Hand-book of Punctuation: With Instructions for Capitalization, Letter-writing, and Proof-readingAmerican Book Company, 1878 - 127 Seiten |
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215 Prospect 36 Madison St A. S. Barnes abbreviation Adrian AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY apostrophe apposition Arpinum brackets business letters caret CHICAGO close colon comma commence with capitals compound word connected corrections dash is frequently Dead Letter Office Dear Sir definition Deity Dependent clauses diæresis diphthong divisions double marks draw a line English envelope EXAMPLES exclamation point Father given heading hyphen inclosed interrogation point introductory words italics kings language Letter-form line immediately following LL.D Madame margin married lady meaning mence Miss necessary nouns paragraph parenthesis parenthetical expressions parenthetical marks parenthetical words period person person's name preceded printed printer pronouns proof proof-readers punctuation marks quotation marks referring relative clause REMARKS Rhetoric RULE salutation SCHOOL DICTIONARY semicolon sentence signature sloping line small letters sometimes tence things thou tion title and name usually verb Webster's William K words and phrases words of respect writers
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Seite 37 - The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail — its roof may shake — the wind may blow through it— the storm may enter — the rain may enter — but the King of England cannot enter ! — all his force dares not cross* the threshold of the ruined tenement...
Seite 113 - The place, which the wisdom or policy of antiquity had destined for the residence of the Abyssinian princes, was a spacious valley in the kingdom of Amhara, surrounded on every side by mountains, of which the summits overhang the middle part.
Seite 113 - YE who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy, and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope ; who expect that age will perform the promises of youth, and that the deficiencies of the present day will be supplied by the morrow, attend to the history of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia.
Seite 64 - At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank Thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because Thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. Even so, Father : for so it seemed good in Thy sight.
Seite 23 - Nor is it always in the most distinguished achievements that men's virtues or vices may be best discerned ; but very often an action of small note, a short saying, or a jest, shall distinguish a person's real character more than the greatest sieges, or the most important battles.
Seite 58 - How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful is man...
Seite 24 - When public bodies are to be addressed on momentous occasions, when great interests are at stake, and strong passions excited, nothing is valuable, in speech, farther than it is connected with high intellectual and moral endowments. Clearness, force, and earnestness are the qualities which produce conviction. True eloquence, indeed, does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from far. Labor and learning may toil for it, but they will toil in vain.
Seite 29 - And yet it never was in my soul To play so ill a part : But evil is wrought by want of Thought, As well as want of Heart...
Seite 7 - If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair.