A Treatise on English PunctuationCrosby and Ainsworth, 1868 |
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... to Act of Congress , in the year 1855 , by JOHN WILSON , In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts . Cambridge : Printed by John Wilson and Son . PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION . IN presenting anew the.
... to Act of Congress , in the year 1855 , by JOHN WILSON , In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts . Cambridge : Printed by John Wilson and Son . PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION . IN presenting anew the.
Página v
... printed in a larger character , and may be readily seen ; and also to their illustrations , which are given under the head of " Examples " and of " Oral Exercises , " - in that por- tion which applies merely to the rules . When he has ...
... printed in a larger character , and may be readily seen ; and also to their illustrations , which are given under the head of " Examples " and of " Oral Exercises , " - in that por- tion which applies merely to the rules . When he has ...
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... printed language is usually accompanied by marks or points , to enable the reader to comprehend at a glance the precise and deter- minate sense of the author , a sense which , without these marks , would in many instances be gathered ...
... printed language is usually accompanied by marks or points , to enable the reader to comprehend at a glance the precise and deter- minate sense of the author , a sense which , without these marks , would in many instances be gathered ...
Página 5
... few , which , though distin- guished for elegance of style , accuracy of orthography , or beauty of printing , are unworthy of being held up as models of good taste and judgment in the use THE IMPORTANCE OF PUNCTUATION . 5.
... few , which , though distin- guished for elegance of style , accuracy of orthography , or beauty of printing , are unworthy of being held up as models of good taste and judgment in the use THE IMPORTANCE OF PUNCTUATION . 5.
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John Wilson. unfeelingly lop off the dash , as an excrescence on a printed leaf ; but others , again , are so partial to its form and use as to call in its aid on every possible occasion . - The objection has , on purpose , been strongly ...
John Wilson. unfeelingly lop off the dash , as an excrescence on a printed leaf ; but others , again , are so partial to its form and use as to call in its aid on every possible occasion . - The objection has , on purpose , been strongly ...
Términos y frases comunes
abbreviated accent according acute accent adjectives adverb apostrophe beauty begin Cæsar capital letter character Christian clause colon comma composition compositor compound conjunction connected dash denotes distinguished divine Doctor of Divinity earth ellipsis employed English language example excellence exclamation exhibiting expression faith feel following sentences genius grammatical grave accent heart heaven honor human hyphen inserted Italics JOHN JAMES TAYLER Knight of St language Lord margin marks of parenthesis marks of quotation mind moral nature nouns occur omission omitted ORAL EXERCISES paragraph parenthetical participle passage philosopher placed poetry portion preceding prefixed preposition principles printers pron pronoun pronunciation proof-sheet proper names reference relative pronoun Remark e Remark g Rule SECT semicolon sense separated small letters Society sometimes soul spirit syllable thee things thou thought thousand anc tion truth usually verb verse virtue voice vowel writers written or printed
Pasajes populares
Página 91 - 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 142 - The nation which indulges towards another an habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest.
Página 86 - 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 144 - Horatio; a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: he hath borne me on his back a thousand times; and now how abhorred in my imagination it is! my gorge rises at it. 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 162 - When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! 27. Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother!
Página 159 - 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 145 - Romans, countrymen, and lovers! hear me for my cause ; and be silent that you may hear : believe me for mine honour; and have respect to mine honour, that you may believe: censure me in your wisdom; and awake your senses that you may the better judge. If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say, that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his.
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 217 - Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered, blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
Página 111 - It reveals to us the loveliness of nature, brings back the freshness of youthful feeling, revives the relish of simple pleasures, keeps unquenched the enthusiasm which warmed the spring-time of our being, refines youthful love, strengthens our interest in human nature by vivid delineations of its tenderest and loftiest feelings, spreads our sympathies over all classes of society, knits us by new ties with universal being, and through the brightness of its prophetic visions helps faith to lay hold...