A Treatise on English PunctuationCrosby and Ainsworth, 1868 |
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... usually accompanied by marks or points , to enable the reader to comprehend at a glance the precise and deter- minate sense of the author , a sense which , without these marks , would in many instances be gathered only by an elaborate ...
... usually accompanied by marks or points , to enable the reader to comprehend at a glance the precise and deter- minate sense of the author , a sense which , without these marks , would in many instances be gathered only by an elaborate ...
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... usually called imperfect phrases ; but the definition just given will preclude the necessity of using the epithet . An article or any unemphatic word and a noun , or the simple infinitive , - as , a book , the man , to love , — will ...
... usually called imperfect phrases ; but the definition just given will preclude the necessity of using the epithet . An article or any unemphatic word and a noun , or the simple infinitive , - as , a book , the man , to love , — will ...
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... usually represents the shortest pause ; the Semicolon and the Colon separate those portions which are less connected than those divided by commas , and admit each of a greater pause ; and the Period is , what its name denotes , a full ...
... usually represents the shortest pause ; the Semicolon and the Colon separate those portions which are less connected than those divided by commas , and admit each of a greater pause ; and the Period is , what its name denotes , a full ...
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... usually required before the conjunction ; as , " Donations will be thankfully received , and applied to the benefit of the suffering poor . " - " Twas certain he could write , and cipher too . " e . The comma , however , is not inserted ...
... usually required before the conjunction ; as , " Donations will be thankfully received , and applied to the benefit of the suffering poor . " - " Twas certain he could write , and cipher too . " e . The comma , however , is not inserted ...
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... usually be avoided by a happier construction of such sentences . i . When the conjunction or stands between two nouns , or be tween a noun and a phrase , which are synonymous , or of which the latter is explanatory of the former , they ...
... usually be avoided by a happier construction of such sentences . i . When the conjunction or stands between two nouns , or be tween a noun and a phrase , which are synonymous , or of which the latter is explanatory of the former , they ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
abbreviated accent according acute accent adjectives adverb apostrophe beauty begin Cæsar 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 faith feel following sentences genius grammatical grave accent heart heaven honor 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-sheet proper names reference relative pronoun Remark e Remark g Rule SECT semicolon sense 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
Passagens conhecidas
Página 91 - For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
Página 142 - 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.
Página 86 - 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?
Página 144 - Horatio; a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: he hath borne me on his back a thousand times; and now how abhorred in my imagination it is! my gorge rises at it. 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?
Página 162 - When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! 27. Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother!
Página 159 - 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.
Página 145 - 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.
Página 51 - 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.
Página 217 - 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.
Página 111 - 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...