Letters on Literature, Taste, and Composition: Addressed to His Son, Volume 1 |
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Page 11
... concluded with recommending an inquiry why the style of one author should be more pleasing and interesting than that of another . If instruction was the sole end of reading , that style which conveyed knowledge in the simplest terms ...
... concluded with recommending an inquiry why the style of one author should be more pleasing and interesting than that of another . If instruction was the sole end of reading , that style which conveyed knowledge in the simplest terms ...
Page 77
... concluding a sentence with a trifling word ; but surely , however ungraceful , a confused style is a much greater blemish . " The Court of Chancery , " says a respectable author , " frequently mitigates , and breaks the teeth of the ...
... concluding a sentence with a trifling word ; but surely , however ungraceful , a confused style is a much greater blemish . " The Court of Chancery , " says a respectable author , " frequently mitigates , and breaks the teeth of the ...
Page 89
... conclude a sentence with a preposition or a trifling word . The auxiliary verbs are generally very bad conclusions . Ex . " If this affects him , what must the first motion of his zeal be ? -ROBINSON'S ESSAY ON A SERMON . " Youth and ...
... conclude a sentence with a preposition or a trifling word . The auxiliary verbs are generally very bad conclusions . Ex . " If this affects him , what must the first motion of his zeal be ? -ROBINSON'S ESSAY ON A SERMON . " Youth and ...
Page 90
... conclude with a weak member or a trifling word . As perspicuity demands that enough shall be displayed in the first part of the sen- tence to make the aim of it manifest ; so ele- gance and vivacity demand a degree of energy at the ...
... conclude with a weak member or a trifling word . As perspicuity demands that enough shall be displayed in the first part of the sen- tence to make the aim of it manifest ; so ele- gance and vivacity demand a degree of energy at the ...
Page 96
... concludes his sentences with a trochee or an iambic , which renders them mean , and destitute of majesty . The verse of Swift , on the contrary , is fluent , easy , and even harmonious . The reason I con- ceive to be , that there is ...
... concludes his sentences with a trochee or an iambic , which renders them mean , and destitute of majesty . The verse of Swift , on the contrary , is fluent , easy , and even harmonious . The reason I con- ceive to be , that there is ...
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