 | Congregational union of England and Wales - 1846 - 702 sayfa
...loyalty to truth, that dares to speak 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...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... | |
 | Septimus Sears - 1859 - 964 sayfa
...desire of the author. May the Holy Spirit deign to make this little tract a blessing to many. BREVITY. —If you would be pungent, be brief ; for it is with words as with the sunbeams, the more they are condensed the deeper they burn. The first step to misery is to nourish... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 sayfa
...virtue in their speeches, The secret of their mastery — they are short. Halltck. If you would he pungent, be brief ; for it is with words as with sunbeams...the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn. Sovthey. BBEVTTY— Necessary to Proper Talkш&. Talk to the point, and stop when you have reached... | |
 | 1866 - 578 sayfa
...was called away, and the mother and son were united for ever in a better world. LEARN TO TIE BRIEF. . If you would be pungent be brief; for it is with words...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
...He who seeks to be amiable at all times, can only be successful at the frequent expense of humanity. If you would be pungent, be brief ; for it is with...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
...§|oii|jits on Jtraj jWjixts. BY SW PARTRIDGE, AUTHOR OF 'UPWARD AND ONWARD," "OUR ENGLISH MONTHS," ETC. \ " If you would be pungent, be .brief; for it is with...as with sunbeams, the more they are condensed the better they burn." SOUTHEY. LONDON: SW PARTRIDGE & CO., 9, PATERNOSTER ROW. PREFACE. BUSY of brain... | |
 | Thomas May - 1875 - 144 sayfa
...PREFACE BY REV. W. WALSHAM HOW, MA "PROvE ALL THINGS; HOLD FAST THAT WHICH is GOOD."— i Thess. v. 21. " If you would be pungent be brief, for it is with words as with the more they are condensed, the better they burn." — SOUTHBY, STfjtrt ffiaitfon— ffi0roctrtJ anto... | |
 | James Willis Westlake - 1876 - 168 sayfa
...Every word man's lips have uttered, Echoes in God's skies. ADRLAIDR PROCTRR : Words. Brevity.} XXXVIIL If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with...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 - 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;... | |
 | 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... | |
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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. 
