 The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people that can write know anything. In general an author has always lived in a room, has read books, has cultivated science, is acquainted with the style and sentiments of the best authors,...  The Writer - 105. lappuse1913Pilnskats - Par šo grāmatu
 | Augustine Birrell - 1901 - 310 lapas
...Antwerp Gallery. ' The reason why so few good books are ' written is that so few people who can ' write know anything. In general, an ' author has always...room, has ' read books, has cultivated science, is ac' quainted with the style and sentiment of ' the best authors, but he is out of the way ' of employing... | |
 | William Blake - 1905 - 258 lapas
...reason,' says Mr. Walter Bagehot, 'why so few good books are written, is that so few people that can write know anything. In general an author has always lived...cultivated science, is acquainted with the style and sentiment of the best authors, but he is out of the way of employing his own eyes and ears. He has... | |
 | 1909 - 476 lapas
...why so few good books are written." He asserted that it was because " so few people that can write know anything. In general, an author has always lived...the style and sentiments of the best authors; but he is out of the way of employing his own eyes and ears. He has nothing to hear and nothing to see. His... | |
 | Brander Matthews - 1909 - 380 lapas
...why so few good books are written." He asserted that it was because "so few people that can write, know anything. In general, an author has always lived...the style and sentiments of the best authors; but he is out of the way of employing his own eyes and ears. He has nothing to hear and nothing to see. His... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner, John William Cunliffe, Ashley Horace Thorndike, Harry Morgan Ayres, Helen Rex Keller, Gerhard Richard Lomer - 1917 - 698 lapas
...'Shakespeare, the Man,' etc. THE reason why so few good books are written is, that so few people that can write know anything. In general, an author has always lived...the style and sentiments of the best authors, but he is out of the way of employing his own eyes and ears. He has nothing to hear and nothing to see. His... | |
 | Augustine Birrell - 1923 - 404 lapas
...the Antwerp Gallery. The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything. In general, an author has always lived...the style and sentiments of the best authors, but he is out of the way of employing his own eyes and ears. He has nothing to hear and nothing to see; his... | |
 | Walter Raleigh - 1923 - 348 lapas
...says Mr. Walter Bagehot, ' why so few good books are written, is that so few people that can write know anything. In general an author has always lived...cultivated science, is acquainted with the style and sentiment of the best authors, but he is out of the way of employing his own eyes and ears. He has... | |
 | 1925 - 638 lapas
...criticism of life. "The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people that can write know anything. In general, an author has always lived...the style and sentiments of the best authors, but he is out of the way of employing his own eyes and ears. He has nothing to hear and nothing to see. His... | |
 | Kenneth Norman Bell, Gladys M. Morgan - 1925 - 380 lapas
...that " the reason why so few good books are written is that few people who can write know anything ... an author has always lived in a room, has read books,...the style and sentiments of the best authors, but he is out of the 1 1715-1771 ; famous French philosopher, who argued that self-interest ia the source... | |
 | 1902 - 1096 lapas
...professional writer: "The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people that can write know anything. In general, an author has always lived...the style and sentiments of the best authors. But he is out of the way of employing his own eyes and ears. He has nothing to hear and nothing to see. His... | |
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