A Treatise on English PunctuationCrosby and Ainsworth, 1868 |
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... employed , and develop the sense of their manuscripts , with the greatest possible discrimination , by the help and service of the poor , despised , but useful handmaids , -the commas , the semicolons , and other little points . We know ...
... employed , and develop the sense of their manuscripts , with the greatest possible discrimination , by the help and service of the poor , despised , but useful handmaids , -the commas , the semicolons , and other little points . We know ...
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... employed , another prefers a colon , if not a comma . One teacher embarrasses the learner with an additional pause ( the semicomma ) , by giving it " a local habitation and a name ; " while a different one discards the colon alto ...
... employed , another prefers a colon , if not a comma . One teacher embarrasses the learner with an additional pause ( the semicomma ) , by giving it " a local habitation and a name ; " while a different one discards the colon alto ...
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... same pauses in the reading of any given dis- course , it might even then be easily shown , that the points in common use would not be sufficient for rhetorical purposes ; and that , if thus employed , they THE IMPORTANCE OF PUNCTUATION .
... same pauses in the reading of any given dis- course , it might even then be easily shown , that the points in common use would not be sufficient for rhetorical purposes ; and that , if thus employed , they THE IMPORTANCE OF PUNCTUATION .
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John Wilson. purposes ; and that , if thus employed , they would tend , by the necessity of perpetually repeating them , and the consequent minute separations of words and phrases , rather to perplex the judgment of the reader , than to ...
John Wilson. purposes ; and that , if thus employed , they would tend , by the necessity of perpetually repeating them , and the consequent minute separations of words and phrases , rather to perplex the judgment of the reader , than to ...
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... employed to indicate the various kinds of sentences , and the parts of which they consist . Thus the Period signified a complete circuit of words ; a sentence , making , from its commencement to its close , full and perfect sense . The ...
... employed to indicate the various kinds of sentences , and the parts of which they consist . Thus the Period signified a complete circuit of words ; a sentence , making , from its commencement to its close , full and perfect sense . The ...
Common terms and phrases
abbreviated accent according acute accent adjectives adverb apostrophe beauty begin Cæsar capital letter character Christian clause colon comma composition compositor compound conjunction connected dash denotes distinguished divine Doctor of Divinity earth ellipsis employed English language example excellence exclamation exhibiting expression faith feel following sentences genius grammatical grave accent heart heaven honor human hyphen inserted Italics JOHN JAMES TAYLER Knight of St language Lord margin marks of parenthesis marks of quotation mind moral nature nouns occur omission omitted ORAL EXERCISES paragraph parenthetical participle passage philosopher placed poetry portion preceding prefixed preposition principles printers pron pronoun pronunciation proof-sheet proper names reference relative pronoun Remark e Remark g Rule SECT semicolon sense separated small letters Society sometimes soul spirit syllable thee things thou thought thousand anc tion truth usually verb verse virtue voice vowel writers written or printed
Popular passages
Page 91 - 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 142 - The nation which indulges towards another an habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest.
Page 86 - 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?
Page 144 - 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?
Page 162 - When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! 27. Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother!
Page 159 - 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.
Page 145 - 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.
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 217 - Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered, blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
Page 111 - It reveals to us the loveliness of nature, brings back the freshness of youthful feeling, revives the relish of simple pleasures, keeps unquenched the enthusiasm which warmed the spring-time of our being, refines youthful love, strengthens our interest in human nature by vivid delineations of its tenderest and loftiest feelings, spreads our sympathies over all classes of society, knits us by new ties with universal being, and through the brightness of its prophetic visions helps faith to lay hold...