| Select thoughts, Edwin Davies (D.D.) - 1875 - 858 Seiten
...no one nation or stock, but is the common property of all. — Dr. Brevier. WRITING . The Benefit of The habit of committing our thoughts to writing is...and extent of his conceptions, over the mere talker. — Blakey. WBiTlliO. — Brevity in Brevity is in writing what charity is to all other virtues. Righteousness... | |
| James Comper Gray - 1876 - 868 Seiten
...thoughts to writing is a powerful means of ex fuOag the mind, and producing a logical and systemati arrangement of our views and opinions. It is this...vast superiority, as to the accuracy and extent of ia conceptions, over the mere talker. No one can ever hope to mow the principles of any art or science... | |
| Great thoughts - 1882 - 742 Seiten
...Brewer. WRITINO. — The Benefit of The habit of committing our thoughts to writing i* a powerful mean* of expanding the mind, and producing a logical and...is this which gives the writer a vast superiority, a* to the accuracy and extent of his conceptions, over the mere Ulker. — Blakey. WBITINO.— Brevity... | |
| Christian ethics - 1883 - 296 Seiten
...Superficial writers, like the mole, often fancy themselves deep when they are exceeding near the surface. The habit of committing our thoughts to writing is...and extent of his conceptions over the mere talker. " To touch and retouch," says Cowper, " though some writers boast of negligence, and others would be... | |
| 1891 - 556 Seiten
...those arts in which the wise excel Nature's chief masterpiece Is writing well. Buckingham. BENEFITS OF. The habit of committing our thoughts to writing is...and extent of his conceptions, over the mere talker. No one can ever hope to know the principios of any art or science thoroughly who does not write ae... | |
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