A Practical System of Rhetoric, Or, The Principles and Rules of Style: Inferred from Examples of Writing : to which is Added a Historical Dissertation of English StyleIvison & Phinney, 1854 - 311 من الصفحات |
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... selecting always the best term ; the writings of the other might show improprieties and want of skill . The sentences of the one might be smooth in their flow , perspicuous in their mean- ing , gratefully diversified in their length ...
... selecting always the best term ; the writings of the other might show improprieties and want of skill . The sentences of the one might be smooth in their flow , perspicuous in their mean- ing , gratefully diversified in their length ...
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... selecting a subject on which to write , they read what others have written , and thus instead of trusting to the resources of their own minds , they look to books for thoughts and opinions . The injurious effect of this habit is seen in ...
... selecting a subject on which to write , they read what others have written , and thus instead of trusting to the resources of their own minds , they look to books for thoughts and opinions . The injurious effect of this habit is seen in ...
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... Selection of a subject . It is a direction of Horace , Sumite materiam vestris , qui scribitis , æquam Viribus . * The meaning of this maxim evidently is , that we should not attempt to write on subjects which are beyond the reach of ...
... Selection of a subject . It is a direction of Horace , Sumite materiam vestris , qui scribitis , æquam Viribus . * The meaning of this maxim evidently is , that we should not attempt to write on subjects which are beyond the reach of ...
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... selected should also be interesting , one within the usual range of the writer's studies and conversation , and which ... selection of subjects for their first attempts in composition . Introduction . Whether a composition should have a ...
... selected should also be interesting , one within the usual range of the writer's studies and conversation , and which ... selection of subjects for their first attempts in composition . Introduction . Whether a composition should have a ...
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... selecting some gene- ral subject , they hope to secure copiousness of matter , and thus to find an easier task . Experience , however , shews that the reverse is true - that as the field of inquiry is nar- rowed , questions arise more ...
... selecting some gene- ral subject , they hope to secure copiousness of matter , and thus to find an easier task . Experience , however , shews that the reverse is true - that as the field of inquiry is nar- rowed , questions arise more ...
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