| 单词 | conciseness |
| 例句 | In view of these limitations, and knowing Father's esteem for conciseness, I have listed here the revised round of duties he will from now on be expected to perform.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The orchestral sound is consistently glorious, if more suggestive of Italianate fullness than French conciseness. Les P?cheurs de Perles 2010-10-06T22:30:00Z Maybe a little time off and the shedding of other botched TV projects along with lessons learned from his Netflix hit, reminded Gaiman to value conciseness, economy and a skilled writing partner. After four years, "Good Omens" returns for a jolly if rather hollow romp that falls short of sublime 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z Presented in eight chapters and clocking in at 900 minutes, this sprawling documentary, which takes up residence on Wednesday at the Museum of Modern Art, is notable for its epic ambition and for its conciseness. Critic?s Notebook: ?The Story of Film: An Odyssey,? by Mark Cousins, at MoMA 2012-01-31T23:43:58Z In certain ways it is the exact opposite of a bumper sticker, even though they may share something like conciseness. Rita Dove: “The first thing that goes when a government becomes a tyranny are words” 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z As much of what has been excised consists of redundant dialogue and extended bits of travelogue, the emphasis on conciseness here is welcome. Review | How dry he’s not: Hemingway, brought to the stage in lively fashion 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z As Goldstein observes, Levi consistently “strove in his writing for lucidity, precision and conciseness — qualities that he attributed in part to his training and profession as a chemist.” ‘The Complete Works of Primo Levi’: A literary treasury on humanity 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z “Dear xxx” notes: Dear President Lincoln: Please note change to “87” for conciseness. Style Invitational Week 1518: The Style Expirational 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z You can refer to it as you draft paragraphs and polish sentences for clarity, conciseness, and point of view. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z “I love that conciseness, that density,” Garcia says of those works. Rodrigo Garcia's memoir wrestles with the death of his father, novelist Gabriel García Márquez 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z The authors answered questions about their work in writing, and the answers were edited for conciseness and clarity. Perspective | Pandemic Lab: More drinking at home is linked to domestic abuse 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z All conversations were edited lightly for clarity and conciseness. With a verdict, troubled reflections For scientists, it may be even more valuable, as conciseness seems to correlate with how frequently a research paper is cited. Papers with shorter titles get more citations 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z As leaders our goals are to deliver the message with conciseness and clarity, to minimize risk to the organization, and to preserve the other person’s dignity. Coaching For Leaders: A More Human Way to Fire People 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z “We are in a moment of a huge change and deep shift in conciseness in our thinking of violence against women,” said Farah Naqvi, a prominent women’s rights activist. India Ink: Are Women Any Safer in India? 2013-12-16T14:33:07Z Note: For the sake of conciseness and readability, I’ve been a little inexact here in rolling up Google News and Google web search in one discussion. Why Google Should Rethink Its Approach to Sponsored Content 2013-04-08T02:52:00Z Their conciseness, as also the fact that their contents are rarely exhibited in full, often invests them with the semblance of independent existence. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z The simplicity and conciseness of words and actions in many of the parables are qualities which call forth a ready and free response from children. The Dramatization of Bible Stories An experiment in the religious education of children 2012-03-03T03:00:18.597Z Telling arrangement of ideas, clearness of thought, conciseness of phrase, dexterous support of special views by figures and facts; these are the qualities bred in the parliamentary atmosphere to-day. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z Let your conversation possess a clarified conciseness, compact comprehensiveness, coalescent consistency, and a concatenated cognancy; eschew all conglomerations of flatulent garrulity and jejune babblement. Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 12, March 22, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside 2012-02-24T03:00:26.570Z Ingleby did so, though the narrative was distinctly tame in its unvarnished conciseness until he came to his meeting with Esmond. Delilah of the Snows 2012-01-23T03:00:09.087Z And finally Sir Thomas vouches for its conciseness in a hyperbole which it would be difficult to excel. Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromartie, Knight 2012-01-19T03:00:21.953Z It expressed with absolute conciseness and exactitude all that we had in our minds, far better than we could have expressed it. The Story of Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland and of the new Gospel of Interpretation 2012-01-18T03:00:12.427Z There it lay before me, that awful note, in its overwhelming conciseness, without hope of respite or interference. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z On his return he told his impressions, with painful conciseness, to the Prince. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z In conciseness, that Spartan virtue, he was strong, though it must be confessed that the tale-teller was now and then hustled from the rostrum by his rival and enemy, the talker. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z The telegrams would, perhaps, be peculiarly susceptible of this treatment, whereunto they seem to lend themselves in virtue of their characteristic conciseness, which it would enhance. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 62, Jan 13, 1872 2011-12-12T03:00:30.070Z Outlook.—"Truly admirable for its conciseness and adequacy of critical treatment." Mary Queen of Scots 1542-1587 2011-11-20T03:00:16.107Z If you wish to secure conciseness of expression, be especially careful to avoid joining or completing thoughts by these expressions: and, so, why, that is why, this is the reason, and everything. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z One evening, at his house in F street in Washington, he spoke of Judge Parsons, of his depth and subtlety, and the conciseness of his language. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z On the next morning, therefore, so soon as the sitting of the Committee had opened, Corbon stood up and, with cruel simplicity and conciseness, gave Cormenin to understand what we thought. The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville 2011-11-02T02:00:13.477Z Rare Festivals.—Pithy conciseness, repose, and maturity—where you find these qualities in an author, cry halt and celebrate a great festival in the desert. Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z His discourses were distinguished by great conciseness yet fulness of matter, presenting often the most familiar but beautiful illustrations. Memorials of the Independent Churches in Northamptonshire with biographical notices of their pastors, and some account of the puritan ministers who laboured in the county. 