| Maturin Murray Ballou - Quotations, English - 1894 - 604 pages
...what is sound and what it false ; the sound become maxims, and the false beacons. — Bulwer Lytton. The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar, and familiar things new. — Thackeray. Those authors into whose hands nature has placed a magic wand,... | |
| Thomas Costley - English literature - 1897 - 404 pages
...Author." — LA BRUYEKE. " If you would understand an Author, you must understand his age." — GOETHE. " The two most engaging powers of an Author are to make new things familiar and familiar things new." — THACKKHAY. On Thursday evening Dec. 5th, 1895, Mr. Thomas Costley, of... | |
| Thomas Costley - English literature - 1897 - 378 pages
...Author."— LA BRUYERE. " If you would understand an Author, you must understand his age." — GOETHE. " The two most engaging powers of an Author are to make new things familiar and familiar things new." — THACKERAY. On Thursday evening Dec. 5th, 1895, Mr. Thomas Costley, of... | |
| Thomas Edgar Pemberton - Authors, American - 1900 - 302 pages
...Atlantic has often graced it with his presence. I have nothing more to say. We have been told that the two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar and familiar things new. I have been unable to do either of these things, but I hope I may induce my... | |
| Thomas Edgar Pemberton - Authors, American - 1900 - 308 pages
...Atlantic has often graced it with his presence. I have nothing more to say. We have been told that the two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar and familiar things new. I have been unable to do either of these things, but I hope I may induce my... | |
| Timothy R. V. Foster - Business & Economics - 2002 - 180 pages
...software will even analyse the writing according to readability indexes, such as Gunning Fog. quotations The two most engaging powers of an author are to make...familiar, familiar things new. William Makepeace Thackeray Yes. A nifty quotation can work wonders in helping you tell your story. You can always find one that... | |
| Alan Wren - Project management - 2003 - 446 pages
...who is distrustful of the reader's intelligence, or whose attitude is patrotusing.' Elwyn B. White 'The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar and familiar thini^ new,' Samuel Johnson Keep it simple — edit vigorously: 'Run your pen through... | |
| Tricia Armstrong - Creative thinking - 2003 - 146 pages
...in its development. Have students post labeled illustrations of their analogies and inventions. 78 The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar, and familiar things new. Samuel Johnson Supporting Learning: If students are uncomfortable or unable... | |
| K. D. Sullivan - Business & Economics - 2007 - 226 pages
...pleasing pleasurable polite refreshing satisfying social soft sweet sympathetic urbane welcome The most engaging powers of an author are to make new...familiar, familiar things new. WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY 4 9/5/07 2:08:45 PM 158 DIAGNOSIS limiting My manager, Alexa, is always pleasant. What a joy to work... | |
| Joyce White - Psychology - 2008 - 98 pages
...incidents, and have sincerity and passion, it doesn't matter a damn how you write/7 Samuel Johnson says, "The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar and familiar things new." All my best thoughts were stolen by others quicker than I. When the right... | |
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