Elements of Rhetoric and Literary Criticism: With Copious Practical Exercises and Examples. For the Use of Common Schools and Academies. Including, Also, a Succinct History of the English Language, and of British and American Literature from the Earliest to the Present Times |
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... frequent copying from books ; 1 and by writing from the dictation of the teacher , which should be pursued till perfect accuracy is attained . II . PUNCTUATION . THE POINTS used in Composition are the Comma ( , ) , the Semicolon ...
... frequent copying from books ; 1 and by writing from the dictation of the teacher , which should be pursued till perfect accuracy is attained . II . PUNCTUATION . THE POINTS used in Composition are the Comma ( , ) , the Semicolon ...
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... frequently be rendered clear by a comma ; and the sense of an unin- telligible sentence be made manifest by the simple remedy of a couple of colons , judiciously applied . Were many let- ters to be read aloud , precisely as they are ...
... frequently be rendered clear by a comma ; and the sense of an unin- telligible sentence be made manifest by the simple remedy of a couple of colons , judiciously applied . Were many let- ters to be read aloud , precisely as they are ...
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... frequently them per- form . and shall we stop ? diligent , and deserves to succeed . We are formed . will they arrive ? the lark sings ! js âš« no greater felicity , than to be able to look on a life and em- ployed . France desert ...
... frequently them per- form . and shall we stop ? diligent , and deserves to succeed . We are formed . will they arrive ? the lark sings ! js âš« no greater felicity , than to be able to look on a life and em- ployed . France desert ...
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... frequently actuate our conduct . Counteract the mischief by doing all the good you can . It is enacted in the laws of Venice . I now exact the penalty . John was here exactly at the hour . Exactions and exactors overspread the land ...
... frequently actuate our conduct . Counteract the mischief by doing all the good you can . It is enacted in the laws of Venice . I now exact the penalty . John was here exactly at the hour . Exactions and exactors overspread the land ...
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... frequently placed after the noun in the following instan- ces : 66 1. When it is used as a title ; as , " Alexander the Great . " 2. When other words depend upon it ; as , mies . " A man generous to his ene 3. When several adjectives ...
... frequently placed after the noun in the following instan- ces : 66 1. When it is used as a title ; as , " Alexander the Great . " 2. When other words depend upon it ; as , mies . " A man generous to his ene 3. When several adjectives ...
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