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... speak of certain marks , used to distinguish one word from another ; but an examination of what he says in his work entitled , " De Claris Oratoribus , " leads to the inference , that by pointing , he meant certain signs or points ...
... speak of certain marks , used to distinguish one word from another ; but an examination of what he says in his work entitled , " De Claris Oratoribus , " leads to the inference , that by pointing , he meant certain signs or points ...
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... speaking very confidently , that in the earlier ages of printing , something like a system of pointing was observed ; 15 but that for the past two centuries , there are not two authors to be found , who have observed the same system ...
... speaking very confidently , that in the earlier ages of printing , something like a system of pointing was observed ; 15 but that for the past two centuries , there are not two authors to be found , who have observed the same system ...
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... speak in the presence and fear of the Everlasting God , that my tongue is not my own for it is the Lord's , and to be disposed of accord- ing to his pleasure , and not to speak my own words ; I have been so long in prison Then he was ...
... speak in the presence and fear of the Everlasting God , that my tongue is not my own for it is the Lord's , and to be disposed of accord- ing to his pleasure , and not to speak my own words ; I have been so long in prison Then he was ...
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... speak for himself . - Shakspeare . BREAK , n . s . [ from the verb . ] A pause ; an interruption . A line drawn , noting that the sense is suspended . All modern trash is Set forth with num'rous breaks and dashes . - Swift . TO DASH , v ...
... speak for himself . - Shakspeare . BREAK , n . s . [ from the verb . ] A pause ; an interruption . A line drawn , noting that the sense is suspended . All modern trash is Set forth with num'rous breaks and dashes . - Swift . TO DASH , v ...
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... speak To every cause , and things meer contraries , Till they were hoarse again ; yet all be law ; That with most quick agility could turn , And return , make knots and undo them , Give fork'd council , take provoking gold On either ...
... speak To every cause , and things meer contraries , Till they were hoarse again ; yet all be law ; That with most quick agility could turn , And return , make knots and undo them , Give fork'd council , take provoking gold On either ...
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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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