A Treatise on English Punctuation: Designed for Letter-writers, Authors, Printers, and Correctors of the Press, and for the Use of Schools and Academies. 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, EtcCrosby, Nichols, and Company, 1856 - 334 páginas |
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... compound and derivative words , drawing up a more copious list of abbreviations , offering to young authors some considerations on the preparation of " copy , " and appending a full and minute Index . He feels justified in affirming ...
... compound and derivative words , drawing up a more copious list of abbreviations , offering to young authors some considerations on the preparation of " copy , " and appending a full and minute Index . He feels justified in affirming ...
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... Compound Words 209 Prefixes in Derivative Words 219 The Division of Words into Syllables , according to their Pro- nunciation . • 224 The Division of Words into Syllables , according to their Form , Derivation , or Meaning · 225 SECT ...
... Compound Words 209 Prefixes in Derivative Words 219 The Division of Words into Syllables , according to their Pro- nunciation . • 224 The Division of Words into Syllables , according to their Form , Derivation , or Meaning · 225 SECT ...
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... COMPOUND SENTENCE consists of two or more simple sentences in combination , and therefore contains more than one nomi- native and finite verb , either expressed or understood ; as , 1. Virtue refines the affections ; but vice debases ...
... COMPOUND SENTENCE consists of two or more simple sentences in combination , and therefore contains more than one nomi- native and finite verb , either expressed or understood ; as , 1. Virtue refines the affections ; but vice debases ...
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... COMPOUND WORD consists of two or more simple or pri- mitive words ; as , - - 1. Fireside . 2. Nevertheless . 1 3. Self - conceit . 4. Fellow - workman . The simple words in compounds may , in general , be known from their being ...
... COMPOUND WORD consists of two or more simple or pri- mitive words ; as , - - 1. Fireside . 2. Nevertheless . 1 3. Self - conceit . 4. Fellow - workman . The simple words in compounds may , in general , be known from their being ...
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... compound epithet , and united by a hyphen ; as , " The maidens danced amid the festal- sounding shades . " h . If two nouns are used as a compound , whether so written or not , or if the former partakes of the nature of an adjective ...
... compound epithet , and united by a hyphen ; as , " The maidens danced amid the festal- sounding shades . " h . If two nouns are used as a compound , whether so written or not , or if the former partakes of the nature of an adjective ...
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Términos y frases comunes
abbreviated accent according acute accent adjectives adverb apostrophe beauty begin capital letter character Christian clause colon comma composition compositor compound conjunction dash denoting distinguished divine earth ellipsis employed English language example exhibiting expression faith feel following sentences genius grammatical grave accent happiness heart heaven human hyphen inserted Italics JOHN JAMES TAYLER Knight Knight of St language Lord marks of parenthesis marks of quotation mind mode of punctuation moral nature notes of interrogation 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 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 usually verb verse virtue voice vowel writers written or printed
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Página 231 - 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 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?
Página 156 - 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 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 139 - O, how canst thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields ! The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields ; All that the genial ray of morning gilds, » And all that echoes to the song of even, All that the mountain's sheltering bosom shields, And all the dread magnificence of Heaven, O, how canst thou renounce^ and hope to be forgiven ! These charms shall work thy soul's eternal health, And love, and gentleness, and joy,...
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 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.
Página 159 - 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 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 53 - 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.