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The Pleasures of England
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Title: The Pleasures of England Lectures given in Oxford
Author: John Ruskin
Release Date: May 30, 2005 [EBook #15947]
Language: English
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THE PLEASURES OF ENGLAND.
LECTURES GIVEN IN OXFORD.
BY
JOHN RUSKIN, D.C.L., LL.D.,
HONORARY STUDENT OF CHRIST CHURCH, AND HONORARY FELLOW OF CORPUS-CHRISTI COLLEGE.
DURING HIS
_SECOND TENURE OF THE SLADE PROFESSORSHIP._
NEW YORK: JOHN WILEY AND SONS. 1888.
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CONTENTS
LECTURE I.
THE PLEASURES OF LEARNING. Bertha to Osburga 5
LECTURE II.
THE PLEASURES OF FAITH. Alfred to the Confessor 31
LECTURE III.
THE PLEASURES OF DEED. Alfred to Coeur de Lion 61
LECTURE IV.
THE PLEASURES OF FANCY. Coeur de Lion to Elizabeth 91
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LECTURE I.
THE PLEASURES OF LEARNING.
_BERTHA TO OSBURGA._
In the short review of the present state of English Art, given you last year, I left necessarily many points untouched, and others unexplained. The seventh lecture, which I did not think it necessary to read aloud, furnished you with some of the corrective statements of which, whether spoken o