 | Congregational union of England and Wales - 1846 - 702 sayfa
...it and to live it, is one of the grandest features of manhood. IF you would be pungent be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams — the more they are condensed the deeper they burn. SOME one has said that we never go to meet, of set purpose, the important things of life. We turn suddenly... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 sayfa
...speeches, The secret of their mastery — they are short. Halltck. If you would he pungent, be brief ; for E— Giving. The worst men often give the best advice. Bailey. It is expedient to have a Sovthey. BBEVTTY— Necessary to Proper Talkш&. Talk to the point, and stop when you have reached... | |
 | 1866 - 578 sayfa
...were united for ever in a better world. LEARN TO TIE BRIEF. . If you would be pungent be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams— the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn. — Souimsr. TALK to the point, and stop when yon have reached it. The faculty some possesses of making... | |
 | Young people - 1869 - 684 sayfa
...can only be successful at the frequent expense of humanity. If you would be pungent, be brief ; for it is with words as with sunbeams — the more they are condensed the deeper they burn. A false friend is like a shadow on a sun-dial, which appears in fine weather, but vanishes at the approach... | |
 | Samuel William Partridge - 1872 - 232 sayfa
...AUTHOR OF 'UPWARD AND ONWARD," "OUR ENGLISH MONTHS," ETC. \ " If you would be pungent, be .brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams, the more they are condensed the better they burn." SOUTHEY. LONDON: SW PARTRIDGE & CO., 9, PATERNOSTER ROW. PREFACE. BUSY of brain... | |
 | Nathaniel Arthur Garland - 1875 - 100 sayfa
...antithetical. The preacher has tried to act upon Southey's principle, " If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams, the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn." Brevity not only arrests the attention, but assists the memory. " Many a good thought has perished... | |
 | William Mathews - 1876 - 474 sayfa
...as our men and coast; — Who cannot dress it well, want WIT, not WORDS." CHAPTER IV. SMALL WORDS. It is with words as with sunbeams,— the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn. — SOUTHBY. The pompous march of blank verse admits the accompaniment of rolling and diffusive expressions;... | |
 | James Willis Westlake - 1876 - 168 sayfa
...in God's skies. ADRLAIDR PROCTRR : Words. Brevity.} XXXVIIL If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams — the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn. SOUTHRY. Words.} XXXIX. But words are things ; and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew upon a thought,... | |
 | William Mathews - 1878 - 408 sayfa
...as our men and coast; — Who cannot dress it weli, 1*ant WIT, not WORDS." CHAPTER IV. SMALL WORDS. It is with words as with sunbeams,— the more they are condensed, tho deeper they burn. — SOUTHEY. The pompous march of blank verse admits the accompaniment of rolling... | |
 | William Robertson (of Rochdale.) - 1877 - 568 sayfa
...concisely — thus inculcating similar instruction to that of Dr. Southey, who recommended " Be brief : for it is with words as with sunbeams — the more they are condensed the deeper they burn." Mr. Bright, in delivering his speeches, has none of the drawling mannerism of many of the speakers... | |
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If you would be pungent, be brief ; for it is with words as with sunbeams — the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn. 
