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
| Helen Bartlett Bridgman - 1920 - 292 pages
...today, yesterday and forever — Love is Truth, Beauty and Power." XXXVI THE POET'S WILL Emerson says, " Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it." So far as I know, this I am, as regards the behest of Dr. Frank Crane, published in the New York Globe,... | |
| Lyman Abbott, Asa Don Dickinson - 1924 - 250 pages
...Heart's in the Highlands, 12:36-37 III. Burns's Bannockburn, 12:198-199 V. The Banks of Doon, 12:146-147 Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it. Many will read the Ijok before one thinks of quoting a passage. As soon as he has done this, that line will be quoted... | |
| Ashley Horace Thorndike - 1928 - 494 pages
...never should fail ; The body should always be little and sweet, And a sting should be left in its tail. Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it. — EMERSON. Short sentences drawn from long experience. — CERVANTES. If you would be pungent, be... | |
| 1897 - 804 pages
...signal exception to the rule is "Quotations for Occasions "by Katharine B. Wood. Knierson has said that "next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it," and, since Emerson was never far wide of the truth, it is only fair to say that Miss Wood, in compiling... | |
| Norman Thomas, John Nevin Sayre, Anna Rochester, Devere Allen, Kirby Page - 1927 - 542 pages
...Once a Dreamer chose between Lilies and a battle cry. ARTHUR R. MACDOUGALL, JR. /. J. Lank* Findings ''Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it."—Emerson Caiaphas Was Horrified Profiteers are specially severe upon pickpockets. Caiaphas, no... | |
| United States. Bureau of Agricultural Economics - 1946 - 246 pages
...such as the Ratio Liberty exists in proportion to wholesome restraint. — DANIEL WEBSTER Quotative Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it. — EMERSON gasoline station, the roadside eating place, and the overnight stopping place. Such uses... | |
| Roger L. Welsch - 1986 - 168 pages
...times, and sent them reeling backwards down the porch steps into the dust of the street. CONCLUSION Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it. Ralph Waldo Emerson Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it. Mark Twain Brevity... | |
| Kathryn Ann Lindskoog - 1989 - 284 pages
...there are also four later sequels. 144 If Petty didn't use the following quotation, she should have: "Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it." — Ralph Waldo Emerson. Books or articles made up of other people's words can be creative in themselves.... | |
| Joan Detz - 1991 - 198 pages
...I'd do differently if I had them to do over again? Oh, boy! How many may I name for you! QUOTATIONS Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it. -EMERSON Audiences love quotations — if you: Keep the Quotation Short and Snappy Remember: A speech... | |
| Robert Andrews - 1993 - 1214 pages
...9876543 CONTENTS Introduction vii Acknowledgments xi The Quotations 1 Index of Sources 1 023 INTRODUCTION r, because he knows that he is dying and the advantage the universe ha — Ralph Waldo Emerson The art of quotation is as old us human speech, and collections of writings... | |
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