 | 1833 - 666 páginas
...and women is owing (says Swift) to a scarcity of words; for whoever is master of language, and bath a mind full of ideas, will be apt, in speaking, to hesitate upon the choiceof both; whereat common speakers have only one set of ideas, and one set of words to clothe them... | |
 | 1834 - 426 páginas
...women, is owing to a scarcity of matter and of words ; for whoever is master of a language, and has a mind full of ideas, will be apt in speaking to hesitate on the choice of both; whereas common speakers have only one set of ideas, and one set of words to... | |
 | William Russell, William Channing Woodbridge, Fordyce Mitchell Hubbard - 1835 - 614 páginas
...whoever is master of a language, and has a mind full of ideas, will he apt in speaking, to hesitate on the choice of both ; whereas common speakers have...ideas, and one set of words to clothe them in, and those are always reitdy and at the tongue's end. So people come faster out of a public place when it... | |
 | 1835 - 670 páginas
...whoever is master of a language, and has a mind full of ideas, will be aptin speakinp,to hesitate on the choice of both ; whereas common speakers have...ideas, and one set of words to clothe them in, and those are always ready and at the tongue's end. So people come faster out of a public place when it... | |
 | William Russell, William Channing Woodbridge, Fordyce Mitchell Hubbard - 1835 - 760 páginas
...speech is often owing to a scarcity of matter and of words; for whoever is muster of a language, and has a mind full of ideas, will be apt in speaking, to hesitate on the choice of both ; whereas common speakers have only one set of ideas, and one set of words to... | |
 | 1839 - 226 páginas
...whereas common-place speakers have only one set of ideas, and one set ofwords to express them with, and these are always ready at the mouth ; so people come faster out of a chureh when it is almost empty than when a crowd is at the door. Dean Swift RELIGION.—The idea that... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 714 páginas
...owing to scarcity of matter, and a scarcity of words ; for whoever is a master of language and has a mind full of ideas, will be apt in speaking to hesitate...ready at the mouth ; so people come faster out of » church when it is almost empty, than when a crowd is at the door." This apt and striking illustration... | |
 | 1841 - 644 páginas
...ideas, will be apt in speaking to hesitate I upon the choice of both; whereas common speakers [ bave only one set of ideas, and one set of words to clothe...are always ready at the mouth : so ¡| people come fatter out of a church when it is almost empty, than when a cruw¿ ii at the door,— Steift. Or ¡к... | |
 | 1841 - 646 páginas
...to a scarcity of matter and a scarcity of:; words; for whoever is a master of language and has a :i mind full of ideas, will be apt in speaking to hesitate '' upon the chuice of both; whereas common speakers !• have only one set of ideas, and one set of words to clothe... | |
 | 1842 - 400 páginas
...marriages are happy is because young ladies spend their time in making nets, not in making cages. Stranscr. ideas, and one set of words to clothe them in, and...ready at the mouth ; so people come faster out of church when it is almost empty then when a crowd is at the door. I never yet knew a wag (as the term... | |
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The common fluency of speech in many men, and most women, is owing to a scarcity of matter, and a scarcity of words; for whoever is a master of language, and hath a mind full of ideas, will be apt in speaking to hesitate upon the choice of both; whereas... 
