Hand-book of Punctuation: With Instructions for Capitalization, Letter-writing, and Proof-readingAmerican Book Company, 1878 - 127 ページ |
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215 Prospect 36 Madison St A. S. Barnes abbreviation Adrian apostrophe apposition Arpinum brackets business letters caret close colon comma commence with capitals compound word connected corrections dash is frequently Dead Letter Office Dear Sir definition Deity Dependent clauses diæresis diphthong divisions double marks draw a line envelope EXAMPLES exclamation point Father George Eliot given heading hyphen inclosed interrogation point introduced introductory words inverted italics kings Letter-form line immediately following Lord Madame margin married lady meaning mence Miss necessary nouns oration paragraph parenthesis parenthetical expressions parenthetical marks parenthetical words period person person's name preceded printed printer pronouns proof proof-readers properly punctuation marks quotation marks relative clause REMARKS RULE salutation semicolon sentence signature sloping line small letters sometimes tence things thou tion title and name town or village usually verb William K words and phrases words of respect written with small
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23 ページ - Nor is it always in the most distinguished achievements that men's virtues or vices may be best discerned ; but very often an action of small note, a short saying, or a jest, shall distinguish a person's real character more than the greatest sieges, or the most important battles.
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29 ページ - And yet it never was in my soul To play so ill a part : But evil is wrought by want of Thought, As well as want of Heart...
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7 ページ - If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair.
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58 ページ - There is a day of sunny rest For every dark and troubled night ; And Grief may bide, an evening guest, But Joy shall come with early light.
11 ページ - She was tumbled early, by accident or design, into a spacious closet of good old English reading, without much selection or prohibition, and browsed at will upon that fair and wholesome pasturage. Had I twenty girls, they should be brought up exactly in this fashion.