; you can never see it ! " Ascension day is celebrated... | |
 | Henry Harrison Metcalf, John Norris McClintock - 1896 - 408 pages
...Venice. anxiety at the frescoes of Giotto, of which Ruskin says, "If you can be pleased with this, you can see Florence ; but if not, by all means amuse yourself, if you can be amused, as long as you like ; you can never see it ! " Ascension day is celebrated with... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1906 - 732 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...amusing, as long as you like ; you can never see it. 20. But if indeed you are pleased, ever so little, with this fresco, think what that pleasure means.... | |
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