2011-10-13T02:00:37.230Z However, his summing up was a model of conciseness and brevity, as it took for granted the jury's perfect knowledge of facts and law, and its delivery occupied just about a couple of minutes. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, September 9, 1893 2011-09-30T02:00:15.237Z A common violation of conciseness is the presentation of a single complex idea, step by step, in a series of sentences or independent clauses which might to advantage be combined into one. A Foreword to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition 2011-08-20T02:00:13.567Z To this conclusion I am led, or rather driven, by a variety of considerations, which I will endeavor to state, with as much brevity and conciseness as the nature of the case will admit. Rambles by Land and Water or Notes of Travel in Cuba and Mexico 2011-07-29T02:00:23.127Z One of Hearn's dangers was discursiveness, or want of conciseness and intensity. Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman 2011-07-20T02:00:12.413Z As we noted the universal sorrow, Albert Carr� interpreted the feeling of the crowd towards the beautiful departed, and said in these words, eloquent in their conciseness and which will survive, "She was loved!" My Recollections 2011-07-16T02:00:14.973Z Boccaccio tells this story with that admirable combination of straightforward conciseness and finished grace which characterizes his mature prose. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z I thought the circumstances warranted conciseness, and my being laconic, if necessary. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z Possessed of a marvellous conciseness and clearness, it can with a single word call up several ideas, to express which in another tongue whole phrases would be necessary. The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z I come to another point which it is difficult to touch with conciseness: have I made any progress? The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume I 2011-05-22T02:00:16.657Z Their note is a vivid conciseness; his the easy charm of a flowing pen, always unaffected, often picturesque and even eloquent, never offending, but seldom practising the art of omission. Humours of Irish Life 2011-04-19T02:00:16.057Z Harding did so, and for ten minutes Tony, who stared straight in front of him at the blue Bougainvillea on the moonlit wall, spoke with quiet conciseness, while Harding sat in the shadow watching him. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z The characteristic of most of the annals and memoirs which I have hitherto mentioned, was extreme conciseness. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z I made it as brief as I could, and said nothing about the mortgages nor Hackett's bond; but even with all my conciseness, the thing is very voluminous. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z His conciseness of forcible expression is indeed admirable. The Storm Centre 2011-03-01T03:00:39.427Z Much of the conciseness of negro speech is due to the suppression of relatives and prepositions. you no give, if you do not give. Jamaican Song and Story Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes 2011-02-28T03:00:31.280Z His opinions delivered in the Court of Errors are models of conciseness and force, and temper in just proportion the technicalities of law with the deductions of sound reason and strong common sense. Presidential Candidates: containing Sketches, Biographical, Personal and Political, of Prominent Candidates for the Presidency in 1860 2011-02-27T03:00:34.390Z Gellius praises the conciseness, neatness, and graceful ease of the narrative, resembling dramatic dialogue, in which this incident was related. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z On top of that, the conciseness of the Chinese language allows one to say far more in 140 characters than one can typing in English. China's Internet: How Social Media Changed the Equation 2011-02-17T04:10:00Z Thereupon she threw away her cigarette, wrote five letters with extraordinary despatch and undepartmental conciseness of style, and went to have tea in the canteen. What Not A Prophetic Comedy 2011-02-09T03:00:50.423Z He 'll not burden you with instructions, but what he tells you will be quite sufficient; he is all clearness, conciseness, and accuracy. Paul Gosslett's Confessions in Love, Law, and The Civil Service 2011-02-04T03:00:18.850Z When he was but twenty he produced a Latin dictionary called "Vocabularius Breviloquus," noted for its brevity, conciseness and orderly arrangement, which passed through twenty editions in less than thirty years. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z What impresses the reader most, or at least first, in this poem is its extreme conciseness and simplicity. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z The qualities of Mary Robinson’s work, its conciseness and purity of expression, were only gradually recognized. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z The first part, "The Mystery of Evil," written soon after "The Idea of God," was designed to supply some considerations which for the sake of conciseness had been omitted from that book. Through Nature to God 2010-12-24T03:00:36.410Z "I want you to get to a point of some elegance, some conciseness," he tells the 12 male and seven female students. Hard times spur midnight classes at colleges 2010-09-28T19:03:00Z There is nought beyond that, I say, nor, for conciseness of statement, aught to equal it. Idonia: A Romance of Old London This produces that conciseness for which Bret Harte’s style is remarkable. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z His telegrams in consequence were celebrated more for their conciseness than their clarity. The Spy in Black Yet one day he was to learn that this conciseness had been construed as reserve. An Engagement of Convenience A Novel No poet ever excelled him in conciseness, and in the rare talent of finishing his pictures by a few bold touches; the merit of Pindar in his better hours. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 It is thus Mr. Paine frequently sacrifices both grammar and strict definition to conciseness; but never to obscure the sense. Junius Unmasked or, Thomas Paine the author of the Letters of Junius and the Declaration of Independence Possibly Bret Harte sometimes carries this dramatic conciseness a little too far,—so far that the reader’s attention is drawn from the matter in hand to the manner in which it is expressed. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z Simplicity means directness and conciseness in telling the story as well as an avoidance of hifalutin phrases, obsolete words and involved sentences. The Style Book of The Detroit News The book is also a marvel of conciseness.' To Lhassa at Last Its conciseness of expression is a study in itself. Garden and Forest Weekly, Volume 1 No. 1, February 29, 1888 Between the conciseness and singleness of "The Ebb-Tide" and the unnecessary length and complexity of some of the Victorians lies a golden mean easier to recognize in specific books than to state abstractedly. The Technique of Fiction Writing The niece had her uncle’s every conciseness of tone as she quoted. The House of Fulfilment Chinese appeared to them as admirable for the superabundant richness of its vocabulary as for the conciseness of its literary style. