A Treatise on English Punctuation: Designed for Letter-writers, Authors, Printers, and Correctors of the Press, and for the Use of Schools and Academies. With an Appendix, Containing Rules on the Use of Capitals, a List of Abbreviations, Hints on the Preparation of Copy and on Proof-reading, Specimen of Proof-sheet, EtcCrosby, Nichols, and Company, 1856 - 334 pagini |
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Pagina 7
... remark , that , by habituating themselves to the practice of pointing , their attention will naturally be directed to clearness of thought , and - accuracy of expression . They will be more apt to THE IMPORTANCE OF PUNCTUATION . 7.
... remark , that , by habituating themselves to the practice of pointing , their attention will naturally be directed to clearness of thought , and - accuracy of expression . They will be more apt to THE IMPORTANCE OF PUNCTUATION . 7.
Pagina 27
... REMARK S. a . Agreeably to the principles contended for in the Introduction , it will be noticed that the comma is here said , not to mark the small- est segment of a composition , but only the least grammatical division ; that is , the ...
... REMARK S. a . Agreeably to the principles contended for in the Introduction , it will be noticed that the comma is here said , not to mark the small- est segment of a composition , but only the least grammatical division ; that is , the ...
Pagina 32
... ( Remark e . ) The balmy influences of neither sea nor sky could revive or restore him . Refinement of mind and clearness of thinking usually result from grammatical studies . ( Remark f . ) The greatest genius is never so great as when ...
... ( Remark e . ) The balmy influences of neither sea nor sky could revive or restore him . Refinement of mind and clearness of thinking usually result from grammatical studies . ( Remark f . ) The greatest genius is never so great as when ...
Pagina 33
... REMARK S. a . The adverbs more and most , the former of which occurs in the seventh example , are considered here as united with the adjectives or the adverbs which they qualify . Thus , " more beautiful " is equivalent to the single ...
... REMARK S. a . The adverbs more and most , the former of which occurs in the seventh example , are considered here as united with the adjectives or the adverbs which they qualify . Thus , " more beautiful " is equivalent to the single ...
Pagina 36
... ( Remark f . ) The man of true refinement will not object to enter into the honest heartfelt enjoyments of common life . ( Rule , and Remark d . ) The rosy - crowned Loves , with their many - twinkling feet , frisk with antic Sports and ...
... ( Remark f . ) The man of true refinement will not object to enter into the honest heartfelt enjoyments of common life . ( Rule , and Remark d . ) The rosy - crowned Loves , with their many - twinkling feet , frisk with antic Sports and ...
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Termeni și expresii frecvente
abbreviated accent according acute accent adjectives adverb apostrophe beauty begin capital letter character Christian clause colon comma composition compositor compound conjunction dash denoting distinguished divine earth ellipsis employed English language example exhibiting expression faith feel following sentences genius grammatical grave accent happiness heart heaven human hyphen inserted Italics JOHN JAMES TAYLER Knight Knight of St language Lord marks of parenthesis marks of quotation mind mode of punctuation moral nature notes of interrogation nouns occur omission omitted ORAL EXERCISE paragraph parenthetical passage philosopher placed poetry portion preceding prefixed preposition principles printers pron pronoun pronunciation proper names racter reference relative pronoun Remark e Remark g rhetorical Rule Rule II SECT semicolon separated small letters Society sometimes soul spirit syllable thee things thou thought thousand anc tion truth usually verb verse virtue voice vowel writers written or printed
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Pagina 231 - Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
Pagina 158 - Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar?
Pagina 156 - The nation which indulges towards another an habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest.
Pagina 88 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply: And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who to dumb Forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resigned, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing lingering look behind?
Pagina 139 - O, how canst thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields ! The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields ; All that the genial ray of morning gilds, » And all that echoes to the song of even, All that the mountain's sheltering bosom shields, And all the dread magnificence of Heaven, O, how canst thou renounce^ and hope to be forgiven ! These charms shall work thy soul's eternal health, And love, and gentleness, and joy,...
Pagina 44 - Your infants in your arms, and there have sat The live-long day, with patient expectation, To see great Pompey pass the streets of Rome...
Pagina 176 - When JESUS, therefore, saw his mother, and the disciple standing by whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son. Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother. And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.
Pagina 159 - Romans, countrymen, and lovers! hear me for my cause ; and be silent that you may hear : believe me for mine honour; and have respect to mine honour, that you may believe: censure me in your wisdom; and awake your senses that you may the better judge. If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say, that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his.
Pagina 261 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Pagina 53 - Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.