 Certainly it is excellent discipline for an author to feel that he must say all he has to say in the fewest possible words, or his nadir is sure to skip them; and in the plainest possible words, or his reader will certainly misunderstand them. Generally,...  Precious Thoughts: Moral and Religious - Página 1por John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1869 - 349 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Nellie Elfa Turner - 1915 - 536 páginas
...love-inspiring qualities. She sang herself into the heart of the overworked, stoop TEACHING TO READ 19. 1 It is excellent discipline for an author to feel that...words, or his reader will certainly misunderstand them. 2 Generally, also, a downright fact may be told in a plain way ; and we want downright facts at the... | |
 | Nellie Elfa Turner - 1915 - 540 páginas
...decent and genteel; And then there's something in her gait Gars ony dress look weel. 19. SENTENCE 1. It is excellent discipline for an author to feel that he must say all he has to say his reader is sure to skip them; his reader will certainly misunderstand them. SENTENCE 2. What is... | |
 | Thomas Ernest Rankin - 1917 - 300 páginas
...century English prose writers, that he said so much that is worth while. " Certainly," he remarks, " it is excellent discipline for an author to feel that...or his reader will certainly misunderstand them." In that are the two principles of apt and telling diction; the fewest possible words to adequate expression,... | |
 | 1917 - 548 páginas
...postage for return are received with manuscript; but we cannot agree to always do so. Certainly it it excellent discipline for an author to feel that he must say all he has to say in the fewest possible irords, or hia reader is sure to skip them; and in the plainest possible words, or his reader will... | |
 | 1918 - 696 páginas
...with manuscript ; but we cannot agree to always do so. •Certainly it it excellent discipline far an author to feel that he must say all he has to lay in the fewest possible word*, or his reader is sure to akin them; and in the plainest possible... | |
 | Richard H. Mulliner - 1920 - 396 páginas
...Every fact that is learned becomes a key to other facts. — EL Youmans. Generally, down-right facts may be told in a plain way; and we want down-right facts at the present, more than anything else. — Ruskin. One fact is better than one hundred analogies. FALLING... | |
 | 1924 - 952 páginas
...request and postage for return are received with manuscript ; but we cannot agree to always do so. it is excellent discipline for an author to feel that...to say in the fewest possible words, or his reader ia sure to tkip them; and in the plainest possible words. or his reader will certainly misunderstand... | |
 | 1926 - 914 páginas
...excellent di.iaipline for an author to feel that he mu.it say all he ha* to say in the fewest pomiblf words, or his reader is sure to skip them; and in the plnine.it possible words, or his reader will certainly misunderstand them. Generally, also, a downright... | |
 | 1897 - 370 páginas
...THE INTEREST OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY VOL. I. TORONTO, JANUARY, 1897. No. 1. Original Contributions. Certainly it is excellent discipline for an author...must say all he has to say in the fewest possible wonits. or his reader is sure to skip them ; ami in the plainest possible words, or his reader will... | |
 | 1897 - 468 páginas
...Contributions. Certainly it is excellent discipline [or an author to feel that he must say all he has to «ay In the fewest possible words, or his reader is sure to skip them ; and in the plainest possible word*, or his reader will certainly misunderstand them. Generally, also, a downright fact may be told... | |
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