 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. Generally,...  The Medical World - Страница 4551896Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | 1858 - 656 страници
...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 must say all ho has to say in the fewest possible words, or his reader is sure to skip them; and in tho plainest... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1860 - 138 страници
...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...downright fact may be told in a plain way ; and we want downright facts at present more than anything else. And though I often hear moral people complaining... | |
 | John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1865 - 502 страници
...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...downright fact may be told in a plain way; and we want downright facts at present more than anything else. FAITH, TRUTH, AND OBEDIENCE. In the pressing or... | |
 | William Henry Green - 1865 - 484 страници
...listen to his terse, sententious utterances. You will always remember what Ruskin said : " Certainly it is excellent discipline for an author to feel that...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 страници
...for some time to come; and then, perhaps, the public may recover its patience again. For certainly it is excellent disciplin'e for an author to feel...downright fact may be told in a plain way; and we want downright facts at present more than anything else. FAITH, TRUTH, AND OBEDIENCE. In the pressing or... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1868 - 372 страници
...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...downright fact may be told in a plain way ; and we want downright facts at present more than anything else. FAITH, TRUTH, AND OBEDIENCE. In the pressing or... | |
 | John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1869 - 364 страници
...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...downright fact may be told in a plain way ; and we want downright facts at present more than anything else. FAITH, TRUTH, AND OBEDIENCE. In the pressing or... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1894 - 944 страници
...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 we want downright facts at present more than anything else." The chapter on " The ' Heat Wave' of 1892 " furnishes... | |
 | 1880 - 412 страници
...Oxide in Diarrhea 254 ..... .., i-. : ' . . i .'., I THE AMERICAN PRACTITIONER. JULY, 1880. Certainly it is excellent discipline for an author to feel that...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... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1872 - 140 страници
...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,...downright fact may be told in a plain way ; and we want downright facts at present more than anything else. And though I often hear moral people complaining... | |
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