 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....  Medical Sentinel - Page 4911908Full view - About this book
 | John Ruskin - 1872 - 140 pages
...literature for some time to come ; and then, perhaps, the public may recover its patience again. For certainly it is excellent discipline for an author to feel that he mast say all he has to say in the fewest possible, words, or his reader is sure to skip them ; and... | |
 | James Willis Westlake - 1876 - 168 pages
...good to lose, ' My Father knoweth best to choose. ALICR CARY : A Dream of the West. Cfmforitim.] LXIIL It is excellent discipline for an author to feel that...them ; and in the plainest possible words, or his reade1 will certainly misunderstand them. Generally, also, a downright fact may be told in a plain... | |
 | 1878 - 798 pages
...them ; and in the plainest possi ble vronU, his reader will certainly misunderstand them. Generally, downright fact may be told in a plain way ; and we want right facts at present more than anything else." The Chicago Medical Journal and Examiner. February... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1880 - 242 pages
...literature for some time to come ; and then, perhaps, the public may recover its patience again. For certainly it is excellent discipline for an author...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,... | |
 | Albert Newton Raub - 1880 - 280 pages
...leaves off and ignorance begins. — Holmes. 7. God helps them that help themselves. — Franklin. 8. It is excellent discipline for an author to feel that...say all he has to say in the fewest possible words. — Ruskin. 9. God's livery is a very plain one, but its wearers have good reason to be content. —... | |
 | John Chiene - 1880 - 128 pages
...is another cause ; a severe inflammation a third cause. THE AMERICAN PRACTITIONER. NOVEMBER, 1879. Certainly it is excellent discipline for an author to feel that he must say all that he has to say in the fewest possible words, or his reader is sure to skip them ; and in the plainest... | |
 | John Chiene - 1882 - 124 pages
...is another cause ; a severe inflammation a third cause. THE AMERICAN PRACTITIONER. NOVEMBER, 1879. Certainly it is excellent discipline for an author to feel that he must Bay all that he has to say in the fewest possible words, or his reader is sure to skip them ; and in... | |
 | 1883 - 408 pages
...294 Yandell, DW, M. />., On Certain Caustics in Surgery, 321 THE AMERICAN PRACTITIONER JULY, 1883. Certainly it is excellent discipline for an author...plain way ; and we want downright facts at present niora than any thing else. — RUSKIN. r \ ©ommumcafttone. ON SOME CAUSES OF CYSTITIS, AND ITS TREATMENT... | |
 | 1909 - 608 pages
...to always do so. Certainly it is excellent discipline for an author to fftl that he must say all hf has to say in the fewest possible words, or his reader...also, a downright fact may be told in a plain way; ana we want downright facts at present man than anything else. — RUSKIK. UK \F> REFLECT COMPARE RECORD... | |
 | 1910 - 568 pages
...and postage for return are received with manuscript; but we cannot agree to always do so. Ctrtaitily it is excellent discipline for an author to feel that...words, or his reader is sure to skip them; and in th* plainest possible words or his reader will certainly misunderstand them. Generally, also, a downright... | |
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