| Evidence: | 'As I opened the Bible today I was peculiarly struck with the well known, never enough known, passage, Prov. II. 3, 4: "If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her, as for hid treasures', showing that we must indeed do this in order to understand at all, and how few do it.' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 2 Sep 1850 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Edinburgh | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | John Ruskin |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 8 Feb 1819 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | art critic and social critic |
| Religion: | Church of England (evangelical) |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | Scotland |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | [n/a] |
| Title: | Bible (Proverbs) |
| Genre: | Bible |
| Form of Text: | Print: Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 25891 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | John Ruskin | |
| Editor: | Joan Evans | |
| Title: | The diaries of John Ruskin | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1956 | |
| Vol: | 2 | |
| Page: | 466 | |
| Additional comments: | continuous pagination through vols |
| Citation: | John Ruskin, Joan Evans (ed.), The diaries of John Ruskin (Oxford, 1956), 2, p. 466, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=25891, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
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