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
History, division of, into four periods of 500 years each, 26. ii. 1.
" how it is usually written, 12-13.
" how it should be written, pref. i. 12.
" popular, its effect on youthful minds, 12.
" should record facts, not make reflections, 70. iii. 26.
" " " " " or suppositions, 74 n. iii. 33.
Holy Land, 63. iii. 14.
Honour, of son to father, 101. iv. 17.
Hope, figure of, Amiens Cathedral, 119. iv. 41.
Hosea, " " " 122. iv. 43.
Huet. Alexander, and Amiens Cathedral choir, 91 n. iv. 5.
Humanity, its essentials (love, sense, discipline), 138. iv. 59.
Humility, no longer a virtue, 59. iii. 4.
" sculpture of, Amiens Cathedral, 121. iv. 41.
Huns, the, in France, 10.
Idolatry and Atheism, 119. iv. 41.
" figure of, Amiens Cathedral, 119. iv. 41.
" and symbolism, distinct, 112. iv. 36.
Illyria, 68. iii. 23.
Immortality, 32. ii. 13.
India and England, 64. iii. 16.
Indians, North American, 51. ii. 48.
Infidelity, modern, 20, 39. ii. 28.
" " 58. iii. 2.
Ingelow, Miss, quoted, "Songs of Seven," 28. ii. 4.
Innocents, the Holy (Amiens Cathedral), 134. iv. 51.
Inscription on tombs of Bishops Everard and Geoffroy, 104. iv. 24, 26.
Inspiration of acts and words, not distinct, 83. iii. 48.
" of Scripture, modern views of, 83. iii. 48.
Invasion is not possession of a country, 66. iii. 16.
Ireland and England, 1880, pref. iii., iv.; 60. iii 6.
" tribes of, in early Britain, 69 n. iii. 24.
Isaiah, figure of, Amiens Cathedral, 115, 121. iv. 38, 42.
Italy, under the Ostrogoths, 64. iii. 16.
Jacob's pillow, 70. iii. 26.
Jameson, Mrs., "Legendary Art" quoted, 17, 20.
Jeremiah, figure of, Amiens Cathedral, 115, 121. iv. 38, 42.
Jerusalem, fall of, 77. iii. 39.
Jews, the, and Assyria, 65. iii. 18.
Jews, the, return to Jerusalem, 77, iii. 39.
" " substitute usury for prophecy, 66. iii. 19.
Joan of Arc, 29. ii. 7; 55. ii. 55; 95. iv. 7.
Joel, figure of, Amiens Cathedral, 123. iv. 43.
Johnson, Dr., 101 n. iv. 17.
Jonah, figure of, Amiens Cathedral, 124. iv. 43.
Julian, the Emperor, rejects auguries, 70 n. iii. 26.
" " and Constantius, 41 n. ii. 31.
" " death of, 363 A.D., 75, 76. iii. 34, 36.
" " defeats the Franks, 358 A.D., 44. ii. 35.
" " refortifies the Rhine against the Franks, 38 n. ii. 28.
" " and S. Martin, 16.
" victory of, at Strasbourg, 44. ii. 35.
Justinian, a Dacian by birth, 32 n. ii. 15.
" means "upright," 32 n. ii. 15.
Kaltenbacher, Mons., photographs of Amiens Cathedral, 130. iv. 47.
Karr, Alphonse, his work and the author's sympathy with it, 22.
" " his 'Grains de Bons Sens,' 'Bourdonnements,' 33.
Kempis, Thomas a, 80. iii, 44.
Kingliness, 48. ii. 43.
Kings, the three (Amiens Cathedral), 132-4. iv. 50-51.
Knighthood, belted, meaning of, 44. ii. 34.
Knowledge, true, is of virtue, pref. v.
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