The Rise of Modern Prose StyleM.I.T. Press, 1968 - 372 pagina's |
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Pagina 137
... words than for matter . Significantly for our purposes , Quin- tilian follows Cicero rather than Seneca : " Cicero ... words alone . A translucent and irridescent style merely serves to emasculate the subject which it arrays with such ...
... words than for matter . Significantly for our purposes , Quin- tilian follows Cicero rather than Seneca : " Cicero ... words alone . A translucent and irridescent style merely serves to emasculate the subject which it arrays with such ...
Pagina 138
... words for their purpose look for some word that is older , less familiar , and less obvious , since they cannot bring themselves to realize that when a speech is praised for its words , it implies that it is inadequate . While , then ...
... words for their purpose look for some word that is older , less familiar , and less obvious , since they cannot bring themselves to realize that when a speech is praised for its words , it implies that it is inadequate . While , then ...
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... words will serve the turn . For since sounds are voluntary and indifferent signs of any ideas , a man may use what words he pleases to signify his own ideas to himself ; and there will be no imperfection in them if he constantly use the ...
... words will serve the turn . For since sounds are voluntary and indifferent signs of any ideas , a man may use what words he pleases to signify his own ideas to himself ; and there will be no imperfection in them if he constantly use the ...
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