 | 1860 - 708 sayfa
...sense be clear, Nor with the weight of words fatigue the ear." If you would be pungent, be brief ; for it is with words as with sunbeams — the more they are condensed, the brighter they shine and the deeper they burn. And now, dear reader, we bid thee adieu. The volume is... | |
 | Rev. S. Pollock Linn - 1881 - 472 sayfa
...as cordial a reception. SP L, CINCINNATI, Nov., 1881. (D Owr whitest pearl toe never find. HOLMBS. It is with words as with sunbeams — the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn. BOUTHKT. (0 CONTENTS. CBAFTXB MSB I. FOCUSED RATS 9 II. DIAMOND FLASHES 17 III. CLUSTERED SPARKLES... | |
 | William Meade Pegram - 1909 - 154 sayfa
...there's a mighty little yellow in the nation's rainbow of hope." "If you would be pungent, be brief, for it is with words as with sunbeams — the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn. — Southey. "He who standeth 'pat' should take heed lest he be called." "If the world owes you a living,... | |
 | Nels Lars Nelson - 1910 - 424 sayfa
...lie in our perception of a parallel between otherwise unlike ideas. For instance, take the simile : "It is with words as with sunbeams — the more they are condensed the .deeper they burn." And we have — IDEA : Words xx ILLUSTRATION : Sunbeams — condensed — burn. The pleasure comes... | |
 | 1911 - 1020 sayfa
...obscure the idea intended to be conveyed. As Southey says : " If you would be pungent, be brief ; for it is with words, as with sunbeams, the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn." 'And as another has said: " He that uses many words in explaining a subject doth like the cuttle-fish... | |
 | Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert - 1912 - 702 sayfa
...IN THE PRESENT, BUT IN ALL FUTURE GENERATIONS. — SENECA. IF YOU WOULD BE PUNGENT. BE BRIEF ; FOR IT IS WITH WORDS AS WITH SUNBEAMS — THE MORE THEY ARE CONDENSED, THE DEEPER THEY BURN. — SOUTHEY. THE PROVERB ANSWERS WHERE THE SERMON FAILS. — WG SIMMS. BURNING WORDS OF BRILLIANT WRITERS.... | |
 | 1905 - 1034 sayfa
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 | Abraham Howry Espenshade - 1913 - 408 sayfa
...fog. Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time. If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams — the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn. The equator burns its course through the Indian Ocean, belts a path across Sumatra, strikes again into... | |
 | Henry Woldmar Ruoff - 1916 - 936 sayfa
...io Manx Though our comparison might be bold, lingness to cease to exist." — F. Schlegel. B Gaelic "It is with words as with sunbeams, the more they are condensed the deeper 185 It would be just as if we were to say that the English language is a conglomerate of Latin words... | |
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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. 
