If any man were to ask me, which would be supposed to be a perfect style, or language, I would answer, that in which a man speaking to five hundred people, of all common and various capacities, idiots or lunatics excepted, should be understood by them... The Complete English Tradesman, Volume 1 - Página 21por Daniel Defoe - 1841 - 323 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| James T. Boulton - 1975 - 304 páginas
...the best way of speaking. If any man was to ask me, which would be supposed to be a perfect stile, or language, I would answer, that in which a man speaking to five hundred people, of all common and various capacities, idiots or lunaticks excepted, should be understood by them all... | |
| Edward Bliss, James L. Hoyt - 1994 - 180 páginas
...centuries ago Daniel Defoe said, "If any man were to ask me what I would suppose to be a perfect style of language, I would answer that in which a man speaking...various capacities should be understood by them all." Instead of writing to be understood by five hundred people, "all of common and various capacities,"... | |
| Jennifer Reid - 1995 - 145 páginas
...that we might understand one another's meaning. ... If any man was to ask me, which would be supposed to be a perfect style or language, I would answer,...that in which a man speaking to five hundred people, of all common and various capacities, idiots or lunatics excepted, should be understood by them all... | |
| Maximillian E. Novak - 2001 - 786 páginas
...easily understood is the best. If any man was to ask me, what I would suppose to be a perfect stile or language, I would answer, that in which a man speaking to five hundred people, of all common and various capacities, Ideots and Lunaticks excepted, should be understood by they all,... | |
| Martin Conboy - 2004 - 260 páginas
...style, he could be writing of the appeal of many forms of popular journalism today: 'If any man was to ask me what I would suppose to be a perfect style...that in which a man speaking to five hundred people, of all common and various capacities, idiots or lunatics excepted, should be understood by them all'... | |
| Ilse Vickers - 2006 - 224 páginas
...easily understood, is the best. If any man was to ask me, what I would suppose to be a perfect stile or language, I would answer, that in which a man speaking to five hundred people, of all common and various capacities, Ideots and Lunaticks excepted, should be understood by them all,... | |
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