This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 Excerpt: ...will be equally glad to give as an example: --She went into the garden--to cut a cabbage--to make an apple-pie--. The question constantly before the reader is: 'Do I see the pictures?' When many pages are read, or when no one but the reader has a book, the answer to this question is all-important. I suppose it is ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 Excerpt: ...will be equally glad to give as an example: --She went into the garden--to cut a cabbage--to make an apple-pie--. The question constantly before the reader is: 'Do I see the pictures?' When many pages are read, or when no one but the reader has a book, the answer to this question is all-important. I suppose it is hardly necessary for me to state that the word 'picture' is a rough-and-ready word for ' the completed thought, ' a new image, 'a fresh link, ' an 'intimation that something new is coming.' The words 'and, ' 'but, ' yet, ' are constantly 'pictures, ' i.e. they bring before the mind something new which should be allowed to settle there before the reader's voice proceeds. For the sake of being explicit on this point I quote a few short passages marking them off by 'pictures' --(a) And--while he prayed--the master of that ship Enoch had sailed in--hearing his mischance--Came--for he knew the man and valued him--Reporting of his vessel China-bound And wanting yet a boatswain--would he go t--There were yet many days before she sailed--Sailed from this port--would Enoch have the place?--And Enoch all at once assented to it--Rejoicing in that answer to his prayer--. (6) Nay--you must name his name--and half his face must be seen through the lion's skin--and he himself must speak through--saying thus--or to the same defect--Ladies--or--fair ladies--I would ask you--or--I would beseech you--or--I would entreat you--not to fear--not to tremble--my life for yours--. (c) There were two sailors of Bristol city--Who took a boat and went to sea--But first--with beef--and captain's biscuits--And pickled pork--they loaded she--. There is no need to read twenty, ten, or even five pages, though the interest of the lesson is greatly added to when a considerable amount is got ...
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