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... thing approach- ing to the present system , was adopted earlier than the ninth century . Notwithstanding the claim for Jerome , that he at- tended to the pointing of the Scriptures , a more consist- ent tale of the first step taken ...
... thing approach- ing to the present system , was adopted earlier than the ninth century . Notwithstanding the claim for Jerome , that he at- tended to the pointing of the Scriptures , a more consist- ent tale of the first step taken ...
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... things distinct from full - points , colon - points , semi - colon - points , comma - points , inter- rogative - points or notes of interrogation , parenthesis- points , and parathesis - points : it will be contended that the period ...
... things distinct from full - points , colon - points , semi - colon - points , comma - points , inter- rogative - points or notes of interrogation , parenthesis- points , and parathesis - points : it will be contended that the period ...
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... thing in a place , animate or inanimate , worthy of a sight is termed one of the lions of the place : the word ear , in its primary signification is the name of the outward organ of hearing , but in a secondary sense it means the ...
... thing in a place , animate or inanimate , worthy of a sight is termed one of the lions of the place : the word ear , in its primary signification is the name of the outward organ of hearing , but in a secondary sense it means the ...
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... things expressed , which preceding words have led him to expect , that he has not arrived at the end . A period is never perfect , when the mind of the reader or the hearer is brought to a rest at any part , before the period is ...
... things expressed , which preceding words have led him to expect , that he has not arrived at the end . A period is never perfect , when the mind of the reader or the hearer is brought to a rest at any part , before the period is ...
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... thing is sometimes better understood , nay even discovered , by contrast ; therefore to make this matter of the period yet clearer , the differ- ence between a perfect period and a loose period shall be set forth . Lucius Mummius ...
... thing is sometimes better understood , nay even discovered , by contrast ; therefore to make this matter of the period yet clearer , the differ- ence between a perfect period and a loose period shall be set forth . Lucius Mummius ...
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