...readers. Animated by this important object, 1 shall disdain to cull my phrases or polish my style—I aim at being useful, and sincerity will render me...unaffected; for wishing rather to persuade by the force of mjr_ ^arguments, than dazzle by the elegance of my language, I shall not waste my time in rounding...

...of experience and reflection will be felt by some of my readers. Animated by this important object, d mummeries, and triumphs of the world half so stately...showeth best by day : but it will not rise to the dazzle by the elegance of my language, I shall not waste my time in rounding periods, or in fabricating...

...experience and reflection will be „feit by some of my readers. Animated l>y this important object, „I shall disdain to cull my phrases or polish my...being useful, and sincerity will render me unaffected ; tbr, wi„shing rather to persuade by the force of my argument, than dazzle „by the elegauce of...

...object, I shall disdain to cull my phrasos or polish my style ; I aim at being useful, and sincerity wfll render me unaffected ; for, wishing rather to persuade by the force of my arguments, than dazzle by the elegance of my language, I shall not waste my time in rounding periods, or in fabricating...

...are many. Criticised from a literary stand-point, they exceed its merits. Perfection of _§ljde-was not, it is true, the aim of the writer, as she at...useful, and sincerity •will render me unaffected ; (or wishing rather to persuade by the force of my arguments than to dazzle by the elegance of my...

...of experience and reflection will be felt by some of my readers. Animated by this important object, I shall disdain to cull my phrases or polish my style...rather to persuade by the force of my arguments, than dazzle by the elegance of my language, I shall not waste my time in rounding periods, or in fabricating...

...the material, that seriously detracts from its value. The author says in her Introductory Chapter : " I shall disdain to cull my phrases or polish my style...useful, and sincerity will render me unaffected." Yet had she pruned the luxuriance of her eloquence, and toned down the harshness, with which she expresses...

...experience and reflection will be „felt by some of my readers. Animated by this important object, „I shall disdain to cull my phrases or polish my...for, wi„shing rather to persuade by the force of my argument, than dazzle „by the elegance of my language, I shall not waste my time in „rounding periods...

...of experience and reflection will be felt by some of my readers. Animated by this important object, I shall disdain to cull my phrases or polish my style;—...rather to persuade by the force of my arguments, than dazzle by the elegance of my language, I shall not waste my time in rounding periods, or in fabricating...

...in 1653, "Give me a Stile that Nature frames, not Art," while Mary Wollstonecraft in 1792 announced, "I shall disdain to cull my phrases or polish my style ... I shall not waste my time in rounding periods. ... I shall try to avoid . . . flowery diction. . . ....