A Treatise on English Punctuation: Designed for Letter-writers, Authors, Printers, and Correctors of the Press [etc.]Crosby, Nichols, and Company, 1856 |
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... regard , and have a more immediate and vital influence on the well - being of society . But we would emphati- cally say , that this subject ought to be understood by all who are led , by the bent of their tastes , the force of their ...
... regard , and have a more immediate and vital influence on the well - being of society . But we would emphati- cally say , that this subject ought to be understood by all who are led , by the bent of their tastes , the force of their ...
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... regard it as too * In the note at the end of this section , page 18 , will be found a few other instances of erroneous pointing , which , though in their nature sufficiently ludicrous , show in a forcible manner the necessity of paying ...
... regard it as too * In the note at the end of this section , page 18 , will be found a few other instances of erroneous pointing , which , though in their nature sufficiently ludicrous , show in a forcible manner the necessity of paying ...
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... regard it as any degradation of their powers to submit to the task of indicating , as accurately as possible , what they do really intend to say . If there is beauty in their style ; if there is pathos in their sentiments ; if there is ...
... regard it as any degradation of their powers to submit to the task of indicating , as accurately as possible , what they do really intend to say . If there is beauty in their style ; if there is pathos in their sentiments ; if there is ...
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... regard words as but of little value , except as repre- sentatives of ideas , and as an instrument by which these may gain access to the human soul . If involved in the difficulty of punctuating a badly formed sentence , such as the ...
... regard words as but of little value , except as repre- sentatives of ideas , and as an instrument by which these may gain access to the human soul . If involved in the difficulty of punctuating a badly formed sentence , such as the ...
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... regard as a friend as well as an employer ; and receive from him , or at their leisure hours from the study of books designed for the purpose , such instruction as will conduce to their improvement , and render them , when of age ...
... regard as a friend as well as an employer ; and receive from him , or at their leisure hours from the study of books designed for the purpose , such instruction as will conduce to their improvement , and render them , when of age ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
abbreviated accent according adjectives adverb apostrophe beauty beginning capital letter character Christian clause colon comma composition compositor compound conjunction construction dash denotes distinguished divine earth ellipsis English language example excellence exclamation exhibiting expression faith feel following sentences genius grammatical grave accent happiness heart heaven honor human hyphen inserted interrogation JOHN JAMES TAYLER Knight Knight of St language live marks of parenthesis mind mode of punctuation moral nature nominative noun omission omitted ORAL EXERCISES parenthetical passage pause philosopher placed poet poetry portion preceding preposition principles printers pron pronoun proper names racter reference relative pronoun religion Remark d Remark g rhetorical Rule Rule II semicolon separated small letters Society Socrates sometimes soul spirit syllable thee things thou thought tion truth verb verse virtue vocative voice word or phrase writers written or printed
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Página 169 - 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...
Página 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?
Página 163 - Oh ! bloodiest picture in the book of Time Sarmatia fell unwept, without a crime ; Found not a generous friend, a pitying foe, Strength in her arms, nor mercy in her woe...
Página 163 - With a more riotous appetite. Down from the waist they are centaurs, Though women all above: But to the girdle do the gods inherit, Beneath is all the fiends; there's hell, there's darkness, there is the sulphurous pit, burning, scalding, stench, consumption; — Fie, fie, fie!
Página 97 - 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 177 - I saw him pale and feverish; in thirty years the western breeze had not once fanned his blood ; he had seen no sun, no moon, in all that time; nor had the voice of friend or kinsman breathed through his lattice. His children But here my heart began to bleed, and I was forced to go on with another part of the portrait.
Página 131 - Noble madam, Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues We write in water.
Página 98 - Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them...
Página 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.
Página 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.