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" The invariable law of Mozart’s genius—in spite of, or perhaps, in aid of its broad inclusiveness—is condensation or conciseness; of Schubert’s, it is expansion and diffusiveness. Camilla: A Tale of a Violin Being the Artist Life of Camilla Urso The conciseness and felicity of the expression is equally remarkable. Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature The clearness and conciseness of the notes, and their adaptation to the wants of students. In the School-Room Chapters in the Philosophy of Education Was it this flat conciseness in all he said that made levity irresistible to Harriet in turn? The House of Fulfilment And those are indeed so numerous that it is impracticable to recite them here with any tolerable conciseness or accuracy. Commentaries on the Laws of England Book the First But in striving always for the greatest possible conciseness, he must not neglect the equally important need of producing his effect "with the utmost emphasis." Materials and Methods of Fiction With an Introduction by Brander Matthews Arbuthnot’s style is distinguished from that of his contemporaries, even by a greater degree of terseness and conciseness. Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature The picture is given with simple conciseness, and he leaves it; nor does he ever attempt to elaborate a detail into a separate poem. Robert Burns Famous Scots Series Hercules' interesting series on Trinidad; and exhibits all the polish, lucidity and conciseness of its predecessors. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 This piece is a happy illustration of the intensity of meaning and the conciseness of structure which Schumann gained by the application of polyphonic imitation. Music: An Art and a Language Colonel Broadcastle was not accustomed to mince matters, when the occasion demanded brevity and conciseness. The Lieutenant-Governor A Novel He told his story with a spirit and military conciseness that riveted my attention as much as the real pungency of the incidents. Tales from Blackwood, Volume 7 I asked the stewardess if she were not afraid, making the journey every day, and her answer awed me by its conciseness and its confidence. Liége on the Line of March An American Girl's Experiences When the Germans Came Through Belgium Gray said himself that the style he aimed at was 'extreme conciseness of expression, yet pure, perspicuous, and musical.' Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer Condensation of124 subject matter, conciseness of style, a ceaseless exaltation of quality above quantity are the prominent features in Beethoven's work. Music: An Art and a Language But in striving always for the greatest possible conciseness, he must not neglect the equally important need of producing his effect “with the utmost emphasis.” A Manual of the Art of Fiction I still see poems in the papers whose clearness, conciseness and sublimity betray his master hand. Walter Pieterse A Story of Holland Of course, he should be required to keep neat, accurate, and reasonably full notes of the laboratory work, and should be held to a high standard of clearness, conciseness, and correctness in his final report. College Teaching Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College Chicago Record: Very few recent novels which have come out of England will compare with this story in two points—absolute conciseness of form and analysis of motive.... Cleo The Magnificent Or, the Muse of the Real The Third symphony is a marvel of conciseness and virile life. Music: An Art and a Language It is distinguished by its simplicity, conciseness, and philosophical accuracy. Elements of Gaelic Grammar It is only the conciseness of the formula which here causes the obscurity. Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters Each subject is displayed, in a new method, with perspicuity, conciseness, simplicity, and classic taste. The History of Dartmouth College For whoever affects excessive conciseness while speaking of things but little known, does not so much consider how to explain matters intelligibly, as how much he may omit. The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens The little sentence, so terrible in its conciseness, set up a clear issue between the two adversaries. The Frontier The author of this tract has aimed at conciseness, so far as the nature of the argument would allow, not employing “those arts by which a big book is made.” On Calvinism Again Moses' customary conciseness is in evidence, which, however, is more effective than an excess of words. Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II Luther on Sin and the Flood In these notes of foreign travel the object has been to cover a broad field without making a cumbersome volume, to do which, conciseness has necessarily been observed. Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands As it is, it suffers from its conciseness and technical terminology. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy I am acquainted with no prayers that can compare with the collects of the Missal in earnestness and vigor of language, in conciseness of style and unction of piety. The Faith of Our Fathers Round a stone,' answered Guy, with true military conciseness. The Talking Horse And Other Tales The brevity and conciseness of Dahlia's last letter left him in no doubt as to her intentions. The Wooden Horse And the following line, translated from Juvenal by Dr. Johnson, is much superior to the original, owing to the easy personification of Worth and Poverty, and to the consequent conciseness of it. The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society A Poem, with Philosophical Notes It is devoid of all merit whether of literary beauty or of logical conciseness and brevity. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy But the conciseness of history far more frequently embodies falsehood than truth. A Stable for Nightmares or Weird Tales “Mark is also characterised by a conciseness and apparent incompleteness of delineation which are allied to the obscure.” The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark There are first draughts with excisions of whole half pages, for he sought conciseness. James B. Eads This genitive case is said to be expressed in the Hebrew language simply by the locality of the words in succession to each other; which must so far add to the conciseness of that language. The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society A Poem, with Philosophical Notes The pithy conciseness of the brackish tongue renders it eminently useful on duty. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The form is characterized by an extreme conciseness and brevity and an absolutely impersonal tone. Newspaper Reporting and Correspondence A Manual for Reporters, Correspondents, and Students of Newspaper Writing Two pages held it all; Stonor would have been surprised had he been told that it was a model of conciseness. The Woman from Outside [on Swan River] Their conciseness, their clearness in fact, their definiteness in judgment, and above all, the rightly graduated impression of the writer's own personality in the background, make them perfect in their kind. