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... most of them are carelessly and irregularly pointed ; and many pauses are neceffary in reading , where no point is in- ferted by the printer . Some imagine , that punctuation is an ar- bitrary invention , depending on fancy and caprice ...
... most of them are carelessly and irregularly pointed ; and many pauses are neceffary in reading , where no point is in- ferted by the printer . Some imagine , that punctuation is an ar- bitrary invention , depending on fancy and caprice ...
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... most ancient date , are written in capitals , without any distances between the words , with- out any accents , and , for the most part , with- out points . In fome infcriptions and manufcripts , all the words are separated by dots or ...
... most ancient date , are written in capitals , without any distances between the words , with- out any accents , and , for the most part , with- out points . In fome infcriptions and manufcripts , all the words are separated by dots or ...
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Joseph Robertson. 380 years before the Chriftian æra . But it is most probable , that by periods and colons , Sui- das only means , the compofition of such sen- tences , and members of fentences , as Demetrius Phalereus , Dionyfius of ...
Joseph Robertson. 380 years before the Chriftian æra . But it is most probable , that by periods and colons , Sui- das only means , the compofition of such sen- tences , and members of fentences , as Demetrius Phalereus , Dionyfius of ...
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... MOST romances are miserable rhapsodies , or dangerous incentives . Milton too frequently uses technical words , or terms of art . The coarseft picture will affect the mind of a peasant , or even a Hottentot . 5. When the latter part of ...
... MOST romances are miserable rhapsodies , or dangerous incentives . Milton too frequently uses technical words , or terms of art . The coarseft picture will affect the mind of a peasant , or even a Hottentot . 5. When the latter part of ...
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... most fenfible , the most affecting , and the moft lafting . In the first sentence a comma is admitted before the conjunction and ; because intrepid is not more particularly connected with cautious , than with wife or eloquent . C4 15 ...
... most fenfible , the most affecting , and the moft lafting . In the first sentence a comma is admitted before the conjunction and ; because intrepid is not more particularly connected with cautious , than with wife or eloquent . C4 15 ...
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Abbreviations accent acute accent Aldus Manutius ancient ancient Greeks aſked atque becauſe caſe Cedilla CHAP claufe clauſe colon comma confifted conftruction conjunction connected Demetrius Phalereus denarius diſtinction diſtinguiſhed divifion edit Effay enclitical Epicurus Epift EXAMPLES expreffed expreffion faid fame fays feems femicolon fenfe fentence fentiment feparated fhort fhould fignifies fimple firſt fome fometimes friendſhip ftar fublime fuch fufficient Græca Græcis grammarians Greek Greek language himſelf Ibid inferted interro interrogation itſelf Latin lefs letters Loft manufcripts MONTF moſt muſt nature neceffary nominative cafe note of exclamation noun obferved Obolus Odyf omitted paffage Palæog parentheſis pauſe perfon period placed pleaſe pleaſure PLIN POPE Præf printed profe punctuation quæ queſtion Quintilian racter reft Roman ſeems ſenſe ſeparated ſmall ſome ſpace Spect SUIDAS tences thefe theſe thoſe thou thouſand tion treatiſe ufed ufual univerſe uſed Varro verb Vide virtue wiſdom writers XENOPH СНАР
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Page 118 - And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, and rose up and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.
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Page 143 - K5• points out a remarkable passage, or something that requires particular attention. A Brace > is used in poetry at the end of a triplet or three lines, which have the same rhyme. Braces are also used to connect a number of words with one common term, and are introduced to prevent a repetition in writing or printing. An...
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Page 127 - For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.
Page 45 - arises" is understood before "curiosity" and " knowledge;" at which words a considerable pause is necessary. RULE xx. The words, nay, so, hence, again, first, secondly, formerly, now, lastly, once more, above all, on the contrary, in the next place, in short, and all other words and phrases of the same kind, must generally be separated from the context by a comma: as, " Remember thy best and first friend ; formerly, the supporter of thy infancy, and the guide of thy childhood ; now, the guardian...
Page 131 - Lord Cardinal, if thou think'ft on heaven's blifs, Hold up thy hand, make fignal of thy hope. He die.s and makes no fign ! O God, forgive him.
Page 127 - Know then this truth (enough for man to know) 'Virtue alone is happiness below.