 | John Mason - 1807 - 274 pages
...upon. To skirn off only the surface, is to put off your audience with froth. The weightiest sentiments often lie at bottom ; be at the pains then of diving deep to bring them up from thence. On the other harlcl, 3. Take 3. Take care you do not torture your subject, by aiming to exhaust it. Do not endeavour... | |
 | 636 pages
...upon. To skim off only the surface, is to put off your audience with froth. The weightiest sentiments often lie at bottom ; be at the pains, then, of diving...deep to bring them up from thence. On the other hand, 2. Take care you do not torture your subject by aiming to exhaust it. Don't endeavour to say everything... | |
 | 1853 - 624 pages
...off your audience with froth. The -weightiest sentiments often lie at the bottom ; be at the pains of diving deep to bring them up from thence. On the other hand, 2. Take care you do not torture your subject, by aiming to exhaust it. Don't endeavour to say everything... | |
 | 1850 - 408 pages
...only the surface is to put off your audience with froth. The weightiest sentiments often lie at the bottom; be at the pains, then, of diving deep to bring them up from thence. On the other hand, 2. Take care you do not torture your subject, by aiming to exhaust it. Don't endeavor to say everything... | |
 | 1854 - 874 pages
...only the surface is to put off your audience with froth. The weightiest sentiments often lie at the bottom. Be at the pains, then, of diving deep to bring them up from thence. On the other hand — II. Take care you do not torture your subject by aiming to exhaust it. Don't endeavour to say every... | |
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... bottom of your subject ; and think of everything that ought to be said upon it. And consider what points, or parts of it, your hearers would be glad to have cleared up, or most enlarged upon. To skim off only the surface is to put off your audience... 