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3) Essay 6: Harriet Martineau Its remarkable features are the sound judgment with which the true landmarks of scientific history are selected, the conciseness of the information conveyed, and the interest with which the whole subject is nevertheless invested. Freedom in Science and Teaching. from the German of Ernst Haeckel Another quality almost or quite equally notable is its conciseness. The Masters and their Music A series of illustrative programs with biographical, esthetical, and critical annotations Test the leads to see if they would be clear in themselves without further explanation.Strive for brevity, conciseness and clearness; wage war on all attempts at fine writing. Newspaper Reporting and Correspondence A Manual for Reporters, Correspondents, and Students of Newspaper Writing Paper was produced, and Churchill began to write, often eliciting words of admiration from the others at the conciseness and precision with which he presented his views. The Candidate A Political Romance "His speeches are invariably marvels of conciseness, graceful expression and clear elocution". The Life of King Edward VII with a sketch of the career of King George V Shakespeare, William, as historian, 1, 7, 22; conciseness, 36; and study of human character, 67. Historical Essays He spoke with great fluency and with astonishing conciseness. The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 We aimed at setting forth the great facts and truths of revelation with all the simplicity, conciseness, and earnestness we could command. Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 I have to thank many correspondents for sending me information of value and for indicating points in which conciseness has led to misunderstanding. The Romance of Names Miss Oman's juvenile maidservant, who opened the door to me, stated the existing conditions with epigrammatic conciseness. The Eye of Osiris Of Tacitus likewise is conciseness a well-known merit. Historical Essays My plan was faintly to imitate the simple narrative style, the conciseness, the picturesqueness, the eloquence, the poetry, and the philosophic spirit of a history, the most remarkable of any extant—that of the world. The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 The only criticism of any importance was directed against its conciseness. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) “My sister has given birth to a son, and lies at the point of death,” she said with her unsparing conciseness, but not harshly. The Squirrel-Cage I called out to them, and explained my woful circumstances with rueful conciseness. Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War “Tacitus,” he wrote, “very frequently trusts to the curiosity or reflection of his readers to supply those intermediate circumstances and ideas, which, in his extreme conciseness, he has thought proper to suppress.” Historical Essays In arranging a Genealogy the utmost conciseness is essential, all details being left for full description elsewhere. The Handbook to English Heraldry The simplicity of its instructions, the comprehensiveness of its subject, and the accuracy of its details, together with its perfect arrangement, conciseness, attractiveness and cheapness make it the most desirable of all legal hand-books. Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure The style of narrative, the conciseness of statement, and the wealth of allusion make this book one which certainly the lawyer, and probably many laymen, will wish to finish at one sitting, and not hurriedly.... The Squirrel-Cage It has not all the force and conciseness of the Origin, but it has a certain freshness which gives it a character of its own. The Foundations of the Origin of Species Two Essays written in 1842 and 1844 In the preparation of such reports, two conditions are equally essential—conciseness and comprehensiveness. A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries I am sorry that you found such a conciseness in the strains of my first letter. Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record Correctness and clearness properly belong to the domain of diction; simplicity, conciseness, gravity, elegance, diffuseness, floridity, force, feebleness, coarseness, etc., belong to the domain of style. The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. We, who do not rely on hand-copying for the propagation of our books, naturally write at greater length: and while it loses in conciseness, literature has a compensating gain in amplitude. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield But the conciseness of the lapidary style and the constant repetition of stereotyped formulas naturally render that kind of text hardly explicit and sometimes enigmatical. The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism The greatest conciseness of style is required for such work. Memoirs My Lord of Wargrove would not, and Captain Laurence, to whom in desperation he made his plea, consigned him with extreme conciseness of speech to the deepest and hottest pit of Eblis. Patsy "This is an excellent little volume, and from its conciseness, clearness, and comprehensiveness is a great improvement on the well-known 'Pearson' of an earlier generation." Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys On this whole scene Landor remarks that "the first overt crime of the refractory angels was punning"; and adds, with true Miltonic conciseness, "they fell rapidly after that." Milton Gray said himself that “the style he aimed at was extreme conciseness of expression, yet pure, perspicuous, and musical;” and this style, at which he aimed, he succeeded fully in achieving. A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 "He was handsome, suave, agreeable—but——" "He was, and is, a hypocrite!" interrupts Miss Maliphant, with truly beautiful conciseness. April's Lady A Novel I shall not be sorry, for they distinguish his openness and conciseness. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 The tragic anecdote which Swinburne has told in Rosamund, Queen of the Lombards, is told with a directness and conciseness unusual in his dramatic or lyric work. Figures of Several Centuries The packed line introduced by Milton is of a greater density and conciseness than anything to be found in English literature before it. Milton The greatest conciseness is visible in his epigrams and in his compliments:— “A vile encomium doubly ridicules: There’s nothing blackens like the ink of fools.” A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 So much has been already advanced upon this subject in the companion volume and in the present, that great conciseness is here both possible and expedient. The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels When he first published his Fables, the taste for conciseness and simplicity were so much on the decline, that they were both objected to him as faults. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 The latter's "Exhortation to the Brethren" has come down to us, and is noteworthy for the simplicity of its language, and its conciseness of form. A Survey of Russian Literature, with Selections Their ease and elegance are most commendable, but they lost somewhat more in force and conciseness than is thought correct to-day. Short Story Writing A Practical Treatise on the Art of The Short Story The most striking features of the work are its comprehensiveness and conciseness.... Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology He had been powerfully impressed by the energy and directness of Alfieri's work, and he was eager to emulate the gravity and simplicity, if not the terseness and conciseness, of his style and language. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4 "And do you account as nothing, sir, the liberty of addressing me thus?" replied Le Kain, with all the sublimity and conciseness of an irritated Orosmane. