A New Guide to the English Tongue (1793)Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints, 1978 - 156 pages |
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... Example . A. Nature cloaths the Beasts with Hair , the Birds with Feathers , and the Fishes with Scales . Q. What is a Semicolon ? A. A Semicolon , marked thus ( ; ) notes a middle Breath- ing between the Comma and the Colon . Q. What ...
... Example . A. Nature cloaths the Beasts with Hair , the Birds with Feathers , and the Fishes with Scales . Q. What is a Semicolon ? A. A Semicolon , marked thus ( ; ) notes a middle Breath- ing between the Comma and the Colon . Q. What ...
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... Example . 4. As we perceive the Shadow upon the Sun - Dial , but difcern not its Progreffion ; and as the Shrub or Grafs ap pears in time to be grown , but is feen by none to grow : So alfo the Proficiency of our Wits , advancing flowly ...
... Example . 4. As we perceive the Shadow upon the Sun - Dial , but difcern not its Progreffion ; and as the Shrub or Grafs ap pears in time to be grown , but is feen by none to grow : So alfo the Proficiency of our Wits , advancing flowly ...
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... Example . A. A Treatife of [ concerning ] Physic . Q. What is a Hyphen ? A. A Hyphen is a small Hair - stroke drawn from one Word to another , thus ( - ) Q. What is the Ufe of the Hyphen ? A. It admonifheth the Reader , that the two ...
... Example . A. A Treatife of [ concerning ] Physic . Q. What is a Hyphen ? A. A Hyphen is a small Hair - stroke drawn from one Word to another , thus ( - ) Q. What is the Ufe of the Hyphen ? A. It admonifheth the Reader , that the two ...
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