JB/549/004/001

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1823. March 5th Constitut. Code

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From the several natures of the several
modes of incorrectness here brought to view, follow the
natures of the several correspondent modes of amendment,
by which correctness may be substituted to incorrectness.

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Conciseness what

4.Conciseness. This is a quality which belongs
to any given portion of discourse, in proportion as
the assemblage of words being supposed adequately
adapted to the conveyance, or say designation, of the
idea or say assemblage of ideas meant to be conveyed,
that is to say, exempt from the several undesirable
qualities above indicated, the number of words employed
is small, in comparison of the number of
words, which might naturally have been expected to
be employed. The idea in question As between two
portions of discourse, by each of which the same ideas
are conveyed, but and with equal aptitude in other
respects, the degree of conciseness is inversely as the
number of words employed.

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Date_1	1823-03-05	Marginal Summary Numbering	14
Box	549	Main Headings
Folio number	004	Info in main headings field	Constitut. Code
Image	001	Titles
Category	Copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages
Recto/Verso		Page Numbering
Penner	John Flowerdew Colls	Watermarks
Marginals	Jeremy Bentham	Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
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