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 Proofreading, Specimens of Proof-sheets, EtcWoolworth, Ainsworth, 1871 - 334 páginas |
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... things , the time thus apparently lost is , when employed aright , a com- parative gain , by reason of the far greater consumption of unprofitable labor in the insertion and extraction of points , after the proof - sheet has been ...
... things , the time thus apparently lost is , when employed aright , a com- parative gain , by reason of the far greater consumption of unprofitable labor in the insertion and extraction of points , after the proof - sheet has been ...
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... thing required , and the mode in which it should be done ? These questions may be asked in relation to manual labor of any kind . They may be asked , too , in respect to all the branches of work in which a compositor may be engaged ...
... thing required , and the mode in which it should be done ? These questions may be asked in relation to manual labor of any kind . They may be asked , too , in respect to all the branches of work in which a compositor may be engaged ...
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... thing spoken of , and of a sin- gle predicate , or affirmation concerning the subject ; as , - 1. Calumny destroys reputation . 2. The Creator | is good . 3. Kings reign . In these propositions , the words that precede the perpendicular ...
... thing spoken of , and of a sin- gle predicate , or affirmation concerning the subject ; as , - 1. Calumny destroys reputation . 2. The Creator | is good . 3. Kings reign . In these propositions , the words that precede the perpendicular ...
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... thing , or when one is used as explana tory of the other ; as , " The river Thames . " XI . A SERIES denotes a succession of three or more words , phrases , or clauses , joined in construction ; as , - 1. The hermit's life is private ...
... thing , or when one is used as explana tory of the other ; as , " The river Thames . " XI . A SERIES denotes a succession of three or more words , phrases , or clauses , joined in construction ; as , - 1. The hermit's life is private ...
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... things , are designed to represent only one and the same ; but the pointing of adjectives and adverbs similarly situated would , in many cases , tend , by the break- ing - up of the connection , to confuse , instead of assisting , the ...
... things , are designed to represent only one and the same ; but the pointing of adjectives and adverbs similarly situated would , in many cases , tend , by the break- ing - up of the connection , to confuse , instead of assisting , the ...
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abbreviated accent according acute accent adjectives adverb apostrophe beauty beginning capital letter character Christian clause colon comma composition compositor compound conjunction connected dash Demosthenes denoting distinguished divine earth ellipsis English language example excellence exclamation exhibiting expression feel following sentences genius grammatical grave accent happiness heart heaven human hyphen inserted Italics JOHN JAMES TAYLER Knight of St language margin marks of parenthesis marks of quotation mind mode of punctuation moral nature 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 sense 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 231 - For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness ; because that which may be known of God is manifest in them, for God hath shewed it unto them.
Página 169 - Say not in thine heart, 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 ; that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
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 134 - I envy no quality of the mind or intellect in others ; not genius, power, wit, or fancy ; but, if I could choose what would be most delightful, and, I believe, most useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing ; for it makes life a discipline of goodness — creates new hopes, when all earthly hopes vanish ; and throws over the decay, the destruction of existence, the most gorgeous of all lights ; awakens life even in death, and from corruption and decay calls up...
Página 158 - Where be your gibes now ? your gambols ? your songs ? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table in a roar ? Not one now, to mock your own grinning?
Página 244 - The names of those who love the Lord." "And is mine one?" said Abou. "Nay, not so,
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 97 - 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 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 161 - I am astonished, I am shocked, to hear such principles confessed; to hear them avowed in this House, or in this country.