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Page 171
... comma , semicolon , co- lon , and period . * Movement and measure are thus distinguished . Movement ex- presses the progressive order of sounds , whether from strong to weak , from long to short , or vice versa . Measure signifies the ...
... comma , semicolon , co- lon , and period . * Movement and measure are thus distinguished . Movement ex- presses the progressive order of sounds , whether from strong to weak , from long to short , or vice versa . Measure signifies the ...
Page 177
... Comma represents the shortest pause ; the Semicolon , a pause double that of the comma ; the Colon , double that of the semicolon ; and the Period , double that of the colon . The ... COMMA . The Comma usually separates PUNCTUATION . 177.
... Comma represents the shortest pause ; the Semicolon , a pause double that of the comma ; the Colon , double that of the semicolon ; and the Period , double that of the colon . The ... COMMA . The Comma usually separates PUNCTUATION . 177.
Page 178
... COMMA . The Comma usually separates those parts of a serr tence , which , though very closely connected in sense- and construction , require a pause between them . RULE I. With respect to a simple sentence , the several words of which ...
... COMMA . The Comma usually separates those parts of a serr tence , which , though very closely connected in sense- and construction , require a pause between them . RULE I. With respect to a simple sentence , the several words of which ...
Page 179
... comma may be inserted , though the conjunction is expressed : as , ' Romances may be said to be miserable rhapsodies , or dangerous incentives to evil ; ' ' In- temperance destroys the strength of our bodies , and the vigor of our minds ...
... comma may be inserted , though the conjunction is expressed : as , ' Romances may be said to be miserable rhapsodies , or dangerous incentives to evil ; ' ' In- temperance destroys the strength of our bodies , and the vigor of our minds ...
Page 180
... comma at each extremity : as , " They set out early , and , before the close of the day , arrived at the destined place . ' RULE IX . Expressions in a direct address , are separated from the rest of the sentence by commas : as , ' My ...
... comma at each extremity : as , " They set out early , and , before the close of the day , arrived at the destined place . ' RULE IX . Expressions in a direct address , are separated from the rest of the sentence by commas : as , ' My ...
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Page 168 - tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead; Thus on, till wisdom is pushed out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time; Year after year it steals, till all are fled. And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
Page 192 - Know then this truth (enough for man to know) 'Virtue alone is happiness below.
Page 186 - For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.
Page 169 - WHEN all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise...
Page 168 - O'erflow thy courts : the Light himself shall shine Reveal'd, and God's eternal day be thine ! The seas shall waste, the skies in smoke decay, Rocks fall to dust, and mountains melt away ; But fix'd his word, his saving power remains; Thy realm for ever lasts, thy own MESSIAH reigns !" My dear children, make this king of Zion your friend, by sweetly submitting to the sceptre of his grace.
Page 168 - How lov'd, how honour'd once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot ; A heap of dust alone remains of thee, 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be ! Poets themselves must fall, like those they sung, Deaf the prais'd ear, and mute the tuneful tongue.
Page 192 - The ways of wisdom are ways of pleasantness, and that all her paths are peace :" "that religion has the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come...
Page 8 - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Page 183 - A divine legislator, uttering his voice from heaven ; an almighty governor, stretching forth his arm to punish or reward ; informing us of perpetual rest prepared hereafter for the righteous, and of indignation and wrath awaiting the wicked : these are the considerations which overawe the world, which support integrity, and check guilt.
Page 165 - Israel is slain upon thy high places : how are the mighty fallen ! Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon ; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.