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... ideas to them . Perhaps there is no de- partment in literature , so generally attempted to be practised , and so generally presumed to be of utility , of which so little knowledge is to be acquired from books , ancient or modern , as ...
... ideas to them . Perhaps there is no de- partment in literature , so generally attempted to be practised , and so generally presumed to be of utility , of which so little knowledge is to be acquired from books , ancient or modern , as ...
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... idea , that in such a case they adopted some mark , to distinguish the several divisions ; hence might arise the introduction of at least one point . " Aristotle treated of the period , not as a sign but as a reality . Cicero also ...
... idea , that in such a case they adopted some mark , to distinguish the several divisions ; hence might arise the introduction of at least one point . " Aristotle treated of the period , not as a sign but as a reality . Cicero also ...
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... idea , and that idea alone , which , upon the first use of the word , was intended to be by it conveyed to the mind of a hearer or reader : -the word 12 AN ESSAY ON.
... idea , and that idea alone , which , upon the first use of the word , was intended to be by it conveyed to the mind of a hearer or reader : -the word 12 AN ESSAY ON.
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... ideas of certain points or marks ; hence error and confusion have arisen , and hence the source of some of the difficulties of pointing ! It may be thought that the distinction , between the members and fragments of a period and their ...
... ideas of certain points or marks ; hence error and confusion have arisen , and hence the source of some of the difficulties of pointing ! It may be thought that the distinction , between the members and fragments of a period and their ...
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... ideas upon the very same sub- ject , shall both use much the same words upon the same subject , and both shall actually convey their ideas to the minds of their hearers ; now one pleases us nouns of the period or member to be ...
... ideas upon the very same sub- ject , shall both use much the same words upon the same subject , and both shall actually convey their ideas to the minds of their hearers ; now one pleases us nouns of the period or member to be ...
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An Essay on Punctuation With Incidental Remarks on Composition (Classic Reprint) F. Francillon No preview available - 2017 |
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ancient Archbishop of Dublin ARISTOPHANES Of Byzantium Aristotle Art of Pointing BANBURY Belles Lettres Bishop Lowth Blair's Lectures Brutum Orator century Cicero clause Cobbett's colon and comma colon-point comma-point dash denote discourse distinguish divided edition ence ESSAY ON PUNCTUATION example express extract full-point gives Grammarians greater pause Greek Greek Language hearer idea Imperfect Phrase incisum interjection interpungendi interrogatif interrogation interrogative-point James Burrow language letter Lindley Murray loose sentence Lucius Mummius manuscripts Matthæi members and fragments mind note of admiration parathesis parenthesis parenthesis-points pars periodi passion perfect Persian Emperor perspicuity Philosophy and Belles Philosophy of Rhetoric Port Royal Latin poynt principal constructive printed printer pronouns proposition quæ Quinctilian quotation reader Rhetoricians Royal Latin Grammar ruminate secondary meanings semi-colon semi-colon-points sense Sentence or Member Simple Sentence sometimes thing thiswyse Thoughts upon Pointing Verb virgil Vossius says Vulgate Whateley words colon writers Wynkyn de Worde
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