 ... conspicuous most of all on the great rood that crosses the church before the altar, raised in bright blazonry against the shadow of the apse. And although in the recesses of the aisles and chapels, when the mist of the incense hangs heavily, we may...  Cities of Northern and Central Italy - Page 25by Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1876Full view - About this book
 | Robert Maynard Leonard - 1912 - 788 pages
...mist of the incense hangs heavily, we may see continually a figure traced in faint lines upon their marble, a woman standing with her eyes raised to heaven,...utmost height of it, raised in power or returning in judgement. J. RUSKIN. — Stones of Venice. THE PEERAGE OF WORDS You might read all the books in the... | |
 | Walter Tyndale - 1913 - 524 pages
...mist of the incense hangs heavily, we may see continually a figure traced in faint lines upon their marble, a woman standing with her eyes raised to heaven,...of it, raised in power, or returning in judgment.' As the works of Ruskin have now been placed within the means of all, it would be well for every one... | |
 | Frank William Scott, Jacob Zeitlin - 1914 - 690 pages
...mist of the incense hangs heavily, we may see continually a figure traced in faint lines upon their marble, a woman standing with her eyes raised to heaven,...of it, raised in power, or returning in judgment. with wandering eyes and unengaged gestures ; but the step of the stranger does not disturb those who... | |
 | Francis Whiting Halsey - 1914 - 262 pages
...faint lines upon their marble, a woman str-uding with her eyes raised to heaven, and t1 iscription above her, "Mother of God," she is not here the presiding...cross that is first seen, and always, burning in the center of the temple; and every dome and hollow of its roof has the figure of Christ in the utmost... | |
 | Francis Whiting Halsey - 1914 - 232 pages
...mist of the incense hangs heavily, we may see continually a figure traced in faint lines upon their marble, a woman standing with her eyes raised to heaven, and the inscription 152 above her, "Mother of God," she is not here the presiding deity. It is the cross that is first... | |
 | Marjorie Hope Nicolson - 1925 - 466 pages
...the mist of incense hangs heavily, we may see continually a figure traced in faint lines upon their marble, a woman standing with her eyes raised to heaven,...Cross that is first seen, and always, burning in the hollow of the temple; and every dome and hollow of its roof has the figure of Christ in the utmost... | |
 | 1925 - 1012 pages
...mist of the incense hangs heavily, we may see continually a figure traced in faint lines upon their marble, a woman standing with her eyes raised to heaven,..."Mother of God," she is not here the presiding deity. — Raskin. Stones of Venice. (2) Each of the Members undertakes that it will, within the period of... | |
 | Frederick Alexander Manchester, William Frederic Giese - 1926 - 928 pages
...mist of the incense hangs heavily, we may see continually a figure traced in faint lines upon their marble, a woman standing with her eyes raised to heaven,...Cross that is first seen, and always, burning in the center of the temple; and every dome and hollow of its roof has the figure of Christ in the utmost... | |
 | Frederick Alexander Manchester, William Frederic Giese - 1926 - 924 pages
...mist of the incense hangs heavily, we may see continually a figure traced in faint lines upon their marble, a woman standing with her eyes raised to heaven,...Cross that is first seen, and always, burning in the center of the temple; and every dome and hollow of its roof has the figure of Christ in the utmost... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1927 - 254 pages
...mist of the incense hangs heavily, we may see continually a figure traced in faint lines upon their marble, a woman standing with her eyes raised to heaven,...of it, raised in power, or returning in judgment. WORKING DAYS IN ITALY Praeterita (2). Vol. xXXV, pp. 355-358. IN summer I have been always at work,... | |
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