 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 - ˹éÒ 471926ÁØÁÁͧ·Ñé§àÅèÁ - à¡ÕèÂǡѺ˹ѧÊ×ÍàÅèÁ¹Õé
 | 1858 - 656 ˹éÒ
...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 possible words, or his reader will certainly misunderstand them. Generally, also, a downright... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1860 - 138 ˹éÒ
...its patience again. 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...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 ˹éÒ
...its patience again. 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...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 ˹éÒ
...remember what Ruskin said : " 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...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 ˹éÒ
...its patience again. For certainly it is excellent disciplin'e for an author to feel that he must say all he has to say in the fewest possible words, or...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 ˹éÒ
...its patience again. 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...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 ˹éÒ
...its patience again. 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...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 ˹éÒ
...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 ˹éÒ
...PRACTITIONER. JULY, 1880. 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...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 ˹éÒ
...Dream of the West. Cfmforitim.] LXIIL It is excellent discipline for an author to feel that he must say all he has to say in the fewest possible words, or...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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