For 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 reader is sure to skip them •, and in the plainest possible words, or his reader will certainly misunderstand them.... Canadian Journal of Medicine and Surgery - Page 1231898Full view - About this book
| 1858 - 656 pages
...say all ho has to say in the fewest possible words, or his reader is sure to skip them; and in tho plainest possible words, or his reader will certainly...downright facts at present more than anything else. And though I often hear moral people complaining of tho bad effects of want of thought, for my part,... | |
| John Ruskin - 1860 - 138 pages
...excellent discipline for an author to feel that he must say all he has to say in the fewest possible words, or his reader is sure to skip them ; and in the plainest...downright facts at present more than anything else. And though I often hear moral people complaining of the bad effects of want of thought, for my part,... | |
| John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1865 - 502 pages
...excellent discipline for an author to feel that he must say all he has to say in the fewest possible words, or his reader is sure to skip them; and in the plainest...downright facts at present more than anything else. FAITH, TRUTH, AND OBEDIENCE. In the pressing or recommending of any act or manner of acting, we have... | |
| William Henry Green - 1865 - 484 pages
...excellent discipline for an author to feel that he must say all he has to say in the fewest possible words, or his reader is sure to skip them ; and in the plainest...or his reader will certainly misunderstand them." Moreover, let the Bible be studied by him who seeks to acquire a good style of composition — not... | |
| John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1866 - 374 pages
...disciplin'e for an author to feel that he must say all he has to say in the fewest possible words, or his reader is sure to skip them; and in the plainest...downright facts at present more than anything else. FAITH, TRUTH, AND OBEDIENCE. In the pressing or recommending of any act or manner of acting, we have... | |
| John Ruskin - 1868 - 372 pages
...excellent discipline for an author to feel that he must say all he has to say in the fewest possible words, or his reader is sure to skip them ; and in the plainest...downright facts at present more than anything else. FAITH, TRUTH, AND OBEDIENCE. In the pressing or recommending of any act or manner of acting, we have... | |
| John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1869 - 364 pages
...excellent discipline for an author to feel that he must say all he has to say in the fewest possible words, or his reader is sure to skip them ; and in the plainest...downright facts at present more than anything else. FAITH, TRUTH, AND OBEDIENCE. In the pressing or recommending of any act or manner of acting, we have... | |
| Sir Norman Lockyer - 1894 - 944 pages
...student of science this diffuse method of expounding facts is distasteful. As Ruskin has remarked, " A downright fact may be told in a plain way ; and...downright facts at present more than anything else." The chapter on " The ' Heat Wave' of 1892 " furnishes an example of what can be done in the way of... | |
| 1880 - 412 pages
...excellent discipline for an author to feel that he must say all he has to say in the fewest possible words, or his reader is sure to skip them ; and in the plainest possible words, or his reader will certainty misunderstand them. Generally, also, a downright fact may be told in a plain way; and we... | |
| 1913 - 576 pages
...an author to feel that he must say all he has to lay in the finest potsible words, or his reader if sure to skip them; and in the plainest possible words,...them. Generally, also, a downright fact may be told i« a plain way; and we want downright facts at present more than anything else. — RUSKIN. READ REFLECT... | |
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