An Essay on PunctuationJ. Walter, 1785 - 177 頁 |
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... on fancy and caprice . But this is a mistake . It is founded on rational and determinate prin- ciples . * See An Introduction to the Study of Polite Literature , 12mo . 1782 . The The following Essay is drawn up for the ufe of PREFACE .
... on fancy and caprice . But this is a mistake . It is founded on rational and determinate prin- ciples . * See An Introduction to the Study of Polite Literature , 12mo . 1782 . The The following Essay is drawn up for the ufe of PREFACE .
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... introduced in the ninth cen- tury † , in Greek manuscripts , as a note of in- terrogation ; for which purpose it is ftill em- ployed in Greek books . Maittaire informs us , that " he could find no femicolon in old Eng- lifh books , or ...
... introduced in the ninth cen- tury † , in Greek manuscripts , as a note of in- terrogation ; for which purpose it is ftill em- ployed in Greek books . Maittaire informs us , that " he could find no femicolon in old Eng- lifh books , or ...
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... . There is a fyftem of opinions , peculiar to almost every age . The microscope difcovers millions of ani- malcula , invisible to the naked eye . 16. A com- 16. A COMPARISON , introduced by the ad- jective LIKE 32 On PUNCTUATION .
... . There is a fyftem of opinions , peculiar to almost every age . The microscope difcovers millions of ani- malcula , invisible to the naked eye . 16. A com- 16. A COMPARISON , introduced by the ad- jective LIKE 32 On PUNCTUATION .
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Joseph Robertson. 16. A COMPARISON , introduced by the ad- jective LIKE , and confifting of several terms , fhould be separated from the rest of the fentence by a comma . EXAMPLES . THE fire of Homer is fierce and impe- tuous , like a ...
Joseph Robertson. 16. A COMPARISON , introduced by the ad- jective LIKE , and confifting of several terms , fhould be separated from the rest of the fentence by a comma . EXAMPLES . THE fire of Homer is fierce and impe- tuous , like a ...
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... introducing a NEW MEMBER , which may be feparated from the preceding part . Conjunctions are JOINTS * , where the body of a sentence ought to be divided . Some of the principal conjunctions are , and , as , because , before , both , but ...
... introducing a NEW MEMBER , which may be feparated from the preceding part . Conjunctions are JOINTS * , where the body of a sentence ought to be divided . Some of the principal conjunctions are , and , as , because , before , both , but ...
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Abbreviations accent acute accent Æneid Aldus Manutius ancient atque becauſe caſe Cedilla CHAP Chrift claufe clauſe colon comma compounded fentence confifted conftruction conjunction connected defires Demetrius Phalereus denarius diftinction diſtinguiſhed divifion edit Effay Epicurus Epift EXAMPLES expreffed expreffion faid fame fays fecond feems femicolon fenfe fentence fentiment feparated fhort fignifies fimple firſt flouriſh fome ftar fublime fuch fufficient fyftem fyllable Græca Græcis grammarians Greek Greek language himſelf Ibid inferted interrogation itſelf Latin leaſt lefs letters Loft manuſcripts MONTF moſt muſt nature neceffary nominative cafe note of exclamation noun obferved Obolus Odyf omitted paffage Palæog parentheſis paufe pauſe perfon period placed pleaſure PLIN POPE Præf profe punctuation quæ queſtion Quintilian racter Roman ſeems ſeparated ſhort ſhould ſmall ſome ſpeaking Spect SUIDAS tences thefe theſe thoſe thou thouſand tion univerſe uſed uſually Varro verb Vide virtue wiſdom words writers XENOPH
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第 118 頁 - 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.
第 39 頁 - Several verbs in the infinitive mood> having a common dependence, and succeeding one another, are also divided by commas ; as, To relieve the indigent, to comfort the afflicted^ to protect the innocent, to reward the deserving, are humane and noble employments.
第 125 頁 - And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerufalem ; infomuch as that field is called, in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to fay, the field of blood.
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第 121 頁 - Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you. (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence : and he saith,) I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God...
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第 107 頁 - Thine own begotten, breaking violent way, Tore through my entrails, that with fear and pain...
第 138 頁 - The first word of every book, chapter, letter, note, or any other piece of writing. 2. The first word after a period; and, if the two sentences are totally independent, after a note of interrogation or exclamation. But if a number of interrogative or exclamatory sentences, are thrown into one general group ; or if the construction of the latter sentences depends on the former, all of them, except the first, may begin with a small letter : as, " How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity ?...
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第 127 頁 - Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,) Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth? They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.