A Treatise on English Punctuation: Designed for Letter-writers, Authors, Printers ... and for the Use of Schools ... With an Appendix, Containing Rules on the Use of Capitals ... EtcPotter, Ainsworth, & Company, 1871 - 334 páginas |
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... Nouns and Adjectives derived from Proper Names Words of Primary Importance . The Pronoun I , and the Interjection O Commencement of Lines in Verse Prosopopoeia , or Personification Quotations , Examples , & c . Capitals used instead of ...
... Nouns and Adjectives derived from Proper Names Words of Primary Importance . The Pronoun I , and the Interjection O Commencement of Lines in Verse Prosopopoeia , or Personification Quotations , Examples , & c . Capitals used instead of ...
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... noun , or the simple infinitive , -as , a book , the man , to love , - will , to avoid circumlocution , be treated ... nouns , adjectives , or adverbs ; 22 INTRODUCTION .
... noun , or the simple infinitive , -as , a book , the man , to love , - will , to avoid circumlocution , be treated ... nouns , adjectives , or adverbs ; 22 INTRODUCTION .
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... Nouns , pronouns , or phrases , or a noun or pro- noun and a phrase , are said to be in apposition , when put in the same case , and signifying the same thing , or when one is used as explana tory of the other ; as , " The river Thames ...
... Nouns , pronouns , or phrases , or a noun or pro- noun and a phrase , are said to be in apposition , when put in the same case , and signifying the same thing , or when one is used as explana tory of the other ; as , " The river Thames ...
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... noun , are joined by the conjunction and , or , or nor , they may 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 ...
... noun , are joined by the conjunction and , or , or nor , they may 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 ...
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... nouns , or be- tween a noun and a phrase , which are synonymous , or of which the latter is explanatory of the former , they may be separated by a comma from each other ; as , " The dwelling of Norma was not unaptly compared to the eyry ...
... nouns , or be- tween a noun and a phrase , which are synonymous , or of which the latter is explanatory of the former , they may be separated by a comma from each other ; as , " The dwelling of Norma was not unaptly compared to the eyry ...
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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 human hyphen imperfect tense inserted Italics JOHN JAMES TAYLER Julius Cæsar Knight of St language margin marks of parenthesis mind mode of punctuation moral nature notes of interrogation nouns occur omission omitted ORAL EXERCISES paragraph parenthetical passage philosopher placed portion preceding prefixed preposition principles printers pron pronoun pronunciation proof-reader proof-sheet proper names racter reference relative pronoun Remark d 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
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Página 172 - When Jesus heard that, he said ; This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.
Página 77 - But yesterday, the word of Caesar might Have stood against the world : now lies he there, And none so poor to do him reverence.
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.
Página 21 - I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
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 impart.
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 158 - 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 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 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.
Página 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.