 Several verbs in the infinitive mood> having a common dependence, and succeeding one another, are also divided by commas ; as, To relieve the indigent, to comfort the afflicted^ to protect the innocent, to reward the deserving, are humane and noble employments.  An Essay on Punctuation - Page 39by Joseph Robertson - 1785 - 177 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Lindley Murray - 1805 - 348 pages
...infinitive mood, having a common dependence, and succeeding one another, are also divided by commas : as, " To relieve the indigent, to comfort the afflicted, to protect the innocent, to reward the deserving, is a humane and noble employment." RULE xvii. When the verb to be is followed... | |
 | A. W. Winkelmann - 1816 - 514 pages
...infinitive mood, having, a common dependence, and succeeding one another, are also divided by commas : as, "To relieve the indigent, to comfort, the afflicted , to protect the innocent, to rewaid the deserving, are bimane and noble employments." RULE XVII. When the verb to be is followed... | |
 | Albert Picket - 1819 - 258 pages
...Progressive. Children.should listen \vith attention to the admonition's and counsels of their parents. To relieve the indigent, to comfort the afflicted, to protect the innocent, to instruct the ignorant, to reward the deserving, and to forgive injuries^ is a^reatand Godlike employment.... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1819 - 718 pages
...infinitive mood, having a common dependence, and succeeding one another, are also divided by commas : as, " To relieve the indigent, to comfort the afflicted, to protect the innocent, tu reward the deserving, are humane and noble employments." RULE XVII. Sec Vol. ii. Part 4. Excrcius.... | |
 | Samuel Oliver (jun.) - 1825 - 418 pages
...infinitive mood, having a common dependence, and succeeding each other, are divided by commas; as ; " To relieve the indigent, to comfort the afflicted, to protect the innocent, is noble." 15th. The conjunction or requires a comma to precede it when the sense is perfectly disjunctive;... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1826 - 126 pages
...infinitive mood, having a. common lu:pendence, and succeeding one another, are also divided by commas; as, " To relieve the indigent, to comfort the afflicted, to protect the innocent, to reward the deserving;, are humane and noble * KULK xvn. (j.) When the verh to he is followed by a verh... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1828 - 268 pages
...infinitive mood, huving a common dependence, and succeeding one another, are also divided by commas ; as, " To relieve the indigent, to comfort the afflicted, to protect the innocent, to reward the deserving, are humane and noble employments." The fumes which arise from a heart boiling... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1833 - 240 pages
...succeeding each other in the infinitive mood, and having a common dependance, may be divided by commas ; as, "To relieve the indigent, to comfort the afflicted, to protect the innocent, to reward the deserving, are humane and noble employments. 3. A remarkable expression, or a snort observation,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1834 - 366 pages
...infinitive mood, having a common dependence, and succeeding one another, are also divided by commas : as, " To relieve the indigent, to comfort the afflicted, to protect the innocent, to reward the deserving, are humane and noble employments." RULE xvn. When the verb to be is followed... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - 1834 - 202 pages
...infinitive mood, having a common dependence, and succeeding one another, arc also divided by commas ; as, " To relieve the indigent, to comfort the afflicted, to protect the innocent, to reward the deserving, arc humane and noble employments." RULE 17. — When the verb to be is followed... | |
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