Before sitting down to write, the student would do well to compose in his own mind, instead of composing as he writes. Writing becomes a dreary task when the writer has to wait for thoughts. Of that genial essayist, Charles Lamb, it is said that he never sat at his desk to think. This was the work of his, apparently, purposeless strolls in the ( Read more... )

Собрание сочиненiй и переводовъ
адмирала Шишкова
Россійской Императорской Академіи Президента и разныхь ученыхъ обществъ Члена,
Ч а с т ь xii.
С.Петербургь
В Тіпографии Императорской Россійской Академии
1828.( Read more... )