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... to avoid a monotonous tone , which is a very common vice of narration , the sentences must not be too short . I have been told that Mr. Gibbon was in the habit of composing 1 while he walked about his room ; and that 4 NARRATION .
... to avoid a monotonous tone , which is a very common vice of narration , the sentences must not be too short . I have been told that Mr. Gibbon was in the habit of composing 1 while he walked about his room ; and that 4 NARRATION .
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... common- place neither , for nothing renders a style so frigid as common - place ornaments . But after all , on this as on every practical subject of li- terature , I must have recourse to a maxim which I recommended very early in our ...
... common- place neither , for nothing renders a style so frigid as common - place ornaments . But after all , on this as on every practical subject of li- terature , I must have recourse to a maxim which I recommended very early in our ...
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... common - place to say , that the great requisites of history are truth , imparti- ality , and perspicuity . The style of history should be grave , dignified , temperate and se- date . Purity is more essential than ornament , for reasons ...
... common - place to say , that the great requisites of history are truth , imparti- ality , and perspicuity . The style of history should be grave , dignified , temperate and se- date . Purity is more essential than ornament , for reasons ...
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... common friend : but what are the hopes of man ? I am disappointed by that stroke of death , which has eclipsed the gaiety of nations , and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure . ' " " While I am treating of biography , I ...
... common friend : but what are the hopes of man ? I am disappointed by that stroke of death , which has eclipsed the gaiety of nations , and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure . ' " " While I am treating of biography , I ...
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... common , and therefore the just acceptation of the word , is confined to those compositions which serve to transact the common business of life , or to promote its most pleasing intercourses . In this point of view letter - writing is ...
... common , and therefore the just acceptation of the word , is confined to those compositions which serve to transact the common business of life , or to promote its most pleasing intercourses . In this point of view letter - writing is ...
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