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addressed adverb Anglo-Saxon archaisms argument Bain beautiful better Brevity Cæsar Canon character clauses clear commonly conjunction connectives construction course defined definition diction discussion distinction effect Elements of Style English essay examples Explanation feeling figures French George Eliot give Greek hand hearer Hence Herbert Spencer intended judgment Julius Cæsar language Latin laws laws of Form less literary Macaulay meaning Middlemarch mind Minto mode nature never nomothetical noun object oration paragraph perhaps person phrases PLEONASM poetic Poetry present principles Prof pronoun proposition Prose Qualities of Style question Quincey Quintilian R. D. Blackmore reader reason Representative Discourse Rhetoric rhythm Romance rule sense sentence Shakspere simply speak speaker speech statement student sub-divisions teach tence theme Theremin things tion translation true truth Unity usage verb verse Violations vulgar Webster Webster's Dictionary words writer