 | Congregational union of England and Wales - 1846 - 702 pages
...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 as with sunbeams —...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... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 pages
...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 pages
...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 as with sunbeams—...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 pages
...at all times, can only be successful at the frequent expense of humanity. If you would be pungent, be brief ; for it is with words as with sunbeams —...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 pages
...SW PARTRIDGE, AUTHOR OF 'UPWARD AND ONWARD," "OUR ENGLISH MONTHS," ETC. \ " If you would be pungent, be .brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams, the more they are condensed the better they burn." SOUTHEY. LONDON: SW PARTRIDGE & CO., 9, PATERNOSTER ROW. PREFACE. BUSY of brain... | |
 | Nathaniel Arthur Garland - 1875 - 100 pages
...compact, antithetical. The preacher has tried to act upon Southey's principle, " If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams, the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn." Brevity not only arrests the attention, but assists the memory. " Many a good thought has perished... | |
 | James Willis Westlake - 1876 - 168 pages
...uttered, Echoes in God's skies. ADRLAIDR PROCTRR : Words. Brevity.} XXXVIIL If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams —...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 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
 | William Robertson (of Rochdale.) - 1877 - 568 pages
...appropriately, and concisely — thus inculcating similar instruction to that of Dr. Southey, who recommended " Be brief : for it is with words as with sunbeams —...the more they are condensed the deeper they burn." Mr. Bright, in delivering his speeches, has none of the drawling mannerism of many of the speakers... | |
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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. 
