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 v
... proper manner of using the book will depend altogether on the capabilities of the learner . If unversed in Punctuation , or but slightly acquainted with the art , it is recommended , that , after a careful study of Sect . II . of the ...
... proper manner of using the book will depend altogether on the capabilities of the learner . If unversed in Punctuation , or but slightly acquainted with the art , it is recommended , that , after a careful study of Sect . II . of the ...
Pagina xi
... Proper Names Words of Primary Importance . The Pronoun I , and the Interjection Commencement of Lines in Verse Prosopopoeia , or Personification Quotations , Examples , & c . · Capitals used instead of Figures Titlepages , Inscriptions ...
... Proper Names Words of Primary Importance . The Pronoun I , and the Interjection Commencement of Lines in Verse Prosopopoeia , or Personification Quotations , Examples , & c . · Capitals used instead of Figures Titlepages , Inscriptions ...
Pagina 12
... proper insertion of points , and thus to present to the public eye in a readable con- dition what would otherwise be an ill - digested mass of letters and words . When it is considered that he has not unfrequently to perform this task ...
... proper insertion of points , and thus to present to the public eye in a readable con- dition what would otherwise be an ill - digested mass of letters and words . When it is considered that he has not unfrequently to perform this task ...
Pagina 41
... proper name or as a single phrase . § II . But a noun or pronoun and a phrase , or two or more phrases , when put in apposition , are separated by a comma from each other , and , if the sentence or clause is unfinished , from what ...
... proper name or as a single phrase . § II . But a noun or pronoun and a phrase , or two or more phrases , when put in apposition , are separated by a comma from each other , and , if the sentence or clause is unfinished , from what ...
Pagina 42
... Proper names , when inverted , are separated by a comma ; as , James , Thomas ; Williamson , John ; " meaning Thomas James and John Williamson . e . After the word price , when immediately preceding the value of any commodity , the ...
... Proper names , when inverted , are separated by a comma ; as , James , Thomas ; Williamson , John ; " meaning Thomas James and John Williamson . e . After the word price , when immediately preceding the value of any commodity , the ...
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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.