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<note>Sentences to be short</note><lb/><head>1</head><lb/>Crowd not too many things into a sentence. let<lb/><del>not</del> your sentences be short. The shorter they are, the<lb/>easier they will be apprehended and remembered <hi rend="superscript">+</hi><note><hi rend="superscript">+</hi> Prefat. p.16.Children</note><lb/></p> <head>2</head><lb/> <note>Enumeration - to be performed in a sentence by itself</note><p> When a <del><gap/></del> <add> long train </add> of articles are to be enumerated <lb/>for any purpose let <add> not </add> the enumeration be<lb/>included in the middle of a paragraph, but <del> <gap/><gap/> </del> <add> perform it </add> <lb/>by a paragraph on purpose. </p><head>3</head><lb/><note>Simplicity must be preferred</note><lb/><p> It is not enough to <del> render a <gap/> </del> compose such <lb/>a body of Laws as shall be methodical and concise:<lb/>the business is if possible to keep it so. The business<lb/> is if possible to keep it to to the end of time. </p> <head>4</head><lb/><note>Horace's rule of Brevity</note><lb/> <p> <foreign>Quiquid principias, esto brevis:</foreign><lb/> says Horace: and he adds the reason<lb/><foreign>ut cito dicta</foreign><lb/><foreign>Precipiant animi docilis, tineantque fidiles</foreign><lb/>Notjing can be more accurate nor more just: yet<lb/>in England, Horace for some centuries <hi rend="superscript">[+]</hi> has been <note><hi rend="superscript">[+]</hi> [Horace, tho a poet, & what is more a Latin poet, & one of the most popular of Latin poets]</note><lb/> preaching to the winds. </p> <head>5</head><lb/> <note>Brevity and explicitness</note><lb/><p>A discourse should be short, to be remembered: explicit,<lb/>to be understood. </p> <head>6</head><lb/><note>Explicitness for common use</note><lb/><p> What may be not explicit enough to suggest all<lb/> tho cares <add> of itself & </add> without expiration, may of itself be explicit<lb/>enough to suggest the greater number of cases, and <lb/>those which are apt most frequently to occur. </p> <head>7</head> <lb/><note>Explicitness for recollection</note><lb/><p> What is not explicit enough for <add> [the conveying of ] to convey</add> original instruction <lb/> <add> in the first instance </add> may be explicit enough for the assistance of recollection </p> | |||
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C
Composition
Sentences to be short
1
Crowd not too many things into a sentence. let
not your sentences be short. The shorter they are, the
easier they will be apprehended and remembered ++ Prefat. p.16.Children
2
Enumeration - to be performed in a sentence by itself
When a long train of articles are to be enumerated
for any purpose let not the enumeration be
included in the middle of a paragraph, but perform it
by a paragraph on purpose.
3
Simplicity must be preferred
It is not enough to render a compose such
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
Horace's rule of Brevity
Quiquid principias, esto brevis:
says Horace: and he adds the reason
ut cito dicta
Precipiant animi docilis, tineantque fidiles
Notjing 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
Brevity and explicitness
A discourse should be short, to be remembered: explicit,
to be understood.
6
Explicitness for common use
What may be not explicit enough to suggest all
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
Explicitness for recollection
What is not explicit enough for [the conveying of ] to convey original instruction
in the first instance may be explicit enough for the assistance of recollection
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