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An essay on punctuation - Page 55
by Francis Francillon - 1842
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An Essay on Elocution: With Elucidatory Passages from Various Authors

J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - 1828 - 314 pages
...of Kings, It is an attribute to God himself.'1 VII. PARENTHESIS. Parenthesis, says Dr. Johnson, is a sentence so' included in another sentence, ,as that...without injuring the sense of that which encloses it. This figure, rather used to impart variety than elegance to composition, should be read or spoken in...
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Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language

John Walker - 1828 - 462 pages
...extraction, birth. Parental, pa-ren'-tal. a. becoming parents. Parenthesis, pâ-rên'-fAè-sb. ». a sentence so included in another sentence, as that it may be taken out, without injuring the sense ofthat which encloses it Parer, pà'-rur. ». an instrument to cut away the surface. Parhelion, par-hè'-lè-an....
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A Dictionary of the English Language, Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - 1828 - 860 pages
...; pertaining to parents. PARENTHESIS, (pa-ren'-iAe-sis) n. ,. A clause in another sentence,' winch may be taken out, without injuring the sense of that which encloses it; being commonly marked thus ( ). PARENTHETICAL, (par-en-i7,et'-e-kal) ) PAUENTHETICK, (par-en-'iAetMky \ a. Pertaining to a parenthesis....
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The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of ..., Part 2, Volume 16

Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 512 pages
...parents. PARENTHESIS, nt Fr. ^arenthete ; Or. PAR irnjja iv 7-i3i);ii. A sentence so included in another, as that it may be taken out, without injuring the sense of that which encloses it : and commonly marked thus, ( ). In vain is my person exempted bv zji'mntneiis of words, when so many...
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A Narrative by John Ashburnham of His Attendance on King Charles ..., Volume 1

John Ashburnham - 1830 - 440 pages
...admission of facts on the writer's own authority. A parenthesis is in Johnson's Dictionary defined to be " a sentence so included in another sentence, " as that...without injuring the " sense of that which encloses it." Rapin, whose uniform omissions betray the want, not of advertency, but of candour, is evidently of...
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Walker's Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Languge: Abridged for the Use ...

John Walker - 1834 - 460 pages
...extraction, birth. Parental, pâ-ren'-lal. a. becoming parents. Parenthesis, pà-ren'-iAè-sfs. ». a sentence so included in another sentence, as that it may be taken out, without injuring the sense ofthat which encloses it. Parer) pà' -rar. s. an instrument to cut away the surface. Parhelion, pnr-hè'-lè-an....
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Cobb's Abridgment of J. Walker's Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and ...

John Walker, Lyman Cobb - 1834 - 458 pages
...parents. Pa ren the sis, pa-ren' the vsls, s. a sentence so included in another sentence, as that it ma}' be taken out, without injuring the sense of that which encloses it ; commonly marked thus ( ). [plu. Pa ren the ses, pâ-rèn' the Nsèz, s. Pa rer, pà' гиг, s. an...
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Miniature Edition of Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language, with a ...

Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 404 pages
...iVrentage, *. birth, extraction, descent Piirent'al, a. pertaining to parents 0 ] PA R Paren'thesis, *. a sentence so included in another sentence, as that...without injuring the sense of that which encloses it Parenthetical, a. relating to a parenthesis Parent'Uude, *- killing a father or mother Pa'rer, *. a...
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Walker's Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English ...

John Walker - 1837 - 478 pages
...par're'n-tadje. s. extraction, birth. Parental, pi-ren'tal. a. becoming parents. Parenthesis, pa-r?n'«W-sIs. s. a sentence so included in another sentence, as that it may be taken out, without injuring the sense oi'it. [the surface. Rarer, pa'rfir. s. an instrument to cut away Parhelion, par-h&'le-fin. s. a mock...
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The Philosophy of Language: Containing Practical Rules for Acquiring a ...

William Cramp - 1838 - 276 pages
...parembole relates to the subject, the parenthesis is foreign to it. PARENTHESIS, a sentence so inclosed in another sentence as that it may be taken out without injuring the sense of that which encloses it. Mr. Brenan, in his volume on Composition, has censured the use of the parenthesis, and consigns it...
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