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Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford

 

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John Ruskin : The Political Economy of Art

Letter 6/8/1858 - 'First let me thank you for your notes on Verona - & correction of my statement to the good folks on Manchester. (I will put it all right in the next edition)'.

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford      Print: Book

  

John Ruskin : Cestus of Aglaia

"He says careless work is a proof of something wrong in a person's whole moral character." From the editor's footnote 3 on letter W 38. "Writing in 1865, Lady Waterford, having read the beginning of Ruskin's Cestus of Aglaia (his papers on Art) commented to a friend."

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford      Print: Book

  

John Ruskin : Sesame and Lilies

"Ford Cottage, July 18th, 1865. Have you read Ruskin's "Sesame and Lilies", his two last lectures? The book sent me to bed so unhappy, that all was wrong and out of joint, and he does not help one to mend it."

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford      Print: Book

  

John Ruskin : Crown of Wild Olives

"Ford Castle, June 1st (1866). Dear Mr Ruskin. I am reading with delight your Crown of Wild Olives trying to fit the sermon on to myself and be the better for it... Yours sincerely, L. Waterford."

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford      Print: Book

 

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