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... Precision .. 19-42 The Mechanism or Structure of Sentences 42-44 Perspicuity or clearness in the Structure of Sentences .. 44—63 The Nature and Qualities of Style ....... 64-81 The Formation of Style and Literary Taste .... 81-85 ...
... Precision .. 19-42 The Mechanism or Structure of Sentences 42-44 Perspicuity or clearness in the Structure of Sentences .. 44—63 The Nature and Qualities of Style ....... 64-81 The Formation of Style and Literary Taste .... 81-85 ...
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... precision- we must then endeavour to become acquainted with the just and proper arrangement and combination of words in the mechanism or structure of sentences , according to the rules of syntactical concord and government . Having ...
... precision- we must then endeavour to become acquainted with the just and proper arrangement and combination of words in the mechanism or structure of sentences , according to the rules of syntactical concord and government . Having ...
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... PRECISION OF EXPRESSION . Expression may be both pure and proper , and yet not pre- cise ; the words employed may not express the idea intended , but some other that resembles it ; or they may express that idea , but not fully or ...
... PRECISION OF EXPRESSION . Expression may be both pure and proper , and yet not pre- cise ; the words employed may not express the idea intended , but some other that resembles it ; or they may express that idea , but not fully or ...
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... precision . The use of apparent for obvious , primary for primitive , universal for general , mutual for common , pressing for urgent , dry for thirsty , readily for easily , see for perceive , recommend for advise , tell for desire ...
... precision . The use of apparent for obvious , primary for primitive , universal for general , mutual for common , pressing for urgent , dry for thirsty , readily for easily , see for perceive , recommend for advise , tell for desire ...
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... precision , and should be , the storm has ceased - they have arrived he has departed— they had come - the men have deserted - he has entered into a new concern - from whom did this motion originate ; for neuter or intransitive verbs ...
... precision , and should be , the storm has ceased - they have arrived he has departed— they had come - the men have deserted - he has entered into a new concern - from whom did this motion originate ; for neuter or intransitive verbs ...
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according adapted admirable adopt alliteration ancient APOSIOPESIS appearance application attention beautiful become called cause character Cicero close composition construction contain conversation correct death described distinct distinguished earth effect elegance eloquence employed English language equally examples exhibits expression eyes fall figure force genius give grace grammatical Greek hand heart Heaven human ideas illustration intended Latin learning live Lord manner meaning metaphor Milton mind nature never objects observes occasion occur one's opinion oration original passages passions perfect period person phraseology phrases poet precision present produced proper purity render respect rhetorical Roman rules sense sentence short similar simple simplicity sound speaker speaking species specimens speech splendid strength structure style sublime taste things thou thought tion truth violations vivid whole words writers
Popular passages
Page 70 - Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them; for they teach not their own use; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation.
Page 115 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Page 135 - If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things that belong unto thy peace ! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
Page 51 - Consider the lilies how they grow; they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Page 66 - He shall not drop." said my uncle Toby, firmly. "A-well-o'day, do what we can for him, said Trim, maintaining his point,; "the poor soul will die." "He shall not die, by G— !" cried my uncle Toby. The Accusing Spirit, which flew up to heaven's chancery with the oath, blushed as he gave it in, and the Recording Angel, as he wrote it down, dropped a tear upon the word, and blotted it out for ever.
Page 70 - Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; .and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.
Page 78 - The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
Page 124 - O eloquent, just, and mighty Death ! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded ; . . . what none hath dared, thou hast done ; and whom all the world hath nattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised; thou hast drawn together all the farstretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, hie j'acet!
Page 91 - Farewell ! a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man : to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him . The third day comes a frost, a killing frost, And, — when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a-ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.
Page 70 - Reading maketh a full man ; conference a ready man ; and writing an exact man. And therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory ; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise ; poets witty ; the mathematics subtle ; natural philosophy deep ; moral grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend.