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 Proof-sheet, EtcAmerican Book Company, 1899 - 334 páginas |
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... regard , and have a more immediate and vital influence on the well - being of society . But we would emphati- cally say , that this subject ought to be understood by all who are led , by the bent of their tastes , the force of their ...
... regard , and have a more immediate and vital influence on the well - being of society . But we would emphati- cally say , that this subject ought to be understood by all who are led , by the bent of their tastes , the force of their ...
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... regard it as too * In the note at the end of this section , page 18 , will be found a few other instances of erroneous pointing , which , though in their nature sufficiently ludicrous , show in a forcible manner the necessity of paying ...
... regard it as too * In the note at the end of this section , page 18 , will be found a few other instances of erroneous pointing , which , though in their nature sufficiently ludicrous , show in a forcible manner the necessity of paying ...
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... regard it as any degradation of their powers to submit to the task of indicating , as accurately as possible , what they do really intend to say . If there is beauty in their style ; if there is pathos in their sentiments ; if there is ...
... regard it as any degradation of their powers to submit to the task of indicating , as accurately as possible , what they do really intend to say . If there is beauty in their style ; if there is pathos in their sentiments ; if there is ...
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... regard words as but of little value , except as repre- sentatives of ideas , and as an instrument by which these may gain access to the human soul . If involved in the difficulty of punctuating a badly formed sentence , such as the ...
... regard words as but of little value , except as repre- sentatives of ideas , and as an instrument by which these may gain access to the human soul . If involved in the difficulty of punctuating a badly formed sentence , such as the ...
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... regard as a friend as well as an employer ; and receive from him , or at their leisure hours from the study of books designed for the purpose , such instruction as will conduce to their improvement , and render them , when of age ...
... regard as a friend as well as an employer ; and receive from him , or at their leisure hours from the study of books designed for the purpose , such instruction as will conduce to their improvement , and render them , when of age ...
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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 immortal inserted interrogation JOHN JAMES TAYLER 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 tences thee things thou thought tion truth verb virtue vocative voice word or phrase writers written or printed
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Página 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...
Página 202 - Euphrosyne, And by men, heart-easing Mirth, Whom lovely Venus at a birth With two sister Graces more To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore...
Página 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...
Página 244 - Nay, not so," Replied the angel. Abou spoke more low, But cheerly still ; and said, " I pray thee, then, Write me as one that loves his fellow-men.
Página 169 - Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample. (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the Cross of Christ: whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things...
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 70 - 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 163 - O God ! I could be bounded in a nut-shell, and count myself a king of infinite space ; were it not that I have bad dreams.
Página 107 - All Nature is but art, unknown to thee All chance, direction, which thou canst not see; All discord, harmony not understood; All partial evil, universal good: And, spite of pride, in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear, Whatever is, is right.
Página 196 - Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended : but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.