Reflections upon accuracy of style. : Containing the chief rules to be observ'd for obtaining an accurate style Of the too frequent Use of Antitheses. Of the Use of Metaphors. Of Affectation in Style. Of Flashy Styles. Of the Use of Foreign Words. Of the Laconick Style. Of the Long Style. Of Novelty of Style. Of Poetical Expressions used in Prose. Of the Use of Obsolete Words. Rapin's Rules of Style. Of Obscurity in Writing. On Harmony of Sound. French Writers not a Rule in other Languages. Vogue not always a sure Proof of a good Writer. Of the Beauties and Blemishes in the Style of the late famous Mr. Collier. Of that Gentleman's Oddness of Expression, Metaphors, &c. With brief observations interspers'd thro' the whole, on Denham, Dodwell, Dryden, Cowley, Balzac, Boileau, Bouhours, Tesauro, Tasso, Voiture, M. du Port Royal, De St. Evremont, Quintilian, Lucan, Virgil, &c. And many other Curious Particulars referr'd to in the Index. By Mr. John Constable.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Constable, John, 1676-1743.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literary style.

Physical Description:

xvi,246 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 8⁰

Place of Publication:

London : printed for J. Osborn, at the Golden Ball, in Pater-Noster Row, M.DCC.XXXIV. [1734]

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Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Notes:

Recto of A2 is numbered 3.

The final leaf contains advertisements for Henry Lintot.

The ornaments are those used by Henry Woodfall.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

Alston, VI, 162

English Short Title Catalog, T96744.

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