 This grew speedily to an excess; for men began to hunt more after words than matter; and more after the choiceness of the phrase, and the round and clean composition of the sentence, and the sweet falling of the clauses, and the varying and illustration...  The American Journal of Education - Seite 676herausgegeben von - 1858Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Henry Grafton Grattan - 1925 - 354 Seiten
...CONSTRUCTION OF SENTENCES, PERIODS, AND PARAGRAPHS " Men began to hunt more after words than matter ; more after the choiceness of the phrase, and the round and clean composition of the sentence, and the sweet falling of the clauses, and the varying and illustration of their works with tropes and... | |
 | University of Texas - 1926 - 212 Seiten
...Cicero"43 or his equivalent, in 4eGouernour, I, p. 116. Cf. Bacon: "This grew speedily to an excess; for men began to hunt more after words than matter;...and the round and clean composition of the sentence, and the sweet falling of the clauses, and the varying and illustration of their works with tropes and... | |
 | James Fred McGrew - 1926 - 588 Seiten
...study of eloquence and copie of speech, which then began to flourish. This grew rapidly to an excess; for men began to hunt more after words than matter;...and the round and clean composition of the sentence, and the sweet falling of the clauses, and the varying and illustration of their works with tropes and... | |
 | Michael Demiashkevich - 1926 - 170 Seiten
...work, but of no substance or profit." They pursued what Bacon termed "delicate learning." They hunted "more after words than matter, and more after the...and the round and clean composition of the sentence, and the sweet falling of the clauses, and the varying and illustration of their works with tropes and... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1928 - 494 Seiten
...study of eloquence and copie of speech, which then began to flourish. This grew speedily to an excess ; for men began to hunt more after words than matter...and the round and clean composition of the sentence, and the sweet falling of the clauses, and the varying and illustration of their works with tropes and... | |
 | George Harley McKnight, Bert Emsley - 1928 - 632 Seiten
...[following the Renaissance] began to flourish." "This," he continues, "grew speedily to an excess ; for men began to hunt more after words than matter...after the choiceness of the phrase, and the round and clear composition of the sentence, and the sweet falling of the clauses, and the varying and illustration... | |
 | George Harley McKnight - 1928 - 638 Seiten
...[following the Renaissance] began to flourish." "This," he continues, "grew speedily to an excess ; for men began to hunt more after words than matter...after the choiceness of the phrase, and the round and clear composition of the sentence, and the sweet falling of the clauses, and the varying and illustration... | |
 | George Harley McKnight, Bert Emsley - 1928 - 632 Seiten
...[following the Renaissance] began to flourish." "This," he continues, "grew speedily to an excess ; for men began to hunt more after words than matter...after the choiceness of the phrase, and the round and clear composition of the sentence, and the sweet falling of the clauses, and the varying and illustration... | |
 | Marshall McLuhan - 1962 - 306 Seiten
...began to flourish. This grew speedily to an excess; for men began to hunt more after words than matter; more after the choiceness of the phrase, and the round and clean composition of the sentence, and the sweet falling of the clauses, and the varying and illustration of their works with tropes and... | |
 | Lisa Jardine - 1974 - 300 Seiten
...[III, 284], it is the preoccupation with eloquence at the expense of content that he is objecting to. ' For men began to hunt more after words than matter;...and the round and clean composition of the sentence, and the sweet falling of the clauses, and the varying and illustration of their works with tropes and... | |
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