A Manual of English Prose Literature: Biographical and Critical, Designed Mainly to Show Characteristics of StyleGinn, 1895 - 552 sider |
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Side 3
... mind that a writer can benefit from direct precept chiefly as regards the easy , clear , and complete communication of what is in his thoughts ; for any effect of style beyond this , precepts are of comparatively little service ...
... mind that a writer can benefit from direct precept chiefly as regards the easy , clear , and complete communication of what is in his thoughts ; for any effect of style beyond this , precepts are of comparatively little service ...
Side 5
... mind in a state of uniform or increasing tension until the dénouement . This is the effect stated in its ultimate and most general form . The effect that a reader is conscious of receiving varies greatly with the nature of the subject ...
... mind in a state of uniform or increasing tension until the dénouement . This is the effect stated in its ultimate and most general form . The effect that a reader is conscious of receiving varies greatly with the nature of the subject ...
Side 6
... mind till the key - word is reached preventing a dissipation of excitement . Dr Blair says that the periodic style is " the most pompous , musical , and oratorical manner of composing , " and that it " gives an air of gravity and ...
... mind till the key - word is reached preventing a dissipation of excitement . Dr Blair says that the periodic style is " the most pompous , musical , and oratorical manner of composing , " and that it " gives an air of gravity and ...
Side 7
... mind that a long series either of very short sentences or of very long sentences is tiresome . The distinction between the " periodic style " ( style périodique ) and the " abrupt style " ( style coupé ) ELEMENTS OF STYLE .
... mind that a long series either of very short sentences or of very long sentences is tiresome . The distinction between the " periodic style " ( style périodique ) and the " abrupt style " ( style coupé ) ELEMENTS OF STYLE .
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... mind of the reader . His analysis is not perfect , but he was upon the right track . " It appears , " he says , " that besides purity , which is a quality entirely grammatical , the five simple and original qualities of style , con ...
... mind of the reader . His analysis is not perfect , but he was upon the right track . " It appears , " he says , " that besides purity , which is a quality entirely grammatical , the five simple and original qualities of style , con ...
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abrupt abstruse admiration antithesis appear called Carlyle Carlyle's century character Chartism Church Church of England circumstances comparison contrast criticism death described diction doctrines effect ELEMENTS OF STYLE England English Enniscorthy Essays Euphuism example exposition expression fact familiar favour favourite feelings Figures of Speech French French Revolution give Grasmere Henry VIII honour Hooker human humour intellectual interest Jeremy Taylor John Sterling King labour language Latin less literary literature living London Lord Macaulay Macaulay's manner matter means ment metonymies mind narrative nature never objects opinion opium ordinary Oxford paragraph Parliament particular passage pathos peculiar perhaps period periodic sentence perspicuous poetry political popular probably prose QUALITIES OF STYLE Quincey Quincey's quoted reader regards Revolution Sartor Resartus says sense sentence similitudes simplicity statement sublimity synecdoche things tion translation Whig words writers wrote