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 Proof-reading, Specimen of Proof-sheet, EtcJ. Wilson & son, 1855 - 334 páginas |
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... Composition and Rhe- toric , " recently published ; in which the writer of it states , that , as Punctuation , " when considered at all in educational text - books , is treated only in the most cursory manner , it was regarded as a ...
... Composition and Rhe- toric , " recently published ; in which the writer of it states , that , as Punctuation , " when considered at all in educational text - books , is treated only in the most cursory manner , it was regarded as a ...
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... composition into sentences , and parts of sentences , by means of points , for the purpose of exhibiting the various combinations , connections , and dependencies of words . And what is this process but a means of facilitating that ...
... composition into sentences , and parts of sentences , by means of points , for the purpose of exhibiting the various combinations , connections , and dependencies of words . And what is this process but a means of facilitating that ...
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... composition ; and useful to the more ready understanding even of those sentences whose construction is not liable to the charge of obscurity . By the omission or the improper insertion of points , not only would the beauties and ...
... composition ; and useful to the more ready understanding even of those sentences whose construction is not liable to the charge of obscurity . By the omission or the improper insertion of points , not only would the beauties and ...
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... composition , in which the writer , the compositor , and the corrector of the press , have , either separately or together , inserted points with taste and propriety . But enough has been said to demonstrate the necessity for an ...
... composition , in which the writer , the compositor , and the corrector of the press , have , either separately or together , inserted points with taste and propriety . But enough has been said to demonstrate the necessity for an ...
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... compositions as to be read by others with ease , pleasure , and advantage . This is an age of authors , as well as of readers . Young aspirants after fame , some of them of considera- ble merit , meet us at every step , and in every ...
... compositions as to be read by others with ease , pleasure , and advantage . This is an age of authors , as well as of readers . Young aspirants after fame , some of them of considera- ble merit , meet us at every step , and in every ...
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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 dash denoting distinguished divine earth ellipsis English language example exclamation exhibiting expression feel following sentences genius grammatical grave accent happiness heart heaven honor human hyphen inserted Italics JOHN JAMES TAYLER Julius Cæsar Knight Knight of St language margin marks of parenthesis marks of quotation mind mode of punctuation moral nature nouns occur omission omitted ORAL EXERCISE paragraph parenthetical passage philosopher placed poetry portion preceding prefixed preposition principles printers pron pronoun pronunciation proper names racter reference relative pronoun religion Remark e Remark g rhetorical Rule Rule II SECT semicolon separated small letters Society sometimes soul spirit syllable thee things thou thought thousand anc tion truth verb verse virtue vocative voice vowel writers written or printed
Passagens conhecidas
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 156 - 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 164 - Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can Honor's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death?
Página 68 - And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them. Then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst and said, Peace be unto you.
Página 95 - 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 167 - 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 259 - 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 134 - 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.
Página 182 - Alice's little right foot played an involuntary movement, till, upon my looking grave, it desisted — the best dancer, I was saying, in the county, till a cruel disease, called a cancer, came, and bowed her down with pain ; but it could never bend her good spirits, or make them stoop, but they were still upright, because she was so good and religious.
Página 171 - 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.