Kirkby Lonsdale: What Ruskin really said.

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    Article by by Professor David Hill, March 30, 2016. "This article visits the famous ‘Ruskin’s View’ at Kirkby Lonsdale in Cumbria. It is so christened after a particularly purple description of the scenery by Ruskin. Hardly anyone, however, has ever considered his commentary in full. In what follows we will retrace Ruskin’s footsteps and discover that he said rather more than is generally admitted. On a sunny and frosty winter’s morning on 22 January 1875, the famous art critic John Ruskin walked through the churchyard at Kirkby Lonsdale to enjoy the wonderful view over the Lune valley....."
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    Link: https://sublimesites.co/2016/03/30/kirkby-lonsdale-what-ruskin-really-said/
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