The British Prose Writers, Volume 17J. Sharpe, 1821 - British prose literature |
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... languages , and he can interpret the writings of the Greeks and Romans ; but he is no scholar in practice , till he can express his own sen- timents in a good style , and speak them in a proper manner . A mathematician understands the ...
... languages , and he can interpret the writings of the Greeks and Romans ; but he is no scholar in practice , till he can express his own sen- timents in a good style , and speak them in a proper manner . A mathematician understands the ...
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VIII . ON STYLE . By a style in writing we mean that language in which an author expresses the matter he is writing upon ; and a good style is constituted by proper words in proper places . A complete sentence is called a period ; which ...
VIII . ON STYLE . By a style in writing we mean that language in which an author expresses the matter he is writing upon ; and a good style is constituted by proper words in proper places . A complete sentence is called a period ; which ...
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... language . If there is a native English word for your purpose , always use it in preference to one of Greek or Roman extraction . You cannot imagine how the sense of any discourse is weakened by superfluous words , unnecessary epithets ...
... language . If there is a native English word for your purpose , always use it in preference to one of Greek or Roman extraction . You cannot imagine how the sense of any discourse is weakened by superfluous words , unnecessary epithets ...
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... language . A devil undressed would be but little able to make his way in this world . To form an English style , you must be conversant with the best English writers : you must not only read them , but converse with them , and live with ...
... language . A devil undressed would be but little able to make his way in this world . To form an English style , you must be conversant with the best English writers : you must not only read them , but converse with them , and live with ...
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... language , be- come well acquainted with the powers of it , and many of them have excelled as patterns of English eloquence , of which many great examples occur in the charges which are to be found in the State Trials . Since the time ...
... language , be- come well acquainted with the powers of it , and many of them have excelled as patterns of English eloquence , of which many great examples occur in the charges which are to be found in the State Trials . Since the time ...
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Page 49 - Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me.
Page 65 - Again, * Some friend is a companion at the table, and will not continue in the day of thy affliction : but in thy prosperity he will be as thyself, and will be bold over thy servants. If thou be brought low, he will be against thee, and hide himself from thy face.
Page 76 - And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion.
Page 65 - ... trouble. And there is a friend, who being turned to enmity and strife will discover thy reproach. Again, some friend is a companion at the table, and will not continue in the day of thy affliction; but in thy prosperity he will be as thyself, and will be bold over thy servants.
Page 105 - I could, and discover the causes of the distemper ; but it is easier to say what it is not, than what it is.
Page 38 - If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
Page 28 - Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do unto them ; for this is the law and the prophets.
Page 49 - So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken ? for ye shall speak into the air.
Page 45 - Parent, and particularly those who seek to do his will : " all our delight will be in the saints that are in the earth, and in such as excel in virtue." We shall wish to cultivate good-will, and to promote innocent enjoyment, wherever we are : we shall strive to please, not from vanity, but from benevolence.
Page 25 - There are many very striking prophecies of the Messiah, in these divine songs; particularly in Psalm xxii: such may be found scattered up and down almost throughout the Old Testament. To bear testimony to him is the great and ultimate end, for which the spirit of prophecy was bestowed on the sacred writers : — but this will appear more plainly to you, when you enter on the study of prophecy, which you are now much too young to undertake.