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 After the midnight supper Anderson, refreshed, told of an illuminating book he might write on Germany with journalistic brevity and conciseness. Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life If it cannot get to the story proper in that space there is something radically wrong—probably in the plot; for the conventional brevity of the short story requires particular conciseness in the introduction. Short Story Writing A Practical Treatise on the Art of The Short Story English prose, which a century earlier had limped so far behind French in clearness and conciseness, was rapidly catching its rival up, and in the next generation was to run abreast with it. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France The second line falls short of the conciseness of the original by transposing the object of impregnates into the third. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867 These are still curious, both for the facts they preserve, and the happy conciseness with which Jovius delineates a character. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 Legends like these, though they take away from the unity and conciseness of the Epic, impart a moral instruction to the millions of India the value of which cannot be overestimated. Maha-bharata The Epic of Ancient India Condensed into English Verse Once again, one caught sight in the music of the French clarity and orderliness, logicality and conciseness. Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers They reach the maximum of conciseness, and are therefore called maxims. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France The work is also remarkable for the conciseness and perspicuity of its style, the clearness of its descriptions, and the admirable arrangement of its matter. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, February 1844 Volume 23, Number 2 His entries are expressed with a laconic conciseness, and it would seem with a little dry humour. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 Compression in the history produces conciseness in the historian. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry With such opinions as these, expressed in great clearness and conciseness, who can fail to perceive that their tendency was to overthrow the traditional faith of the church in large portions of the Bible? History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology To sum up which humiliating conclusion good George Herbert has put the matter thus with epigrammatic conciseness:— "St. Luke was a saint and a physician, yet he is dead!" Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure New edition of a standard text-book which presents the principles of harmony with conciseness and lucidity. Resonance in Singing and Speaking He even knows what he believes about woman’s suffrage and about God, a rare conciseness of thinking in these troublous times. Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View Another characteristic of the Traveller is the extraordinary choiceness and conciseness of the diction, which, instead of suggesting pedantry or affectation, betrays on the contrary nothing but a delightful ease and grace. Goldsmith English Men of Letters Series The author tried faithfully to redeem his pledge; and though he asserted that he had aimed at conciseness, his work only terminated with the twelfth quarto volume! History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology For instrumental music, where many octaves are used, the system is modified without losing its simplicity and conciseness. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 For diction, fine style, conciseness and logical conclusions, one must go far to find his superior. Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro I am not so fond of conciseness as not to make room for brightening a narration with proper embellishments. The Training of a Public Speaker It is his shrewdness, his conciseness, his ever-present humour, his frequent irony, and his short, homely line—effective as the play of the short Roman sword—which strikes the reader most. Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country Sound itself loses its sharp conciseness, and reaches the brain only as a blurred and indistinct impression. "Contemptible", by "Casualty" “Pickling,” responded Jem with gloomy conciseness; and spurred by this discovery to fresh enthusiasm for our exploit, we promptly planned operations. We and the World, Part I A Book for Boys Brevity and conciseness are not necessarily one, any more than are fullness and prolixity. Writing the Photoplay Register "The historic facts are stated with a clearness and conciseness that make them valuable." Direct Legislation by the Citizenship through the Initiative and Referendum Mine, indeed, was more diffuse, and the ornaments of it were more tawdry; but his laboured conciseness, the constant glow of his diction, and pointed brilliancy of his sentences, were no less unnatural. Dialogues of the Dead The latter is not excelled by any poem of Browning's in its terrible conciseness, the intensity of its utterance of stifled passion. An Introduction to the Study of Browning The use of the pen tends to give clearness and conciseness to the speaker's style. Talks on Talking A first-class rhetoric, like Genung's, or Hill's, will be of great value in acquiring conciseness and clearness of style, as well as other good qualities of expression. Writing the Photoplay It will often produce a deeper, more lasting impression by its very conciseness. Public Speaking The tale is told, in general, with complete simplicity, sobriety, and conciseness. Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence Clement's style has not the merit of compactness and conciseness. Companion to the Bible In our days the beauty of a sentence is less sought after than its clearness and conciseness. The Makers of Canada: Bishop Laval The books of law, voluminous as they are in most civilized countries, were conciseness itself compared with this new code of morals. The Eclipse of Faith Or, A Visit To A Religious Sceptic This "therefore," with its direct deduction from "conciseness of expression," recalls the lady patroness who chose her incumbents for being fast over prayers. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar It is seldom in his brief and casual comments that Scott is particularly interesting as a critic, except when he is speaking of living writers, for he lacked the gift of conciseness. Sir Walter Scott as a Critic of Literature Lady Gertrude had expressed her opinion with a conciseness that was entirely characteristic. The Moon out of Reach And of this be assured: only the practised speaker can hope to gain both conciseness of argument and conviction in manner, polish of language and power in delivery, finish of style and fire in utterance. The Art of Public Speaking At the same time the manifest intention of the Sûtra writers is to express themselves with as much clearness as the conciseness affected by them admits of. The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya Sacred Books of the East, Volume 1 "These verses for children have never been surpassed for the happy union of fancy and precept, the simplicity and intelligibility of the ideas and words, and the fluency and conciseness of the rhymes." The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science The short sentence is the most important step toward brevity, terseness, conciseness and clear thinking. The Psychology of Management The Function of the Mind in Determining, Teaching and Installing Methods of Least Waste The conciseness and felicity of the expression are equally remarkable. Lectures on the English Poets Delivered at the Surrey Institution A figure of speech makes both for conciseness and for economy of mental effort on the part of the reader. How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers All Sûtras aim at conciseness; that is clearly the reason to which this whole species of literary composition owes its existence. The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya Sacred Books of the East, Volume 1 He admires the order and conciseness of the work, and congratulates himself on living in Grotius's time, and sharing in the friendship of so great a man. The Life of the Truly Eminent and Learned Hugo Grotius Containing a Copious and Circumstantial History of the Several Important and Honourable Negotiations in Which He Was Employed; together with a Critical Account of His Works Days.