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... Elegance CONDITIONS FOR SECURING THE QUALITIES Conditions for Securing Clearness Conditions for Securing Energy Conditions for Securing Elegance THE RHETORICAL QUALITIES SECURED LANGUAGE AS AN OBJECT OF FERCEPTION Correctness - 182 185 ...
... Elegance CONDITIONS FOR SECURING THE QUALITIES Conditions for Securing Clearness Conditions for Securing Energy Conditions for Securing Elegance THE RHETORICAL QUALITIES SECURED LANGUAGE AS AN OBJECT OF FERCEPTION Correctness - 182 185 ...
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... elegance . " 1 A natural style cannot be produced without an ab- sorbing interest in the aim of the discourse . Pretense will unconsciously leave its mark in some undue atten- tion to the details of style . Phelps quotes the follow- ing ...
... elegance . " 1 A natural style cannot be produced without an ab- sorbing interest in the aim of the discourse . Pretense will unconsciously leave its mark in some undue atten- tion to the details of style . Phelps quotes the follow- ing ...
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... Elegance . Elegance is that quality of expression which adapts the discourse to please . It is the essen- tial quality in literary composition ; but in prose , Ele- gance is subordinate to Clearness , being permissable only to stimulate ...
... Elegance . Elegance is that quality of expression which adapts the discourse to please . It is the essen- tial quality in literary composition ; but in prose , Ele- gance is subordinate to Clearness , being permissable only to stimulate ...
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... Elegance is only the bloom of Clearness and Energy . It cannot be added to lan- guage ; it is intrinsic and organic , and consists in what- ever awakens the sense of language freedom . CONDITIONS FOR SECURING THE QUALITIES . Conditions ...
... Elegance is only the bloom of Clearness and Energy . It cannot be added to lan- guage ; it is intrinsic and organic , and consists in what- ever awakens the sense of language freedom . CONDITIONS FOR SECURING THE QUALITIES . Conditions ...
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... Elegance . Obscure thought cannot be presented with force ; and without a certain degree of Elegance , the mind will not readily receive the truth presented . But when Elegance rises to esthetic ends , Energy is sacrificed . Much ...
... Elegance . Obscure thought cannot be presented with force ; and without a certain degree of Elegance , the mind will not readily receive the truth presented . But when Elegance rises to esthetic ends , Energy is sacrificed . Much ...
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