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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Side 21
... separation of others , those which are combined may together be called members ; as , – The ox knoweth his owner , and the ass his master's crib : but Israel doth not know ; | my people do not consider . In this example there are four ...
... separation of others , those which are combined may together be called members ; as , – The ox knoweth his owner , and the ass his master's crib : but Israel doth not know ; | my people do not consider . In this example there are four ...
Side 28
... separated by a comma from each other . EXAMPLES . 1. Pay supreme and undivided homage to goodness and truth . 2. Grand ideas and principles elevate or ennoble the mind . 3. Benefits should be long and gratefully remembered . 4. Virtue ...
... separated by a comma from each other . EXAMPLES . 1. Pay supreme and undivided homage to goodness and truth . 2. Grand ideas and principles elevate or ennoble the mind . 3. Benefits should be long and gratefully remembered . 4. Virtue ...
Side 29
... separated by a comma ; as , " Integrity of understanding , and nicety of discernment , were not allotted in a less proportion to Dryden than to Pope . " . " So shall sweet thoughts , and thoughts sublime , my constant inspiration be ...
... separated by a comma ; as , " Integrity of understanding , and nicety of discernment , were not allotted in a less proportion to Dryden than to Pope . " . " So shall sweet thoughts , and thoughts sublime , my constant inspiration be ...
Side 30
... separated by a comma , because the advantage of this mode of pointing in a more simply constructed sentence would be counterbalanced here by the dis- advantages resulting from all the phrases being set off alike . 66 h . When the second ...
... separated by a comma , because the advantage of this mode of pointing in a more simply constructed sentence would be counterbalanced here by the dis- advantages resulting from all the phrases being set off alike . 66 h . When the second ...
Side 33
... separated from each other by a comma . EXAMPLES . 1. Lend , lend your wings . 2. The dignity of a man consists in thought , intelligence . 3. Can flattery soothe the dull , cold ear of death ? 4. The discipline of suffering nourishes ...
... separated from each other by a comma . EXAMPLES . 1. Lend , lend your wings . 2. The dignity of a man consists in thought , intelligence . 3. Can flattery soothe the dull , cold ear of death ? 4. The discipline of suffering nourishes ...
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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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Side 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...
Side 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?
Side 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...
Side 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!
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 131 - Noble madam, Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues We write in water.
Side 98 - Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them...
Side 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.
Side 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.