English Composition and Rhetoric, Parte1Longmans, Green, 1887 |
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... words , the rule of Brevity would be always to choose the shortest . Yet we often find that a long word answers our purpose better than a short . Long words can impart a certain emphasis and dignity , as may be seen in comparing such ...
... words , the rule of Brevity would be always to choose the shortest . Yet we often find that a long word answers our purpose better than a short . Long words can impart a certain emphasis and dignity , as may be seen in comparing such ...
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... word ; which might be the result of carelessness or intended for effect . He names μakpoλoyia and # Aeovaoμés ( using the Greek words ) as separate ways of employing more words than are necessary , but draws no clear distinction between ...
... word ; which might be the result of carelessness or intended for effect . He names μakpoλoyia and # Aeovaoμés ( using the Greek words ) as separate ways of employing more words than are necessary , but draws no clear distinction between ...
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... words with double meanings , and exemplifies the known modes of obviating the evil . 3. When a word has a plurality of meanings , it should be placed in such a connexion as to exclude all but the one intended . It is not uncommon to find ...
... words with double meanings , and exemplifies the known modes of obviating the evil . 3. When a word has a plurality of meanings , it should be placed in such a connexion as to exclude all but the one intended . It is not uncommon to find ...
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ORDER OF WORDS | 1 |
Beginning and End distinguished | 7 |
Selection of aspects as disclosed to the eye of the spectator | 9 |
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adjective advantage adverb applied arrangement balance battle of Hastings beginning brevity called Circumlocution circumstances close compared comparison composition condensation conjunction connection contrast diffuseness distinct effect emotion emphasis emphatic employed epigram exemplifies expression fact farther feeling figure following example force gained given gives grammatical Greek hath human Hyder Ali idea Iliad illustration important impressive indicate instances intellectual inversion iteration justified language loose Mark Pattison meaning ment metaphor metre mind nature noun object opening sentence Paradise Lost paragraph parallelism passage period periphrasis phatic phrase Pilgrim's Progress pleasure poet poetic poetry Pope Pope's preceding predicate principal subject principle prose qualifying Quintilian quoted reason redundant reference remark rendered rhetorical rule second clause sense simile similitudes stanza statement style subordinate Synecdoche Tautology tence things thou thought tion Unity unto verb Washington Irving whole William Morris words writers