The Rise of Modern Prose StyleM.I.T. Press, 1968 - 372 pagina's |
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Pagina 176
... reader understands , then he will profit , technologi- cally , politically , or even morally . The rhetoric of a Whitlock or a Browne , on the other hand , is not much concerned with the reader's ease of com- prehension . It is moral ...
... reader understands , then he will profit , technologi- cally , politically , or even morally . The rhetoric of a Whitlock or a Browne , on the other hand , is not much concerned with the reader's ease of com- prehension . It is moral ...
Pagina 218
... reader is left to work it out for himself . Second , " Sages " and " Me- tempsychosis " are not the same sort of thing as recurring ideas , and again the reader must work to figure out the connection . The word " Sages " is traduced too ...
... reader is left to work it out for himself . Second , " Sages " and " Me- tempsychosis " are not the same sort of thing as recurring ideas , and again the reader must work to figure out the connection . The word " Sages " is traduced too ...
Pagina 254
... reader , and , as we have seen , more work for the reader means less " precision " or " clarity , " in the Restoration sense . Now , Truth for the Restoration is always Clear and Dis- tinct . Therefore prose such as Florio's must be ...
... reader , and , as we have seen , more work for the reader means less " precision " or " clarity , " in the Restoration sense . Now , Truth for the Restoration is always Clear and Dis- tinct . Therefore prose such as Florio's must be ...
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