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 of Proof-sheet, Etc |
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... insertion of matter which is entirely new . The proper manner of using the book will depend altogether on the capabilities of the learner . If unversed in Punctuation , or but slightly acquainted with the art , it is recommended , that ...
... insertion of matter which is entirely new . The proper manner of using the book will depend altogether on the capabilities of the learner . If unversed in Punctuation , or but slightly acquainted with the art , it is recommended , that ...
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... inserted points with taste and propriety . But enough has been said to demonstrate the necessity for an increased attention to the subject , and to prove a very obvious , though not an acknowledged , truth , that the principles of ...
... inserted points with taste and propriety . But enough has been said to demonstrate the necessity for an increased attention to the subject , and to prove a very obvious , though not an acknowledged , truth , that the principles of ...
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... inserted as follow , the true meaning of the passage will at once appear : " Every lady in this land Hath twenty nails : upon each hand Five ; and twenty on hands and feet . And this is true , without deceit . " SECT . II . - PLAN OF ...
... inserted as follow , the true meaning of the passage will at once appear : " Every lady in this land Hath twenty nails : upon each hand Five ; and twenty on hands and feet . And this is true , without deceit . " SECT . II . - PLAN OF ...
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... insertion of commas , and would point the fifth example thus : " Some monks may be said to be neither of , nor in , the ... inserted between the conjoined words , when the latter is immediately preceded by a qualifying or governing word ...
... insertion of commas , and would point the fifth example thus : " Some monks may be said to be neither of , nor in , the ... inserted between the conjoined words , when the latter is immediately preceded by a qualifying or governing word ...
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... inserted as an after - thought or for the sake of emphasis , it may be pointed off by commas ; as , " A sense of personal propriety would often interrupt , and exclude , an imputa- tion of unworthy motives to those who hold opinions ...
... inserted as an after - thought or for the sake of emphasis , it may be pointed off by commas ; as , " A sense of personal propriety would often interrupt , and exclude , an imputa- tion of unworthy motives to those who hold opinions ...
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Common terms and phrases
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 honor human hyphen inserted Italics JOHN JAMES TAYLER Julius Cæsar Knight 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 religion Remark e 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
Popular passages
Page 51 - 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.
Page 156 - 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?
Page 164 - Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can Honor's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death?
Page 68 - 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.
Page 95 - 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.
Page 167 - 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.
Page 259 - 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.
Page 134 - A man can scarce allege his own merits with modesty, much less extol them : a man cannot sometimes brook to supplicate, or beg, and a number of the like : but all these things are graceful in a friend's mouth, which are blushing in a man's own.
Page 182 - Alice's little right foot played an involuntary movement, till, upon my looking grave, it desisted — the best dancer, I was saying, in the county, till a cruel disease, called a cancer, came, and bowed her down with pain ; but it could never bend her good spirits, or make them stoop, but they were still upright, because she was so good and religious.
Page 171 - 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.