Treatise on English Punctuation: Designed for Letter-writers, Authors, Printers, and Correctors of the Press; and for the Use of Schools and Academies ...American book Company, 1871 - 334 Seiten |
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... common as it is in elementary books , either offers a premium to sloth and ignorance on the part of an instructor , or implies an insult to his understanding and his talents , as if he were less capable than an author of knowing what to ...
... common as it is in elementary books , either offers a premium to sloth and ignorance on the part of an instructor , or implies an insult to his understanding and his talents , as if he were less capable than an author of knowing what to ...
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... Common Dependence Short Sentences slightly Connected · · Lists of Words , Phrases , and Numbers SECT . III . THE COLON . Remarks on the Use and Abuse of the Colon Two Clauses not joined by a Conjunction . Conjoined Members of Sentences ...
... Common Dependence Short Sentences slightly Connected · · Lists of Words , Phrases , and Numbers SECT . III . THE COLON . Remarks on the Use and Abuse of the Colon Two Clauses not joined by a Conjunction . Conjoined Members of Sentences ...
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... common and startling objections against a system of Punctuation ? Might it not be shown , that Johnson and Lowth , Blair , Murray , and Crombie , have attacked the dicta of others , and have had their own attacked in turn ? Might it not ...
... common and startling objections against a system of Punctuation ? Might it not be shown , that Johnson and Lowth , Blair , Murray , and Crombie , have attacked the dicta of others , and have had their own attacked in turn ? Might it not ...
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... reading of any given dis- course , it might even then be easily shown , that the points in common use would not be sufficient for rhetorical purposes ; and that , if thus employed , they THE IMPORTANCE OF PUNCTUATION . 15.
... reading of any given dis- course , it might even then be easily shown , that the points in common use would not be sufficient for rhetorical purposes ; and that , if thus employed , they THE IMPORTANCE OF PUNCTUATION . 15.
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... common and principal points ; and in this light we will consider them in the following pages . But , on the whole , it will be found that the art of Punctuation is founded rather on gram- mar than on rhetoric ; that its chief aim is to ...
... common and principal points ; and in this light we will consider them in the following pages . But , on the whole , it will be found that the art of Punctuation is founded rather on gram- mar than on rhetoric ; that its chief aim is to ...
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abbreviated accent according acute accent adjectives adverb apostrophe beauty begin capital letter character Christian clause colon comma composition compositor compound conjunction connected dash denotes distinguished divine Doctor of Divinity earth ellipsis employed English language example excellence exclamation exhibiting expression feel following sentences genius grammatical grave accent heart heaven human hyphen inserted Italics JOHN JAMES TAYLER Knight of St language Lord margin marks of parenthesis marks of quotation mind moral nature nouns occur omission omitted ORAL EXERCISES paragraph parenthetical participle passage philosopher placed poetry portion preceding prefixed preposition principles printers pron pronoun pronunciation proof-reader proof-sheet proper names racter reference relative pronoun religion Remark e Remark g Rule SECT semicolon sense separated small letters Society sometimes soul spirit syllable thee thou thought thousand anc tion truth usually verb verse virtue vocative voice vowel writers written or printed
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Seite 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?
Seite 136 - A man can scarce allege his own merits with modesty, much less extol them : a man cannot sometimes brook to supplicate, or beg, and a number of the like : but all these things are graceful in a friend's mouth, which are blushing in a man's own.
Seite 169 - But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven ? (that is to bring Christ down from above ;) Or, who shall descend into the deep ? (that is to bring up Christ again from the dead.) But what saith it ? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart ; that is, the word of faith which we preach ; that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the...
Seite 173 - For I say unto you, that unto every one which hath shall be given ; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him. But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 121 - It reveals to us the loveliness of nature, brings back the freshness of youthful feeling, revives the relish of simple pleasures, keeps unquenched the enthusiasm which warmed the spring-time of our being, refines youthful love, strengthens our interest in human nature by vivid delineations of its tenderest and loftiest feelings, spreads our sympathies over all classes of society, knits us by new ties with universal being, and through the brightness of its prophetic visions helps faith to lay hold...
Seite 139 - All our conduct towards men should be influenced by this important precept "Do unto others as you would that others should do unto you.
Seite 114 - Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared ; for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer.
Seite 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.