Excerpt from The Elements of English Composition As beauty of composition tends to heighten the na tive charms of truth, it ought never to be regarded as an object of small importance. But it may be alleged that truth requires not the foreign aid of ornament. It is not indeed necessary that she should be exhibited in a glaring habit but she ought certainly to he clothed with decency and propriety. A beautififl woman in careless and sordid apparel, can never appear to great advantage. About the Publisher Forgotten ...
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Excerpt from The Elements of English Composition As beauty of composition tends to heighten the na tive charms of truth, it ought never to be regarded as an object of small importance. But it may be alleged that truth requires not the foreign aid of ornament. It is not indeed necessary that she should be exhibited in a glaring habit but she ought certainly to he clothed with decency and propriety. A beautififl woman in careless and sordid apparel, can never appear to great advantage. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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