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... give me thy heart . I thank you , Madam . Continue , my dear James , to make virtue thy prin- cipal study . Dear Mary , it is long since I heard from you , & c . RULE XII . A short and indirect quotation , or any expression which ...
... give me thy heart . I thank you , Madam . Continue , my dear James , to make virtue thy prin- cipal study . Dear Mary , it is long since I heard from you , & c . RULE XII . A short and indirect quotation , or any expression which ...
Page 18
... give an early preference to honor above gain ; to despise every advantage which cannot be attained without dishonest arts ; to brook no meanness , and stoop to no dissimula- tion ; are the indications of a great mind . Remark . - When ...
... give an early preference to honor above gain ; to despise every advantage which cannot be attained without dishonest arts ; to brook no meanness , and stoop to no dissimula- tion ; are the indications of a great mind . Remark . - When ...
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... gives to the page a neater appearance ; as , - Every planet as the Creator has made nothing in vain - is most probably inhabited . Remark 3. - If the sentence , without the paren- thesis , requires no point , none should be inserted ...
... gives to the page a neater appearance ; as , - Every planet as the Creator has made nothing in vain - is most probably inhabited . Remark 3. - If the sentence , without the paren- thesis , requires no point , none should be inserted ...
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... . It is , on the contrary , the much more seductive errors of those , whose position and influence lend a charm , and give currency , to the improprieties which they commit . The first step towards improvement PART II. ...
... . It is , on the contrary , the much more seductive errors of those , whose position and influence lend a charm , and give currency , to the improprieties which they commit . The first step towards improvement PART II. ...
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... give it to ? " " Who is this for ? " are solecisms of constant occurrence . Our language gives us the liberty - and it is a liberty which no other language allows - of separating the preposition from the word which it governs . This ...
... give it to ? " " Who is this for ? " are solecisms of constant occurrence . Our language gives us the liberty - and it is a liberty which no other language allows - of separating the preposition from the word which it governs . This ...
Common terms and phrases
accent act of looking adjective adverb ADVERBIAL element beauty begun with capitals Cæsar clauses are separated comma is omitted comma is placed commence complex sentences compound conjunction connected consonant context by commas copula correct forms dash denote dipthong divided English errors EXCEPTION expressions finite verb followed full sound future hear imperfect Imperfect Tense implies IMPROPRIETIES indicative mood indirect objective element INTERROGATION intransitive Italian sound laid language limit or modify logical predicate mistake mood never nominative noun orthography past infinitive Perfect Tense person pleonasm plural preceded preposition present tense principal clause pronounced pronunciation PUNCTUATION quantity queen looked Remark requires RULE II semicolon short signification silent e similar words simple sentence small letters solecisms sometimes speech spoonful studied Homer Subjunctive Mood subordinate clause syllable tence thing Thou tion tive transitive verb verb to lay vowel vulgar word or phrase words which limit
Popular passages
Page 24 - And does not Fame speak of me too ? Was there ever a bolder captain of a more valiant band ? Was there ever — but I scorn to boast.
Page 36 - A Word to the Wise, or HINTS ON THE CURRENT IMPROPRIETIES OF EXPRESSION IN WRITING AND SPEAKING. By PARRY GWYNNE. Thirteenth Thousand. 18mo, price Gd. sewed ; or is. cloth, gilt edges. " All who wish to mind their p's and cfs should consult this little volume.
Page 25 - Newton, whose mind burst forth from the fetters cast by nature upon our finite conceptions; Newton, whose science was truth, and the foundation of whose knowledge of it was philosophy, — not those visionary and arrogant presumptions which too often usurp its name, — but philosophy resting upon the basis of mathematics, which, like figures, cannot lie; Newton...
Page 64 - There is scarcely any thing which more distinguishes a person of poor education from a person of a good one, than the pronunciation of the unaccented vowels. When vowels are under the accent, the best speakers and the lowest of the people, with very few exceptions, pronounce them in the same manner ; but the unaccented vowels in the mouths of the former, have a distinct, open and specific sound, while the latter often totally sink them, or change them into some other sound.
Page 18 - Philosophers assert, that Nature is unlimited in her operations ; that she has inexhaustible treasures in reserve ; that knowledge will always be progressive ; and that all future generations will continue to make discoveries, of which we have not the least idea.
Page 23 - Pride in some particular disguise or other (often a secret to the proud man himself) is the most ordinary spring of action among men.
Page 18 - To give an early preference to honour above gain when they stand in competition to despise every advantage which cannot be attained without dishonest arts to brook no meanness and to stoop to no dissimulation are the indications of a great mind the presages of future eminence and usefulness in life.
Page 18 - 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...
Page 67 - A young man may talk recklessly of "lots of bargains," "lots of money," "lots of fellows," "lots of fun," &c. , but a lady may not. Men may indulge in any latitude of expression within the bounds of sense and decorum, but woman has a narrower range — even her mirth must be subjected to the rules of good taste. It may be naive, but must never be grotesque. It is not that we would have primness in the sex, but we would have refinement. Women are the purer and the more ornamental part of life, and...
Page 50 - Yahoo, to be construed as an objective, following the ancient rule that the verb to be takes the same case after it as before it?