And, therefore, first of all, I tell you earnestly and authoritatively (I know I am right in this), you must get into the habit of looking intensely at words, and assuring yourself of their meaning, syllable by syllable — nay, letter by letter. Selections from Ruskin ... - Página 18por John Ruskin - 1895 - 148 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1896 - 854 páginas
...trim myself, my sleeves well up to the elbow, and my breath good, and my temper?" And he goes on:— You must get into the habit of looking intensely at...meaning, syllable by syllable — nay, letter by letter. . . . Yon might read all the books in the British Museum (if you could live long enough), and remain... | |
| John Ruskin - 1871 - 220 páginas
...of the metal. 15. And, therefore, first of all, I tell you, earnestly and authoritatively, (I knc^c I am right in this,) you must get into the habit of...of letters in the function of signs, to sounds in the function of signs, that the study of books is called " literature," and that a man versed in it... | |
| John Ruskin - 1871 - 212 páginas
...of the metal. 15. And, therefore, first of all, I tell you, earnestly and authoritatively, (I know I am right in this,) you must get into the habit of...of letters in the function of signs, to sounds in the function of signs, that the study of books is called " literature," and that a man versed in it... | |
| John Ruskin - 1872 - 144 páginas
...grain of the metal. And, therefore, first of all, I tell you, earnestly and authoritatively, (I know I am right in this,) you must get into the habit of...looking intensely at words, and assuring yourself o\ their meaning, syllable by syllable—nay, letter by letter. For though it is only by reason of... | |
| Samuel Stillman Greene - 1874 - 336 páginas
...•(863). '(Vivacity). 8. And, therefore, first of all, I tell you earnestly and authoritatively (I know I am right in this), you must get into the habit of..."syllable by syllable, — nay," letter by letter. ... If you read ten pages of a good book, letter by letter, — that is to say, with real accuracy,... | |
| John Ruskin - 1880 - 216 páginas
...grain of the metal. 15. And, therefore, first of all, I tell you earnestly and authoritatively, (I know I am right in this,) you must get into the habit of...and assuring yourself of their meaning, syllable by syllable—nay, letter by letter. For though it is only by reason of the opposition of letters in the... | |
| Caroline Bigelow Le Row - 1882 - 222 páginas
...tools and that fire. And therefore, first of all, I tell yon, earnestly and authoritatively — I know I am right in this— you must get into the habit...meaning, syllable by syllable, nay, letter by letter. You might read all the books in the British Museum if you could live long enough, and remain an utterly... | |
| Granville series - 1882 - 330 páginas
...before you can gather one grain of the metal. 15. Therefore, first of all, I tell you earnestly that you must get into the habit of looking intensely at...meaning, syllable by syllable ; nay, letter by letter. You might read all the books in the British Museum, if you could live long enough, and remain an utterly... | |
| John Ruskin - 1882 - 224 páginas
...grain of the metal. And, therefore, first of all, I tell you, earnestly and authoritatively, (I know I am right in this,) you must get into the habit of...looking intensely at words, and assuring yourself ol their meaning, syllable by syllable — nay, letter by letter. For though it is only by reason of... | |
| Edmund J. Baillie - 1882 - 76 páginas
...with the fervour of confidence and assurance : " I tell you* earnestly and authoritatively (I know I am right in this), you must get into the habit of looking at words, and assuring yourself of their meaning, syllable by syllable— nay, letter by letter ....... | |
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