...property, what degree and period of animation in the body will render possession possible? And thus: lately in a wreck of a Californian ship, one of the...bottom. Now, as he was sinking — had he the gold ? Or had the gold him?8 And if, instead of sinking him in the sea by its weight, the gold had struck him...

...corrupting in Jefferies's pastoral fantasy as in John Ruskin's dystopian allegory of capital: [Ljately in a wreck of a Californian ship, one of the passengers...bottom. Now, as he was sinking — had he the gold? or had the gold him? . . . [M]any of the persons considered wealthy, are . . . operating for the nation,...

...Our Mutual Friend, of drowning and dredging up. Ruskin writes, [L]ately in a wreck of a California ship, one of the passengers fastened a belt about...bottom. Now, as he was sinking — had he the gold? or had the gold him? And if, instead of sinking him in the sea by its weight, the gold had struck him...