 On seeking for some clue to the law underlying these current maxims, we may see shadowed forth in many of them, the importance of economizing the reader's or hearer's attention. To so present ideas that they may be apprehended with the least possible...  Linguistic Development and Education - Page 281by Michael Vincent O'Shea - 1907 - 347 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1858 - 422 pages
...see shadowed forth in many of them, the importance of economizing the reader's or hearer's attention. To so present ideas that they may be apprehended with...is the desideratum towards which most of the rules above quoted point. When we condemn writing that is wordy, or confused, or intricate — when we praise... | |
 | 1853 - 614 pages
...see shadowed forth in many of them, the importanee of economizing the reader's or hearer's attention. To so present ideas that they may be apprehended with...is the desideratum towards which most of the rules above quoted point. When we condemn writing that is wordy, or confused, or intricate — when we praise... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - 1858 - 466 pages
...see shadowed forth in many of them, the importance of economizing the reader's or hearer's attention. To so present ideas that they may be apprehended with...is the desideratum towards which most of the rules above quoted point. When we condemn writing that is wordy, or confused, or intricate—when we praise... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - 1858 - 460 pages
...shadowed forth in many of them, the importance of economizing the reader's or hearer's attention. To_ so present ideas that they may be apprehended with...mental effort, is the desideratum towards which most of tte~rules above quotedjpoint.. When we condemn writing that is wordy, or confused, or intricate —... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - 1865 - 400 pages
...see shadowed forth in many of them, the importance of economizing the reader's or hearer's attention. To so present ideas that they may be apprehended with...is the desideratum towards which most of the rules above quoted point. When we condemn writing that is wordy, or confused, or intricate — when we praise... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - 1872 - 70 pages
...shadowed forth in many of , them) the importance of economizing the reader's or hear^er's attention. To so present ideas that they may be apprehended with...is the desideratum towards which most of the rules above quoted point. When we condemn writing that is wordy, or confused, or intricate — when we praise... | |
 | 1872 - 660 pages
...see shadowed forth in many of them the importance of economizing the reader's or hearer's attention. To so present ideas that they may be apprehended with...is the desideratum towards which most of the rules above quoted point. When we condemn writing that is wordy or confused or intricate ; when we praise... | |
 | Andrew Dousa Hepburn - 1875 - 298 pages
...the reader's or hearer's attention. To so present ideas that they may be apprehended with the lesist possible mental effort, is the desideratum towards which most of the rules above quoted point. When we condemn writing that is wordy, or confused, or intricate ; when we praise... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - 1876 - 76 pages
...importance of economizing the reader's or hearer's attention. To so present ideas that they may bo apprehended with the least possible mental effort,...is the desideratum towards which most of the rules above quoted point. When we condemn writing that is wordy or confused, or intricate — when we praise... | |
 | John Nichol - 1879 - 186 pages
...expressive is the best, and, in most instances, that which is the simplest is the most expressive. So to present ideas that they may be apprehended with the least possible mental effort should be our object in every sentence we write : for, as Mr. H. Spencer remarks, the time spent in... | |
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