—Regarded from the point of view of artistic form, perhaps nothing of Emerson's is quite so flawless as "Days," a poem which for conciseness and polish is worthy to be called classic. The Golden Treasury of American Songs and Lyrics Only by conciseness has it been possible to give even a summary of the principles of dietetics within the limit or this pamphlet. The Chemistry of Food and Nutrition Figures of speech, however, are great aids, not only to clearness and conciseness, but to the vividness of an article. How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers She displayed an ability, conciseness and force that must have carried conviction to every impartial listener.... The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years He has introduced nothing but facts well supported, or theological discussions delivered with the greatest conciseness and accuracy. The Life of the Truly Eminent and Learned Hugo Grotius Containing a Copious and Circumstantial History of the Several Important and Honourable Negotiations in Which He Was Employed; together with a Critical Account of His Works The book has, however, the merit of conciseness, and is a singular monument of literary industry, for it was entirely compiled by Chambers himself. Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) I think also that the difficulty arising from the conciseness of Christ's expression, "This is my body," would have been avoided in a made-up story. Evidence of Christianity The conciseness of his story, and his indifference to the tragedy of his birth, indicated a level mind under powerful control. The Man in the Twilight Dubnow, in his summary of Jewish history, formulates an epigram, which, like most of its kind, becomes in its conciseness and pointed antithesis a half-truth. Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria Neither do we find in Motley the occasional terse conciseness of Botta,—little epics enclosed in a short sentence. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862 Undue conciseness often checks the flow of expression, while diffuseness is alike detrimental to a clear and precise exposition of our ideas. COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 Tourgéneff carried his desire for conciseness so far that he seems always to be experimenting to see how much of his story he may leave out. Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 For one thing, there are a clearness, conciseness and elegance of style, joined to a sort of musical rhythm, that hold one captive from the beginning. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 Adam Mickiewicz compares him, in respect to the brevity, conciseness, and terseness of his expression, with the last named Roman poet; in reference to his treatment of the classic elements, to Goethe. Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations What the vehicle of verse does for them is to secure conciseness and suggestiveness in the rendering of remote, daring, and unexpected turns of thought and feeling, and especially of conscience. The Poetry Of Robert Browning "The present, like the preceeding histories from the pen of this intelligent lady, is distinguished for its conciseness, elegance of expression, and clearness of detail." The World's Fair Mrs. Preston's style has the rare merit in these days of uniting conciseness and directness to grace and beauty of expression. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876 The Latin in which it is written answers to it; it has the conciseness, the breadth, the lordliness of a great piece of philosophical legislation. Bacon The statement, indeed, left nothing to be desired on the score of plainness or conciseness of style. Don Orsino A few modifications, of a technical nature, have been made in the stage directions; but even with these slight changes, the directions are staccato, utilitarian in conciseness, rather than literary in the Shaw sense. The Easiest Way Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911 "The present, like the proceeding histories from the pen of this intelligent lady, is distinguished for its conciseness, elegance of expression, and clearness of detail." The World's Fair Turning to the Latin text, the student cannot but notice the contrast between the easy diction of modern philosophical writers and the rugged conciseness of the mediæval Schoolman. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 It is the practice of paying by the column, or, in other words, paying a premium for verbosity, and imposing a fine upon conciseness. Famous Americans of Recent Times Next to clearness of statement, I would put conciseness—the condensing of much into a few words. In His Image There is a French conciseness in such a sentence and immense mental suggestiveness. Masters of the English Novel A Study of Principles and Personalities One more instance of La Fontaine's inimitable conciseness may be given. Landmarks in French Literature In the notes, conciseness with a reasonable degree of thoroughness has been the principle followed. Selections from the Prose Works of Matthew Arnold More enlightened ideas of the operations of medicine have taught the moderns greater simplicity and conciseness in practice. The Botanist's Companion, Volume II This has the immense advantage of conciseness, and of a clear and scholarly style. Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England The language passes from the ease of perfect simplicity to the conciseness of power, while the relation of emotion to character is admirably preserved. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 55, May, 1862 Sometimes, however, the answers err on the side of conciseness. Lighted to Lighten: the Hope of India His unerring sense of form, his artistic restraint in a day when caprice was the ruling fashion, and the conciseness of his expression, are doubtless due to classical influence. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 04 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes In 1521 Albert Dürer was astonished at the number of women artists in different parts of what, for conciseness, we may call Germany. Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. Avoiding his glance, Ulysses told him curtly, trying to evade by the conciseness of his language all signs of emotion. