SECT. II. - PLAN OF THE WORK, AND DEFINITIONS OF THE

Remarks on the Use of the Comma

Two Words, of the same Part of Speech, connected by the
Conjunctions and, or, nor

Two Words, of the same Part of Speech, not connected by a

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A Sentence consisting of Two Conjoined Clauses

Expressions divided into Simpler Parts

A Series of Expressions having a Common Dependence

Short Sentences slightly Connected

Lists of Words, Phrases, and Numbers

SECT. III.

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THE COLON.

Remarks on the Use and Abuse of the Colon.

Two Clauses not joined by a Conjunction

Conjoined.Members of Sentences

Quotations, Remarks, &c., formally Introduced

The Chanting Service in the Liturgy

Terms in the Rule of Three

Concluding Remarks

SECT. IV. -THE PERIOD.

Complete and Independent Sentences

Headings, Subheads, Phrases in Titlepages, &c. .

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Names, Titles, and other Words, abbreviated.

Marks or Figures used instead of Words

Letters used for Figures or Words

CHAP. III.

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- THE GRAMMATICAL AND

RHETORICAL POINTS.

Introductory Observations

SECT. I. NOTES OF INTERROGATION AND

EXCLAMATION.

Remarks on the Notes of Interrogation and Exclamation

Expressions in the Form of Questions

Expressions indicating Passion or Emotion

SECT. II. MARKS OF PARENTHESIS.

Observations on Parentheses and Marks of Parenthesis

Words thrown obliquely into the Body of a Sentence.

The Echo, or Words repeated Rhetorically

A Parenthesis coalescing with the Main Passage

Ellipsis of the Adverb "Namely," &c.

Subheads, &c., to Paragraphs

Omission of Letters, Figures, or. Words.

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CHAP. IV. —LETTER, SYLLABIC, AND

QUOTATION POINTS.

The Division of Words into Syllables, according to their Pro-

nunciation.

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The Division of Words into Syllables, according to their Form,

The Index, or Hand; Three Stars; the Caret; the Brace

Marks of Ellipsis; Leaders

Accents; Marks of Quantity; the Cedilla; the Spanish Ñ

Marks of Reference.

Panegyric on England, by Edward Everett

The Pen and the Press, by John Critchley Prince

A Taste for Reading, by George S. Hillard
Relative Perfection, by John James Tayler
Labor not Lost, by R. C. Trench

Ancient and Modern Writers, by Charles Sumner
The True Source of Reform, by E. H. Chapin

Great Men generally Good, by John Logan

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Nouns and Adjectives derived from Proper Names

Words of Primary Importance.

The Pronoun I, and the Interjection O

Commencement of Lines in Verse

Prosopopæia, or Personification

Quotations, Examples, &c.

Capitals used instead of Figures

Titlepages, Inscriptions, &c.