The Pleasures of England (1888)

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The Pleasures of England (1884)
by John Ruskin

Delivered in 1884. Ed. 1888.

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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.



CONTENTS.




LECTURE I.
The Pleasures of Learning. Bertha to Osburga PAGE
5
LECTURE II.
The Pleasures of Faith. Alfred to the Confessor 31
LECTURE III.
The Pleasures of Deed. Alfred to Cœur de Lion 61
LECTURE IV.
The Pleasures of Fancy. Cœur de Lion to Elizabeth 91



This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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