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... , in vain , for vainly in haste , for hastily . : NOTE . - The definition of phrases given above has re- ference to their form , and not to their use as modifiers . ADJECTIVE PHRASES . * RULE 1. - Adjective Phrases are PHRASES .
... , in vain , for vainly in haste , for hastily . : NOTE . - The definition of phrases given above has re- ference to their form , and not to their use as modifiers . ADJECTIVE PHRASES . * RULE 1. - Adjective Phrases are PHRASES .
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... given , is a part of the address . A comma should be used between the several parts , and a period at the end . EXAMPLES . 1.—Mr. John T. Smith , No. 35 Green Str . , New York City . 2. - Miss Elizabeth Gordon , No. 18 Grosvenor St ...
... given , is a part of the address . A comma should be used between the several parts , and a period at the end . EXAMPLES . 1.—Mr. John T. Smith , No. 35 Green Str . , New York City . 2. - Miss Elizabeth Gordon , No. 18 Grosvenor St ...
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... given me ? 11. For what are they all in their high conceit , When man in the bush with God may meet ? 12. Did he not once play a provincial church organ , And give music - lessons to stumbling pianists ? EXPRESSIONS IN THE FORM OF ...
... given me ? 11. For what are they all in their high conceit , When man in the bush with God may meet ? 12. Did he not once play a provincial church organ , And give music - lessons to stumbling pianists ? EXPRESSIONS IN THE FORM OF ...
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... its use . EXAMPLE . " The fatal blow is given ! and the victim passes , without a struggle or motion , from the repose of sleep to the repose of death ! " AFTER AN INTERJECTION . RULE II . - The Exclamation Exclamation Point . 87.
... its use . EXAMPLE . " The fatal blow is given ! and the victim passes , without a struggle or motion , from the repose of sleep to the repose of death ! " AFTER AN INTERJECTION . RULE II . - The Exclamation Exclamation Point . 87.
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... given in the exact words of the author ; as , Socrates said that he believed in the immortality of the soul . In the direct form it would be correctly written thus : Socrates said , I believe in the immortality of the soul . " 66 Titles ...
... given in the exact words of the author ; as , Socrates said that he believed in the immortality of the soul . In the direct form it would be correctly written thus : Socrates said , I believe in the immortality of the soul . " 66 Titles ...
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abbreviation adjective adverbs Apostrophe apposition ARABIC NUMBERS beauty begin with capital capital letters clauses or phrases colon Colossus of Rhodes comma complex sentence compound sentence conjunction is omitted connecting word correlative clauses Daniel Defoe dash death denote DEPENDENT CLAUSES DERIVATIVE WORDS dieresis ELLIPSIS ELLIPSIS OF NAMELY EXAMPLES exclamation mark exclamation point explanatory expression followed Greek Guillemet heart honor hyphen III.-Continued immortal imperative sentence inserted interjection Interrogation Point Jonathan Davidson Lake Forest University live Lord marks of parenthesis mind NOTE 1.-When NOTE.-If noun omission Paganini paragraph period philosopher Phrases are set placed portion preceded prefix ends printers pronoun proper names proposition punctuated question quotation marks Roman number RULE 1.-Continued RULE I.-PAGE RULE II.-The RULE III.-When semicolon separated by commas small letter syllables thee things personified thou tion TITLE-PAGES unto virtues vowel woodland brown writers written with capital
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Page 115 - Who shall ascend into heaven ? (that is, to bring Christ down from above ;) or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) But what saith it ? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart : that is, the word of faith which we preach...
Page 71 - A man can scarce allege his own merits with modesty, much less extol them; a man cannot sometimes brook to supplicate or beg; and a. number of the like. But all these things are graceful in a friend's mouth, which are blushing in a man's own.
Page 175 - For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
Page 56 - An hour passed on — the Turk awoke; That bright dream was his last; He woke — to hear his sentries shriek, "To arms! they come! the Greek! the Greek!
Page 189 - Tis of the wave and not the rock; 'Tis but the flapping of the sail, And not a rent made by the gale ! In spite of rock and tempest's roar, In spite of false lights on the shore. Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea! Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee.
Page 180 - In peace, Love tunes the shepherd's reed; In war, he mounts the warrior's steed; In halls, in gay attire is seen; In hamlets, dances on the green. Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above ; For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
Page 67 - All our conduct towards men should be influenced by this important precept " Do unto others as you would that others should do unto you.
Page 92 - I know nothing that could, in this view, be said better, than " do unto others as ye would that others should do unto you...
Page 115 - Edward, lo! to sudden fate (Weave we the woof; The thread is spun;) Half of thy heart we consecrate. (The web is wove; The work is done.) — Stay, oh stay!
Page 112 - Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights and live laborious days; But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life. 'But not the praise...