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An eclectic marvel combining elements of Italian villa, Gothic revival, Ruskinian Venetian, French mansard, the mansion stands amid 327 acres of woods and meadow, chock-full of Oriental rugs, Thonet chairs, Tiffany glass and Persian tiles.

From Time Magazine Archive

Aestheticism was amoral; it didn't hew to Ruskinian axioms of morally perfect realistic truth.

From Time Magazine Archive

But these Ruskinian names, however brilliantly and suggestively employed by the master, are dangerous tools for the beginner in the study of poetry.

From A Study of Poetry by Perry, Bliss

However, this is not a Ruskinian oration, But an Ode, And I shall therefore proceed to give you a few tips As to legitimate methods of raising the wind.

From Outlook Odes by Crosland, T. W. H. (Thomas William Hodgson)

The art-loving public was full of Ruskinian enthusiasm, and what strength I had shown was in that vein.

From The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume I by Stillman, William James