"Stealthiness" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... shyness with an idea so abstract as that of gravitation, the use of the learned word fluxions to express the movements of the shadows on a dial, and the discordant suggestion of stealthiness applied to vegetable growth and Christianity, are so many offences against simplicity. Let the passage be contrasted with one in which wealth of imagery is in accordance ...
— The Principles of Success in Literature • George Henry Lewes |
