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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... Exercises for Paraphrasing; and an Elaborate Letter-writer's Vademecum, in which are Numerous Rules and Suggestions Relating to the Epistolary Art. PART I. COMPOSITION AND STYLE . CONTENTS OF PART 1 . INTRODUCTION 17 PURITY OF STYLE.
... Exercises for Paraphrasing; and an Elaborate Letter-writer's Vademecum, in which are Numerous Rules and Suggestions Relating to the Epistolary Art. PART I. COMPOSITION AND STYLE . CONTENTS OF PART 1 . INTRODUCTION 17 PURITY OF STYLE.
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... STYLE 52 SYNONYMOUS WORDS • 56 THE STRUCTURE OF SENTENCES 61 • CLEARNESS AND PRECISION IN THE STRUCTURE OF SENTENCES ... STYLE 163 xii Contents of Part I.
... STYLE 52 SYNONYMOUS WORDS • 56 THE STRUCTURE OF SENTENCES 61 • CLEARNESS AND PRECISION IN THE STRUCTURE OF SENTENCES ... STYLE 163 xii Contents of Part I.
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... 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 221 • JOSEPH ADDISON . • 236 THOMAS HOBBES 221 ...
... 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 221 • JOSEPH ADDISON . • 236 THOMAS HOBBES 221 ...
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