 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....  The Medical World - Side 1131893Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1858 - 656 sider
...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...; and we want downright facts at present more than anything else. And though I often hear moral people complaining of tho bad effects of want of thought,... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1860 - 138 sider
...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...; and we want downright facts at present more than anything else. And though I often hear moral people complaining of the bad effects of want of thought,... | |
 | John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1865 - 502 sider
...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...way; and we want downright facts at present more than anything else. FAITH, TRUTH, AND OBEDIENCE. In the pressing or recommending of any act or manner of... | |
 | William Henry Green - 1865 - 484 sider
...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...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 sider
...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...way; and we want downright facts at present more than anything else. FAITH, TRUTH, AND OBEDIENCE. In the pressing or recommending of any act or manner of... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1868 - 372 sider
...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...; and we want downright facts at present more than anything else. FAITH, TRUTH, AND OBEDIENCE. In the pressing or recommending of any act or manner of... | |
 | John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1869 - 364 sider
...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...; and we want downright facts at present more than anything else. FAITH, TRUTH, AND OBEDIENCE. In the pressing or recommending of any act or manner of... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1894 - 944 sider
...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 an example of what can be done... | |
 | 1880 - 412 sider
...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... | |
 | James Willis Westlake - 1876 - 168 sider
...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 reade1 will certainly misunderstand them. Generally, also, a downright fact may be told in a plain... | |
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