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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Page 27
... qualities of a good style . Perspi- cuity demands our chief care ; for , without this quality , the richest ornaments of language only glimmer through the dark , and puzzle , instead of pleasing , the reader . An author's meaning ought ...
... qualities of a good style . Perspi- cuity demands our chief care ; for , without this quality , the richest ornaments of language only glimmer through the dark , and puzzle , instead of pleasing , the reader . An author's meaning ought ...
Page 28
... qualities of purity , propriety , and precision . Of these , the first two are often confounded with each other , and indeed they are very nearly allied : a distinction however obtains between them . Purity of style consists in the use ...
... qualities of purity , propriety , and precision . Of these , the first two are often confounded with each other , and indeed they are very nearly allied : a distinction however obtains between them . Purity of style consists in the use ...
Page 46
... qualities are wanting , the language is imperfect . 40. He offered a great recompense to whomsoever would help him . 41. A few hours of intercourse is enough for forming a judgment on the case . 42. And thus the son the fervent sire ...
... qualities are wanting , the language is imperfect . 40. He offered a great recompense to whomsoever would help him . 41. A few hours of intercourse is enough for forming a judgment on the case . 42. And thus the son the fervent sire ...
Page 53
... qualities is different : and being led to think of both together when only one of them should be presented to me , I find my view rendered unsteady , and my con- ception of the hero indistinct . An author may be very intelligible ...
... qualities is different : and being led to think of both together when only one of them should be presented to me , I find my view rendered unsteady , and my con- ception of the hero indistinct . An author may be very intelligible ...
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... qualities ; they are separated by the distance of time or place . Entire , complete . A thing is entire by wanting none of its parts ; complete by wanting none of its appen- dages . A man may be master of an entire house , which has not ...
... qualities ; they are separated by the distance of time or place . Entire , complete . A thing is entire by wanting none of its parts ; complete by wanting none of its appen- dages . A man may be master of an entire house , which has not ...
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