 It is especially amusing to see reviewers criticising the works of others in their own most careless style — the style of a hireling. It is as though a judge were to come into court in dressing-gown and slippers ! If I see a man badly and dirtily dressed,...  The Art of Literature - Page 28by Arthur Schopenhauer - 1891Full view - About this book
 | Lane Cooper - English language - 1907 - 496 pages
...indeed, is said to have written the introduction to his Republic seven times over in different ways.* As neglect of dress betrays want of respect for the...up his principal sentence into little pieces, for the purpose of pushing into the gaps thus made two or three other thoughts by way of parenthesis; thereby... | |
 | English language - 1911 - 180 pages
...dry details of business and duty with cheerfulness and joy. SAMUEL SMILES THINK ONE THING AT A TIME Good writing should be governed by the rule that a...moment. But this is what is done when a writer breaks Tip his principal sentence into little pieces, for the purpose of pushing into the gaps thus made two... | |
 | Arthur Schopenhauer - 1915 - 536 pages
...thoughts, expressed in their own words, have lived thousands of years, and therefore bear the honored title of classics, always to write with care. Plato,...up his principal sentence into little pieces, for the purpose of pushing into the gaps thus made two or three other thoughts by way of parenthesis ;... | |
 | Rollo Walter Brown - Authorship - 1921 - 384 pages
...bear the honoured title of classics, always to write with care. Plato, indeed, is said to havewritten the introduction to his Republic seven times over...up his principal sentence into little pieces, for the purpose of push1 It is a fact worth mentioning that the first twelve words of the Republic are... | |
 | Rollo Walter Brown - Authorship - 1921 - 386 pages
...criticising the works of others in their own most careless style — the style of a hireling. It as as though a judge were to come into court in dressing-gown...up his principal sentence into little pieces, for the purpose of push1 It is a fact worth mentioning that the first twelve words of the Republic are... | |
 | Henry Robinson Shipherd - English language - 1926 - 376 pages
...than from paper to head ; so that he must assist the latter passage by every means in his power. . . . Good writing should be governed by the rule that a...two or even more things in one and the same moment. ... (From "On Style," translated by Mr. T. Bailey Saunders.) 1 SIR WALTER SCOTT The half hour between... | |
 | Arthur Schopenhauer - Philosophy - 2007 - 665 pages
...rightly punishes it by refusing to read the book. It is especially amusing to see reviewers criticizing the works of others in their own most careless style...up his principal sentence into little pieces, for the purpose of pushing into the gaps thus made two or three other thoughts by way of parenthesis ;... | |
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