Our Fathers Have Told Us: Part I. The Bible of AmiensRuskin, John
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Our Fathers Have Told Us: Part I. The Bible of Amiens
Ruskin, John
Cathédrale d'Amiens; France -- History
Dead, recognition of the, in a future life, 139. iv. 60.
Denmark, under Canute, 64. iii. 16.
Despair, figure of, Amiens Cathedral, 120. iv. 41.
Devil, St. Martin's answer to the, 17.
Diocletian, retirement of, 66. iii. 20.
Discipline, essential to man, 108. iv. 29.
Dniester, importance of the, 61. iii. 9-10.
Doctor, preaching at Matlock, 83 n. iii. 48 n.
Douglas, Bishop, translation of Virgil, 135; 86. iii. 53; 102. iv. 20.
Dove, the, a type of humility, 120. iv. 41.
" " Isaac Walton's river, 1.
Dover cliff and parade, 96. iv. 9.
Drachenfels, district of the, 35. ii. 20, 22.
Dragon, under feet of the Christ, Amiens Cathedral, 111. iv. 34.
Druids, in France, 4.
Durham Cathedral, 89. iv. 1.
Dusevel's history of Amiens, 2 n.
East, geography of the, 64, 65. iii. 17, 18.
Eder, the, 36. ii. 24.
Egypt, 63. iii. 13.
" The Flight into, 132. iv. 51.
" Idols, the fall of, in, 133. iv. 51.
" influence of, 65. iii. 19.
" and the origin of learning, 71. iii. 27.
" theology of, and Greece, 71. iii. 27.
Eisenach, 36. ii. 24.
Elbe, tribes of the, 31. ii. 11.
Elijah, figure of, Amiens Cathedral, 124. iv. 43.
Engel-bach, 36. ii. 24.
England, dominions of (story of C. Fox and Frenchman), 59. iii. 5-6.
" modern politics of: Afghan war, 48. ii. 43.
" " " Ireland, pref. iii., iv.; 60. iii. 6.
" " " Scotch crofters, 6. iii. 6.
" " " Zulu land, 48. ii. 43; 60. iii. 6.
" pride of wealth, 60. iii. 7.
" St. Germain comes to, 28. ii. 5.
" streams of (Croydon, Guildford, Winchester), 3.
English cathedrals, 88. iv. 1.
" character, stolid, French active, 40. ii. 30.
" language, its virtues, nobler than Latin, 105. iv. 24.
" tourist, the, 72. iii. 29.
" " " initial-cutting by, 98. iv. 12.
Ethiopia, the Lord striking, 126. iv. 43.
Europe, condition and history of, 1-500 A.D., 31. 54. ii. 13, 54.
" countries of, twelve, 63. iii. 14.
" division of, into Gothic and Classic, 62 sq. iii. 11 sq.
" " by Vistula and Dniester, 61. iii. 9-10.
" geography of, 61-65, 68, 69. iii. 9-18, 22-3 sq.
" Greek part of, 62. iii. 12.
" " imagination, and Roman order, influence of, 66. iii. 20.
" nomad tribes of, 31 & n. ii. 11.
Europe, peasant life of early, 82. ii. 13.
Evangelical doctrine and commerce, 79. iii. 43.
Everard, Bishop of Amiens, his tomb, 104. iv. 24.
Executions, ancient and modern, 48. ii. 43.
Ezekiel, figure of, Amiens Cathedral, 122. iv. 42.
Faith, justification by, 137. iv. 56.
" mediaeval, 90. iv. 3.
" sculpture of, Amiens Cathedral, 119. iv. 41.
" "the substance of things hoped for," 138. iv. 60.
" symbolism of, with cup and cross, 119. iv. 41.
" and works, 134. iv. 52 sq.
Fanaticism, and the Bible, 79. iii. 41.
Fathers, the, Scriptural commentaries of, 81. iii. 46.
" theology of the, 135. iv. 55.
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