A Text-book on Rhetoric (1882) |
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Page 155
... short , long sentences with short , complex and compound with simple , the period with the loose sentence and the compromise with each ; sentences weighty with meaning should stand elbow to elbow with the light and Variety - Kinds of ...
... short , long sentences with short , complex and compound with simple , the period with the loose sentence and the compromise with each ; sentences weighty with meaning should stand elbow to elbow with the light and Variety - Kinds of ...
Page 173
... short or long , weak or forcible , there can be little beauty arising from the fitness in sound of the word to the idea , because there can be little or no contrast . Elegance requires the choice of words which are agreeable to the ear ...
... short or long , weak or forcible , there can be little beauty arising from the fitness in sound of the word to the idea , because there can be little or no contrast . Elegance requires the choice of words which are agreeable to the ear ...
Page 233
... short or of short with long and the accompanying variety of force and volume of voice in the reading of poetry give it , in part , its musical quality , and make it so delightful to the car . A foot is the combination of two or three ...
... short or of short with long and the accompanying variety of force and volume of voice in the reading of poetry give it , in part , its musical quality , and make it so delightful to the car . A foot is the combination of two or three ...
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