Composition and punctuation familiarly explainedVirtue Bros. & Company, 1865 - 122 pages |
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... mind . I assure you that it is much truer than you imagine , and I shall now put it in a plainer and more con- vincing point of view . In the works of our best authors , grammatical faults occa- sionally appear . Those are , of course ...
... mind . I assure you that it is much truer than you imagine , and I shall now put it in a plainer and more con- vincing point of view . In the works of our best authors , grammatical faults occa- sionally appear . Those are , of course ...
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... mind at once ! and yet so linked together by the author , that they all make parts of a sentence , which admits of no greater division in pointing , than a colon between any of its members . " A loose dissertation upon several subjects ...
... mind at once ! and yet so linked together by the author , that they all make parts of a sentence , which admits of no greater division in pointing , than a colon between any of its members . " A loose dissertation upon several subjects ...
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... admit that a pleasing variety shows a well - informed mind , and is very attractive , it must be recollected , that plainness is never disagreeable , and that sense should never be sacrificed 22 SECOND CAUSE OF FAILURE.
... admit that a pleasing variety shows a well - informed mind , and is very attractive , it must be recollected , that plainness is never disagreeable , and that sense should never be sacrificed 22 SECOND CAUSE OF FAILURE.
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... mind , " they are , generally , in point of composition , very respectable specimens . The reporters have caught the spirit , and , down to the collectors of fires and ordinary occurrences , a IN COMPOSITION . 29 Short sentences again ...
... mind , " they are , generally , in point of composition , very respectable specimens . The reporters have caught the spirit , and , down to the collectors of fires and ordinary occurrences , a IN COMPOSITION . 29 Short sentences again ...
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... mind . The end of every paragraph is a certain relief to thought or attention - the commencement of the next is a new prospect for the sight , and if each be not some- what gratified , desire will abate , and we shall feel inclined to ...
... mind . The end of every paragraph is a certain relief to thought or attention - the commencement of the next is a new prospect for the sight , and if each be not some- what gratified , desire will abate , and we shall feel inclined to ...
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