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel Even the old man he was answering had adopted, to be original in everything, that selfsame conciseness: every sentence of his contained two or three ideas. The Torrent Entre Naranjos Thus have we fullness in the one part, conciseness in the other, order and distinctness in both. The Grammar of English Grammars In the Introductions to the several plays, too, we find many obiter dicta of Mr. White which are excellent in their clearness of critical perception and conciseness of phrase. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 When she fully understood, he noted that her mind seemed to attain an unusual clearness, her speech a new conciseness; that she was displaying a force of will he had never before suspected. The Lions of the Lord A Tale of the Old West To these Dampier replied with simplicity and conciseness, saying to the orators: 'Gentlemen and dear comrades, you must be hoarse, let us drink!' The Solitary of Juan Fernandez, or the Real Robinson Crusoe Professor Kennedy crossed one long, elegantly slim leg over the other, "I've been dining with the Kennedy family," he said, with a neat and significant conciseness. The Bent Twig But the arrangement which embraces the properly distributed explanation of the facts, ought to have brevity, completeness, conciseness. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 Sarah explained the matter with her usual conciseness: "One of the girls was arrested for stealing." Within the Law These writers passed with the most artful conciseness over the misfortunes of the nation, celebrated its successful valor, and adorned the triumph with many Asiatic trophies, that more properly belonged to the people of Scythia. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 Most folk called it "The Settlement"; others, with quite sufficient conciseness for our neighbourhood, spoke of "them there fellows up by Halliday's;" others again, with a hint of derision, named them the "monks." Dream Days Photius, while severely criticizing his lapses into indecency, highly praises the conciseness and clearness of his style, which, however, is artificial and laboured. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 My ears delight in a well-turned and properly finished period of words, and they like conciseness, and disapprove of redundancy. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 "Drink—drugs," said Mr. Pepper with sinister conciseness. The Voyage Out The expressive conciseness of his descriptions has served to exercise the diligence of innumerable antiquarians, and to excite the genius and penetration of the philosophic historians of our own times. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 That is very true, and has all the conciseness of an adage. Jennie Baxter, Journalist He valued the Imitation, he said, greatly for its brevity and conciseness as an aid to prayer and contemplation, but the Combat as a help in active and practical life. The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales His Commentaries, that is, his memoirs, history of his campaigns, are admirable in their conciseness and precision of rapid and running narrative. Initiation into Literature The whole moral system of the entertainment exactly like that of fable, consists in rules of prudence, with an exquisite conciseness, and at the same time an exhaustive fulness of sense. Literary Remains, Volume 2 This card of announcement is a model of conciseness, and answers the oft-repeated question, "Where shall we go to find the married couple next winter?" Manners and Social Usages Extreme conciseness of expression, yet pure, perspicuous, and musical, is one of the grand beauties of lyric poetry. A Study of Poetry Energy and conciseness are the distinguishing features of his style; and this, in his earlier dramas, is carried to the extreme. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities MALHERBE.—In the midst of this unrestrained literature one man attempted to impose reason, accuracy of mind, taste, and conciseness. Initiation into Literature It was he who wrote that memorable address to the people of Great Britain, in which the wrongs of the colonists were expressed with so much eloquence, conciseness, and power. Revolutionary Heroes, and Other Historical Papers The following, by the celebrated orator, Fisher Ames, pronounced before the Legislature of Massachusetts, is as remarkable for its conciseness as for its just and comprehensive estimate of Washington's character. Life and Times of Washington, Volume 2 Revised, Enlarged, and Enriched In the private room of the Chef de Bureau he detailed his requirements with national brevity and conciseness. The Shadow of the East His other poems, in which Pindar, Anacreon, and Horace were alternately his models, are distinguished for their conciseness and terseness of style. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities The style of Tacitus is, perhaps, noted principally for its conciseness. The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus The formal letter which appeals to a man by going straight to the point would, by its very conciseness, offend the vanity of a woman. Business Correspondence Of the Mimes of Syrus we have still extant a number of sentences, which, in matter and elegant conciseness of expression, are deserving of a place by the side of Menander's. Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature And now, pray observe the conciseness with which the argument is conducted. Scarborough and the Critic Colonel Lamont was a small, alert man with a conciseness of speech and manner that is associated in my memory with the bristle of his red mustache cut short and hard across a decisive mouth. Under the Prophet in Utah; the National Menace of a Political Priestcraft In one respect, my two or three plays were models--in respect of brevity and conciseness. Play-Making A Manual of Craftsmanship The clearness of his thought amid the profusion of his knowledge was represented in his writing by a remarkable conciseness of expression. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 13 Great Writers; Dr Lord's Uncompleted Plan, Supplemented with Essays by Emerson, Macaulay, Hedge, and Mercer Adam His will, in its very conciseness and unsophisticated simplicity, is characteristic of the man. Norwegian Life Miss Oman's juvenile maid-servant, who opened the door to me, stated the existing conditions with epigrammatic conciseness: "Mr. Bellingham is hout, sir; but Miss Bellingham is hin." The Vanishing Man In all pointed sentences, some degree of accuracy must be sacrificed to conciseness; and, in this comparison, our officers seem to lose what our soldiers gain. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 06 Reviews, Political Tracts, and Lives of Eminent Persons Versification combining conciseness and strength with a considerable degree of harmony.... Adonais Unfortunately for the gratification of the desire to learn of these things, this class of inscriptions is far from numerous,—and the common conciseness is rarely, in the first centuries, amplified by details. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858 Belmont notices the affair with his usual conciseness. Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV I could not understand him, but could only answer his questions with simple conciseness. A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder It offends more frequently against the literary virtues of conciseness and economy, which is not a trivial criticism. Definitions: Essays in Contemporary Criticism The justness, notwithstanding his characteristic conciseness, of this criticism, I was glad thus to convey. The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 2 Thus we see that alike in the order of the words, in the frequent use of figures, and in extreme conciseness, the natural utterances of excitement conform to the theoretical conditions of forcible expression. The Philosophy of Style I have elsewhere remarked how Englishmen make themselves unintelligible by transferring to Hindostani and other Asiatic tongues the conciseness of their own idiom, in which as much is understood as is expressed. