 It is the type of an eternal truth— that the soul's armour is never well set to the heart unless a woman's hand has braced it; and it is only when she braces it loosely that the honour of manhood fails.  A basil plant - Sida 59efter Ethel Coxon - 1881Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | John Ruskin - 1865 - 302 sidor
...of what has been and to your feeling of what should be. You cannot think that the buckling on of the knight's armour by his lady's hand was. a mere caprice...woman's hand has braced it ; and it is only when she braces it loosely that the honour of manhood fails. Know yon not those lovely lines — I would they... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1866 - 154 sidor
...of what has been and to your feeling of what should be. You cannot think that the buckling on of the knight's armour by his lady's hand was a mere caprice...woman's hand has braced it ; and it is only when she braces it loosely that the honour of manhood fails. Know you not those lovely lines — I would they... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1867 - 144 sidor
...by his lady's hand was a mere caprice of romantic fashion. It is the type of an eternal truth—that the soul's armour is never well set to the heart unless...woman's hand has braced it; and it is only when she braces it loosely that the honour of manhood fails. Know you not those lovely lines—I would they... | |
 | 1868 - 540 sidor
...can gauge or limit » Over the young man she holds almost the power of a charm. " The soul's armor is never well set to the heart unless a woman's hand has braced it, and it is. only when she braces it loosely that the honor of manhood fails." He invests her with all that he has heard of or... | |
 | United States. Bureau of Education - 1894 - 692 sidor
...separation of tho sexes in all our colleges. Says Rtiskin : "Tho soul's armor is never well set to tho heart unless a woman's hand has braced it, and it is only when she braces it loosely that the honor of manhood fails." There remains one argument having greater weight... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1871 - 212 sidor
...of what has been and to your feeling of what should be. You cannot think that the buckling on of the knight's armour by his lady's hand was a mere caprice...woman's hand has braced it ; and it is only when she braces it loosely that the honour of manhood fails. Know you not those lovely lines — I would they... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1871 - 268 sidor
...was a mere caprice of romantic fashion. It is the type of an eternal truth : that the soul's armor is never well set to the heart unless a woman's hand has braced it ; and it is only when she braces it loosely that the honor of manhood fails. Know you not those lovely lines — I would they... | |
 | 1872 - 444 sidor
...and example, which go beyond his ken on their mission. It is the type of eternal truth, says Ruskin, that the soul's armour is never well set to the heart unless a woman's hand has braced it. It is easier to set a man against all the world than to make him fight with himself. The only safe... | |
 | Dover, Folkestone, and Deal guide - 1875 - 188 sidor
...which cannot be laid aside among strangers. " IT is the type of eternal truth," says John Ruskin, " that the soul's armour is never well set to the heart...woman's hand has braced it ; and it is only when she braoes it loosely that the honour of manhood falls. DAILY and hourly do your duty; do it paticntly... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1878 - 362 sidor
...was a mere caprice of romantic fashion. It is the type of an eternal truth — that the soul's armor is never well set to the heart unless a woman's hand has braced it; and it is only when she braces it loosely that the honor of manhood fails. Know you not those lovely lines — I would they... | |
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