perspicuity

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Style, by most authors, is treated under the following heads: Perspicuity, Vivacity, and Beauty.

From Junius Unmasked or, Thomas Paine the author of the Letters of Junius and the Declaration of Independence by Moody, Joel

The chief Points in the Ptolemaick and Copernican Hypothesis are described with great Conciseness and Perspicuity, and at the same time dressed in very pleasing and poetical Images.

From The Spectator, Volume 2. by Addison, Joseph

In these Authors the Affectation of Greatness often hurts the Perspicuity of the Stile, as in many others the Endeavour after Perspicuity prejudices its Greatness.

From The Spectator, Volume 2. by Addison, Joseph

Perspicuity was gained by the use of the Passive Infinitive; as,— Rōmānōs ab Hannibale victōs esse cōnstat, it is well established that the Romans were defeated by Hannibal.

From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)

Perspicuity is an indispensable quality of style; if the thought is not understood, or it is misunderstood, its expression might better have been left unattempted.

From Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition by Kellogg, Brainerd