The Writer's Handbook, a Guide to the Art of Composition, Embracing a General Treatise on Composition and Style: Instruction in English Composition, with Exercises for Paraphrasing; and an Elaborate Letter-writer's Vademecum, in which are Numerous Rules and Suggestions Relating to the Epistolary Art, Volumes 1-3 |
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... examples ; Propriety of Style ; Preci- sion of Style ; Synonymous Words ; Structure of Sen- tences ; Figurative Language ; Personification ; Apos- trophe ; Hyperbole ; Comparison ; Metaphor ; Allegory ; Concise and Diffuse Style ...
... examples ; Propriety of Style ; Preci- sion of Style ; Synonymous Words ; Structure of Sen- tences ; Figurative Language ; Personification ; Apos- trophe ; Hyperbole ; Comparison ; Metaphor ; Allegory ; Concise and Diffuse Style ...
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... examples illustrating the progress of the English Style from A.D. 1515 to the present time . Appended to this division is also a section relating to Printing and Publishing ; Manuscripts and their Preparation ; Author and Publisher ...
... examples illustrating the progress of the English Style from A.D. 1515 to the present time . Appended to this division is also a section relating to Printing and Publishing ; Manuscripts and their Preparation ; Author and Publisher ...
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... A PASSAGE IN THE WRITINGS OF SWIFT THE METHOD OF ATTAINING A GOOD • 195 204 STYLE • 211 LIST OF SUBJECTS SUITABLE FOR ESSAYS 215 EXAMPLES ILLUSTRATING THE PROGRESS OF ENGLISH STYLE . ROGER ASCHAM 2 Contents of Part I. xiii.
... A PASSAGE IN THE WRITINGS OF SWIFT THE METHOD OF ATTAINING A GOOD • 195 204 STYLE • 211 LIST OF SUBJECTS SUITABLE FOR ESSAYS 215 EXAMPLES ILLUSTRATING THE PROGRESS OF ENGLISH STYLE . ROGER ASCHAM 2 Contents of Part I. xiii.
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... EXAMPLES ILLUSTRATING THE PROGRESS OF ENGLISH STYLE . ROGER ASCHAM • 217 DANIEL DEFOE • 233 SIR WALTER RALEIGH 218 JONATHAN SWIFT 231 RICHARD HOOKER • 219 ANTHONY ASIILEY FRANCIS BACON 220 COOPER , EARL OF SHAFTESBURY . 235 BEN JONSON ...
... EXAMPLES ILLUSTRATING THE PROGRESS OF ENGLISH STYLE . ROGER ASCHAM • 217 DANIEL DEFOE • 233 SIR WALTER RALEIGH 218 JONATHAN SWIFT 231 RICHARD HOOKER • 219 ANTHONY ASIILEY FRANCIS BACON 220 COOPER , EARL OF SHAFTESBURY . 235 BEN JONSON ...
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... examples of solid and laborious works in which no reader can take delight . Crabbe tells us of how in the elder days of heavy literature- " Our patient fathers trifling themes laid by , And rolled o'er laboured works the attentive eye ...
... examples of solid and laborious works in which no reader can take delight . Crabbe tells us of how in the elder days of heavy literature- " Our patient fathers trifling themes laid by , And rolled o'er laboured works the attentive eye ...
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