The Rise of Modern Prose StyleM.I.T. Press, 1968 - 372 pagina's |
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... give any countenance of participation of title ; the other , lest in the entailing of the crown to himself , which he hoped to obtain by Parliament , the votes of the Parliament might any ways reflect upon her . ( Works , XI , pp . 52 ...
... give any countenance of participation of title ; the other , lest in the entailing of the crown to himself , which he hoped to obtain by Parliament , the votes of the Parliament might any ways reflect upon her . ( Works , XI , pp . 52 ...
Pagina 138
... give expression to things ; and those words are the most satis- factory which give the best expression to the thoughts of our mind and produce the effect which we desire upon the minds of the judges.19 Quintilian's model of fashionable ...
... give expression to things ; and those words are the most satis- factory which give the best expression to the thoughts of our mind and produce the effect which we desire upon the minds of the judges.19 Quintilian's model of fashionable ...
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... give us new knowledge . Strange words have no meaning for us ; common terms we know already ; it is metaphor which gives us most of the pleasure . Thus , when the poet calls old age a dried stalk , ' he gives us a new perception by ...
... give us new knowledge . Strange words have no meaning for us ; common terms we know already ; it is metaphor which gives us most of the pleasure . Thus , when the poet calls old age a dried stalk , ' he gives us a new perception by ...
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