| Sara Elizabeth Husted Lockwood, Mary Alice Emerson - 1901 - 486 sayfa
...The covetSus man pines in plenty, like Tantalus up to his chin in water and yet thirsty—ADAMS. 6. It is with words as with sunbeams — the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn. — SOUTHEY. 7. Her hair drooped round her pallid cheek Like seaweed on a clam. — HOLMES. 8. To be... | |
| Abraham Howry Espenshade - 1904 - 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... | |
| Hialmer Day Gould, Edward Louis Hessenmueller - 1904 - 920 sayfa
...Egyptian text which in any European language would hardly fill twenty pages. FORCE. Southey says, " It is with words as with sunbeams, — the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn." Taking our cue from this apt comparison, we find that one of the principle elements of force in language... | |
| Tuley Francis Huntington - 1904 - 412 sayfa
...in writing comes from art, not chance, As they move easiest who have learnt to dance. — POPE. 3. It is with words as with sunbeams — the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn. — SOUTHEY. 4. Thou mindest me of gentle folk, Old gentle folk are they ; Thou say'st an undisputed... | |
| 1905 - 330 sayfa
...to be strong as it is for the weak to be weak. — EMERSON. 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 cause of discontent in business is generally found in inability of some sort. Business... | |
| 1880 - 846 sayfa
...others make and put on the head, and at last the pin is completed. If you would be pungent be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams — the more they are condensed the deeper they burn. MOTIVES. — The true motives of our actions, like the real pipes of an organ, are usually concealed.... | |
| 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... | |
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