 And, therefore, first of all, I tell you earnestly and authoritatively (I know I am right in this), you must get into the habit of looking intensely at words, and assuring yourself of their meaning, syllable by syllable — nay, letter by letter.  Sesame and lilies. Two lectures - Page 28by John Ruskin - 1865 - 184 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Literature - 1896 - 854 pages
...trim myself, my sleeves well up to the elbow, and my breath good, and my temper?" And he goes on:— You must get into the habit of looking intensely at...meaning, syllable by syllable — nay, letter by letter. . . . Yon might read all the books in the British Museum (if you could live long enough), and remain... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1856 - 426 pages
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 | John Ruskin - 1871 - 212 pages
...of the metal. 15. And, therefore, first of all, I tell you, earnestly and authoritatively, (I know I am right in this,) you must get into the habit of...of letters in the function of signs, to sounds in the function of signs, that the study of books is called " literature," and that a man versed in it... | |
 | John Ruskin - Books and reading - 1872 - 144 pages
...grain of the metal. And, therefore, first of all, I tell you, earnestly and authoritatively, (I know I am right in this,) you must get into the habit of...looking intensely at words, and assuring yourself o\ their meaning, syllable by syllable—nay, letter by letter. For though it is only by reason of... | |
 | Samuel Stillman Greene - English language - 1874 - 336 pages
...•(863). '(Vivacity). 8. And, therefore, first of all, I tell you earnestly and authoritatively (I know I am right in this), you must get into the habit of..."syllable by syllable, — nay," letter by letter. ... If you read ten pages of a good book, letter by letter, — that is to say, with real accuracy,... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1880 - 216 pages
...grain of the metal. 15. And, therefore, first of all, I tell you earnestly and authoritatively, (I know I am right in this,) you must get into the habit of...and assuring yourself of their meaning, syllable by syllable—nay, letter by letter. For though it is only by reason of the opposition of letters in the... | |
 | Granville series - 1882 - 330 pages
...before you can gather one grain of the metal. 15. Therefore, first of all, I tell you earnestly that you must get into the habit of looking intensely at...meaning, syllable by syllable ; nay, letter by letter. You might read all the books in the British Museum, if you could live long enough, and remain an utterly... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1882 - 224 pages
...grain of the metal. And, therefore, first of all, I tell you, earnestly and authoritatively, (I know I am right in this,) you must get into the habit of...looking intensely at words, and assuring yourself ol their meaning, syllable by syllable — nay, letter by letter. For though it is only by reason of... | |
 | Edmund J. Baillie - 1882 - 76 pages
...with the fervour of confidence and assurance : " I tell you* earnestly and authoritatively (I know I am right in this), you must get into the habit of looking at words, and assuring yourself of their meaning, syllable by syllable— nay, letter by letter ....... | |
 | John Charles Van Dyke - Books - 1883 - 174 pages
...the occasion to say, "And therefore, first of all, I tell you earnestly and authoritatively (I know I am right in this), you must get into the habit of...meaning syllable by syllable, nay, letter by letter." Mr. Ruskin knows that he is right ; and the reading-world in general, with wonderful unanimity, has... | |
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