A Treatise on English Punctuation ...: With an Appendix, Containing Rules on the Use of Capitals, a List of Abbreviations, Hints on the Preparation of Copy and on Proofreading, Specimens of Proof-sheets, EtcWoolworth, Ainsworth, 1871 - 334 páginas |
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... portions of the stops made in reading aloud . Hence not a few writers and authors point their manuscript exactly as they would recite it , in accordance with their power of enunciation , with the quickness or slowness of their ...
... portions of the stops made in reading aloud . Hence not a few writers and authors point their manuscript exactly as they would recite it , in accordance with their power of enunciation , with the quickness or slowness of their ...
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... portion of a sentence , whether a single clause , a phrase , or a word . V. A CLAUSE is a simple sentence , or part of a sentence , united to another , and contains a nominative and a finite verb , either ex- pressed or understood ; as ...
... portion of a sentence , whether a single clause , a phrase , or a word . V. A CLAUSE is a simple sentence , or part of a sentence , united to another , and contains a nominative and a finite verb , either ex- pressed or understood ; as ...
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... 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 stop , which commonly ter- minates a sentence . REMARK . The names of the points ...
... 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 stop , which commonly ter- minates a sentence . REMARK . The names of the points ...
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... portion into which a sentence can be divided , when regard is had to the sense , and not to the delivery . But many sentences do not at all admit of being divided grammatically ; as , " The great use of books is to rouse us to thought ...
... portion into which a sentence can be divided , when regard is had to the sense , and not to the delivery . But many sentences do not at all admit of being divided grammatically ; as , " The great use of books is to rouse us to thought ...
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... we divide Christianity into doctrines of faith and doctrines of practice , we must remember that the division is one of our own fabrication . ( Rule , and last portion of Remark g . ) RULE II . Two Words , of the same Part 32 THE COMMA .
... we divide Christianity into doctrines of faith and doctrines of practice , we must remember that the division is one of our own fabrication . ( Rule , and last portion of Remark g . ) RULE II . Two Words , of the same Part 32 THE COMMA .
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Palavras e frases frequentes
abbreviated according adjectives apostrophe appear beauty begin called capitals character Christian clauses comma common composition compound connected consists dash distinguished earth employed example excellence EXERCISE exhibiting expression feel figures given hand happiness heart heaven human hundred hyphen indicate initial inserted introduced kind Knight language laws less letters live look margin mark matter means mind mode names nature never nouns object occur omitted passage period persons philosopher phrases portion preceding present principles printed pronoun proper punctuation quotation reason reference regard Remark Rule sense sentences separated Society sometimes soul spirit syllable term things thou thought thousand tion true truth usually verb virtue voice words writers written
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Página 231 - For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness ; because that which may be known of God is manifest in them, for God hath shewed it unto them.
Página 169 - 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 dead, thou shalt be saved.
Página 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?
Página 134 - I envy no quality of the mind or intellect in others ; not genius, power, wit, or fancy ; but, if I could choose what would be most delightful, and, I believe, most useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing ; for it makes life a discipline of goodness — creates new hopes, when all earthly hopes vanish ; and throws over the decay, the destruction of existence, the most gorgeous of all lights ; awakens life even in death, and from corruption and decay calls up...
Página 158 - Where be your gibes now ? your gambols ? your songs ? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table in a roar ? Not one now, to mock your own grinning?
Página 244 - The names of those who love the Lord." "And is mine one?" said Abou. "Nay, not so,
Página 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.
Página 97 - 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 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...
Página 161 - I am astonished, I am shocked, to hear such principles confessed; to hear them avowed in this House, or in this country.