A Treatise on English Punctuation ...: With an Appendix, Containing Rules on the Use of Capitals, a List of Abbreviations, Hints on the Preparation of Copy and on Proof-reading, Specimen Proof-sheet, Etc |
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Page 176 - When Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple standing by whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, — behold — thy son! Then saith he to the disciple, Behold — thy mother! When the poor victims were bayoneted, clinging round the knees of the soldiers, would my friend — but I cannot pursue the strain of
Page 203 - host and host but narrow space was left. Approach, and read (for thou canst read) the lay Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn. Thou rather, with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt, Splitst the unwedgeable and gnarled oak, Than the soft myrtle. A bearded man, Armed to the teeth art thou: one mailed hand
Page 97 - 11.) 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. (Remark c or e.) As no cause For such exalted confidence could e'er Exist so none is now for fixed despair. (Rule,
Page 131 - Harbor no malice in thy heart: it will be a viper in thy bosom. Men's evil manners live in brass: their virtues we write in water. Be on thy guard against flattery: it is an insidious poison. Do not insult a poor man:
Page 161 - and nature have put Into our hands." .... My lords, we are called upon, as members of this house, as men, as Christians, to protest against such horrible barbarity! " That God and nature have put into our hands "! What ideas of God and nature that noble lord may entertain, I know not; hut I know that such
Page 88 - 6.) On some fond breast the parting soul relies, Some pious drops the closing eye requires; Even from the tomb the voice of nature cries, Even in our ashes live their wonted fires. (Rem. d
Page 169 - speaketh on this wise: Say not in thine heart, 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?" In this passage, the points used with the marks of parenthesis are applied differently from those inserted in the example illustrating
Page 244 - ABOU BEN ADHEM. Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw, within the moonlight of his room, Making it rich and like
Page 50 - 1. Poetry has a natural alliance with the best affections of the human heart. 2. A grandee on the exchange may be a pauper in God's universe. 3. To be totally indifferent to praise or censure is a real defect in character. 4. The love which survives the tomb is one of the noblest attributes of the soul.
Page 202 - But come, thou goddess fair and free, In heaven ycleped Euphrosyne, And by men heart-easing Mirth; Whom lovely Venus, at a birth, With two sister Graces more, To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore. Oh! when my friend and