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 But the more, with all this, conciseness is aimed at, the more does a judgment become possible; since that which is important, being more closely compressed, allows a certain comparison at last. Autobiography: Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life But conciseness is not the quality I most often detect in reviewing. Definitions: Essays in Contemporary Criticism There is hardly a page of his work where we do not come across words and expressions which strike us with a pleasant sense of novelty, and yet express the meaning with admirable conciseness. Through the Magic Door These orders had surely the double merit of conciseness and melody; well, for all that, they were disgustingly offensive to one true friend of the captain, viz., to George Fielding. It Is Never Too Late to Mend It was not merely the clearness and conciseness of his reasoning, nor altogether the humility of his bearing, but perhaps the mingled charm of each that roused the interest of professors and students alike. Studies from Court and Cloister: being essays, historical and literary dealing mainly with subjects relating to the XVIth and XVIIth centuries Great conciseness in language was a consequence of this state of feeling. The Monikins "The book seems to have all the essentials of a first-class text for high school work; viz., conciseness, clearness, and the results of recent research." An Introduction to Chemical Science She had seen her Arthur's business letters; models of courteous conciseness. Foul Play The digressions are abrupt and useless, leading nowhere, while sundry pages are wearisome for excess of prolixity or hardly intelligible for extreme conciseness. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 This is a fair specimen of obscure conciseness. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 09 My brother kept a very brief diary, the entries being fairly startling from their conciseness. Hunting the Grisly and Other Sketches For the sake of conciseness in a hurried situation I have made Cleopatra recommend rum. Caesar and Cleopatra He went on, briefly and with the conciseness of the legal mind, to tell of A. Rodgers Warren, his business and his estate. Cap'n Warren's Wards Now conciseness cannot effect this, unless in the most insignificant cases. The Letters of Pliny the Younger The Eastern story-teller often balances his multiplicity of words and needless details by a conciseness and an elliptical style which make his meaning a matter of divination. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 09 "Well," he said, with quick, business conciseness, "what do you want?" The Argonauts of North Liberty What strikes me especially in the outward demeanour of sporting youth is their amazing gravity, their conciseness of speech, and careworn and moody air. The Book of Snobs The Commissioners should be particularly charged to study conciseness, as far as it is consistent with perspicuity. Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1 There is something strangely terrible in the calmness and conciseness with which the instructions are given. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 The essential qualities of devotional eloquence, conciseness, majestic simplicity, pathetic earnestness of supplication, sobered by a profound reverence, are common between the translations and the originals. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 D'Artagnan, from being himself on all great occasions, extremely concise, did not draw from the general's conciseness a favorable augury of the result of his mission. The Vicomte De Bragelonne Perhaps I have somewhat exaggerated these illustrations of the dapper nicety of our neighborhood,—a neatness and conciseness which I think have a general tendency to belittle, dwarf, and contract their objects. Urban Sketches La Bruyere, with a broader outlook upon humanity, had much of the same fine analysis, with less conciseness and elegance of expression. The Women of the French Salons I have ventured to remedy the conciseness of their language, and to clothe the skeleton with flesh and blood. Vikram and the Vampire; Classic Hindu Tales of Adventure, Magic, and Romance It must have the compression and conciseness of a real inscription, and in proportion to the smallness of its bulk must be highly finished, evenly balanced, simple, and lucid. Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology What Mr. Wordsworth had said like a recluse, Lord Byron said like a man of the world, with less profound feeling, but with more perspicuity, energy, and conciseness. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 We see too how highly Hampden valued in the writings of others that conciseness which was one of the most striking peculiarities of his own eloquence. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 Those skirmishes on which Clarendon dwells so minutely would be told, as Thucydides would have told them, with perspicuous conciseness. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 The narration is rapid and of a conciseness that sometimes approaches dryness. Penguin Island Few people will do that, and very few indeed could express it with such clear conciseness.' New Grub Street Every trick of expression, from the mysterious conciseness of an oracle to the flippancy of a Parisian coxcomb, is employed to disguise the fallacy of some positions, and the triteness of others. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 The verdict is none the less just because of its conciseness. The Unseen World and Other Essays Caesar’s conciseness comes of strength and pride; Xenophon’s, of a vivid imagination. The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft They present a bit of nature with the terseness of a maxim of La Rochefoucault, and they delight as aphorisms do by their insight and the happy conciseness of its expression. The Soul of the Far East But its technical severity and its very conciseness, combined with the wealth it contains, render it irresumable; and I can only in a few words indicate its conclusions. A New Philosophy: Henri Bergson Most folk called it "The Settlement"; others, with quite sufficient conciseness for our neighbourhood, spoke of "them there fellows up by Halliday's"; others again, with a hint of derision, named them the "monks." Dream Days D'Artagnan, from being himself on all great occasions extremely concise, did not draw from the general's conciseness a favorable augury of the result of his mission. Ten Years Later It contained half a line, in a hand perfectly British, and with a conciseness as perfectly Spartan: Thank you; be easy. d'Artagnan translated this for the others. The Three Musketeers He restates, for instance, with remarkable insight and conciseness, the investigations of Fleay, Edward Dowden, and other members of the New Shakespeare Society, as to the metrical development seen in Shakespeare's plays. A Biography of Sidney Lanier With the conciseness of great art the button displayed two words: "Boosters-Pep!" Babbitt |
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