The Stones of Venice

by John Ruskin

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ISBN:030681286X

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BY JOHN RUSKIN, LL.D.
CHAPTER I.
[FIRST OF THE OLD EDITION.]
THE QUARRY.
SECTION I. Since the first dominion of men was asserted over the ocean, three thrones, of mark beyond all others, have been set upon its sands: the thrones of Tyre, Venice, and England. Of the First of these great powers ...