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... thousand years antiquity . Maittaire obferves , that " the crooked comma was derived from the Greeks , * MICHAELIS , Lect . § 37. ROGALL . Differt . de Aucto- ritate et Antiquitate Interpunctionis in Nov. Teftam . The editions of the ...
... thousand years antiquity . Maittaire obferves , that " the crooked comma was derived from the Greeks , * MICHAELIS , Lect . § 37. ROGALL . Differt . de Aucto- ritate et Antiquitate Interpunctionis in Nov. Teftam . The editions of the ...
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... thousand years , fince the earth was created . * Differt . on the Uncert . of the Rom . Hift . part ii . c . 1 . + Provided is properly a participle . As virtue is its own reward , fo vice is D 4 As On PUNCTUATION . 55 Men do not think ...
... thousand years , fince the earth was created . * Differt . on the Uncert . of the Rom . Hift . part ii . c . 1 . + Provided is properly a participle . As virtue is its own reward , fo vice is D 4 As On PUNCTUATION . 55 Men do not think ...
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... thousand dramatic pieces + . Didymus , as Seneca informs us , wrote four thousand books ‡ . Origen , if we may believe Epiphanius , was the author of fix thousand treatises § . In this view the works of Epicurus , and even the famous ...
... thousand dramatic pieces + . Didymus , as Seneca informs us , wrote four thousand books ‡ . Origen , if we may believe Epiphanius , was the author of fix thousand treatises § . In this view the works of Epicurus , and even the famous ...
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... thousand 125 5,000 Ten thoufand ССІЭЭ 10,000 Fifty thousand ၁၁၁ 50,000 A hundred thoufand CCCIOUS 100,000 Five hundred thousand IƆɔɔ 500,000 . A million cccc၁၁၁၁ 1,000,000 The The Romans expreffed any number of thou- fands , by ...
... thousand 125 5,000 Ten thoufand ССІЭЭ 10,000 Fifty thousand ၁၁၁ 50,000 A hundred thoufand CCCIOUS 100,000 Five hundred thousand IƆɔɔ 500,000 . A million cccc၁၁၁၁ 1,000,000 The The Romans expreffed any number of thou- fands , by ...
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... thousand : thus , V denotes five thou- fand , LX , fixty thousand . So likewife M ftands for one thousand times a thousand , or a million ; MM , two millions , & c . MA Numeral letters explained . MDCLXVI , 1666 . denotes mille , 1,000 ...
... thousand : thus , V denotes five thou- fand , LX , fixty thousand . So likewife M ftands for one thousand times a thousand , or a million ; MM , two millions , & c . MA Numeral letters explained . MDCLXVI , 1666 . denotes mille , 1,000 ...
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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.
Page 125 - And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem, insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.
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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...
Page 82 - The pride of wealth is contemptible, the pride of learning is pitiable, the pride of dignity is ridiculous, and the pride of bigotry is insupportable.
Page 118 - And the servants and officers stood there, who had made a fire of coals, (for it was cold) and they warmed themselves : and Peter stood with them, and warmed himself.
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.