 Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it. Many will read the book before one thinks of quoting a passage. As soon as he has done this, that line will be quoted east and west.  The North American Review - Page 554edited by - 1868Full view - About this book
 | Anna Lydia Ward - 1889 - 720 pages
...Quotation. Genius borrows nobly. 4595 Emerson : Letters and Social Aims. Quotation and Originality. Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it. 4596 Emerson : Letters and Social Aims. Quotation and Originality. I am but a gatherer and disposer... | |
 | 1890 - 580 pages
...great." One can often quote others only in order to better to express himself. Emerson tells us that " next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it." This valuable work contain ample indexes for finding the names of authors, translators, quotations,... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 590 pages
...quotes bravely, and will not draw on his invention when his memory serves him with a word as good. . . . "Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it." . . . The "Progress of Culture," his second Phi Beta Kappa oration, has already been mentioned. The... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 574 pages
...quotes bravely, and will not draw on his invention when his memory serves him with a word as good. . . . "Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it." . . . The "Progress of Culture," his second Phi Beta Kappa oration, has already been mentioned. The... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 616 pages
...quotes bravely, and will not draw on his invention when his memory serves him with a word as good. . . . "Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it." . . . The "Progress of Culture," his second Phi Beta Kappa oration, has already been mentioned. The... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 598 pages
...quotes bravely, and will not draw on his invention when his memory serves him with a word as good. . . . "Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it." . . . The "Progress of Culture," his second Phi Beta Kappa oration, has already been mentioned. The... | |
 | Rev. James Wood - 1893 - 694 pages
...Next to the gods, of all man's possessions his soul is the mightiest, being the most his own. riato. le misplaced charity, when an all-knowing, all-wise Being showers do Emerson. Next to the satisfaction I receive in the prosperity of an honest man, I am best pleased with... | |
 | 1896 - 244 pages
...Serenely full, the epicure would say, "Fate cannot harm me, — / have dined to-day." BYDNXT UCITH. "Next to the originator of a good sentence, is the first quoter of it." QUOTATIONS FOR OCCASIONS * CHAPTER I FOR THE BEGINNING OF DINNER MENUS, PROGRAMS, ETC. My way is to... | |
 | 1896 - 1224 pages
...tables and chairs by imitation. b. EMERSON — Letters and Social Aims. Quotation and Originality. W " d'eA^ b ] ]mE b ` I b due bSd b `kc _ _ _ c. EMERSON — Letters and Social Aims. Quotation and Originality. We are as much informed of a writer's... | |
 | 1897 - 698 pages
...is the pleasure of reading about books. "Next to the originator of a good sentence," says Emerson, "is the first quoter of it. Many will read the book...done this that line will be quoted east and west." Now the literary critic, — the critic of the right sort, does just this thing. He takes a book of... | |
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