A Manual of English Prose Literature: Biographical and Critical, Designed Mainly to Show Characteristics of StyleGinn, 1895 - 552 pages |
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Page vi
... regards the defining of critical terms , it was a favourite position with De Quincey that " before absolute and philosophic criticism can exist , we must have a good psychology . " The present work makes little pretension to be ...
... regards the defining of critical terms , it was a favourite position with De Quincey that " before absolute and philosophic criticism can exist , we must have a good psychology . " The present work makes little pretension to be ...
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... regard to the precepts of the schools . Sound principles of composition do not repress genius , but rather do genius a service by preventing it from dissipating itself in unprofitable eccentricities . There is every room for variety ...
... regard to the precepts of the schools . Sound principles of composition do not repress genius , but rather do genius a service by preventing it from dissipating itself in unprofitable eccentricities . There is every room for variety ...
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... 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 . SPECIAL ARTIFICES OF CONSTRUCTION . - One may doubt whether it would ...
... 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 . SPECIAL ARTIFICES OF CONSTRUCTION . - One may doubt whether it would ...
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... regard for his readers , should see that by so doing he exacts too severe an effort of attention . It may safely be laid down that the longer a period is , the simpler should be both the language and the matter of the suspended clauses ...
... regard for his readers , should see that by so doing he exacts too severe an effort of attention . It may safely be laid down that the longer a period is , the simpler should be both the language and the matter of the suspended clauses ...
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... regards the number of figures employed , every writer must be guided by his own dis- cretion . The critic of style can only remark , that if writers were always careful to make their comparisons effective for a purpose of some kind ...
... regards the number of figures employed , every writer must be guided by his own dis- cretion . The critic of style can only remark , that if writers were always careful to make their comparisons effective for a purpose of some kind ...
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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