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C Composition and

1
Crowd not too many things into a sentence. letSentences to be
short

not your sentences be short. The shorter they are, the
easier they will be apprehended and remembered ++ Prefat. p.16.Children

2
When a long train of articles are to be enumerated Enumeration - to
be performed in a
sentence by itself

for any purpose let not the enumeration be
included in the middle of a paragraph, but perform it
by a paragraph on purpose.

3
It is not enough to render a compose suchSimplicity must
be preferred

a body of Laws as shall be methodical and concise:
the business is if possible to keep it so. The business
is if possible to keep it to to the end of time.

4
Quiquid principias, esto brevis:Horace's rule of
Brevity

says Horace: and he adds the reason
ut cito dicta
Precipiant animi docilis, tineantque fidiles
Nothing can be more accurate nor more just: yet
in England, Horace for some centuries [+] has been [+] [Horace, tho a poet, & what
is more a Latin poet, &
one of the most popular of
Latin poets]

preaching to the winds.

5
A discourse should be short, to be remembered: explicit,Brevity and explicitness
to be understood.

6
What may be not explicit enough to suggest allExplicitness for
common use

tho cares of itself & without expiration, may of itself be explicit
enough to suggest the greater number of cases, and
those which are apt most frequently to occur.

7
What is not explicit enough for [the conveying of] to convey original instructionExplicitness for
recollection

in the first instance may be explicit enough for the assistance of recollection


Identifier: | JB/100/071/001
"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 100.

Date_1

Marginal Summary Numbering

1-10

Box

100

Main Headings

Folio number

071

Info in main headings field

composition

Image

001

Titles

Category

text sheet

Number of Pages

2

Recto/Verso

recto

Page Numbering

f1 / f2

Penner

jeremy bentham

Watermarks

[[watermarks::[britannia with shield emblem]]]

Marginals

jeremy bentham

Paper Producer

Corrections

Paper Produced in Year

Notes public

in english and french

ID Number

32087

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