Part 248 (2/2)
”The principal stops are the following: the Comma [,], the Semicolon [;], the Colon [:], the Period, or Full Stop [], the Note of Interrogation [?], the Note of Exclamation [!], the Parenthesis [()], and the Dash [--]”--_Bullions cor_ ”The lish The _chief_ marks employed are the Comma [,], _the_ Semicolon [;], _the_ Colon [:], _the_ Period [], _the Note of_ Interrogation [?], _the Note of_ Exclamation (!), _the Parenthesis_ [()], _and the Dash_ [--]”--_Id_
”Plato reproving a young a fault' 'Custom,' replied the philosopher, 'is no trifle' 'And,' adds _Montaigne_, 'he was in the right; for our vices begin in infancy'”--_Home cor_
”A merchant at sea asked the skipper what death his father died 'My father,' says the skipper, 'randfather, were all drowned' 'Well,' replies thedrowned too?'”--_Id_
”The use of inverted commas derives from France, where one Guilleement for the improvement, his countrymen call them after his name, GUILLEMETS”--_Hist cor_
”This, however, is seldoins with _s_; thus, we do not say, 'the _prince_' feather;'
but, 'the _prince's_ feather'”--_Bullions cor_ ”And this phrase must mean, '_the feather of the prince_;' but '_prince's-feather_,' written as one word, [and with both apostrophe and hyphen,] is the name of a plant, a species of amaranth”--_G Brown_ ”Boethius soon had the satisfaction of obtaining the highest honours his country could bestow”--_Ingersoll cor_; also _L Murray_
”When an example, a quotation, or a speech, is introduced, it is separated from the rest of the sentence either by a _coive us an amiable representation of the Deity, in these words: _God is love_'”--_Hiley cor_ ”Either the colon or _the co to the nature of the case,] when an example, a quotation, or a speech, is introduced; as, 'Always reive us an amiable representation of the Deity, in these words: _God is love_'”--_Bullions cor_
”The first word of a quotation introduced after a colon, or _of any sentence quoted_ in a direct forin with a capital: as, '_Always_ reiver says, _Take_ up thy cross daily, and follow me'”--_Bullions and Lennie cor_; also _L Murray_; also _Weld_ See _Luke_, ix, 23
”Tell me, in whose house do you live?”--_N Butler cor_ ”He that acts wisely, deserves praise”--_Id_ ”He who steals my purse, steals trash”--_Id_ ”The antecedent is _sometimes_ omitted; as, 'Who steals my purse, steals trash'--[_Shak_] That is, '_He_ who,' or, 'The _person_ who'”--_Id_ ”Thus, 'Whoever steals ood, does harm'”--_Id_ ”Thus, 'Whoever sins, will suffer' This means, that any one, without exception, who sins, will suffer”--_Id_
”Letters form syllables; syllables, words; words, sentences; and sentences, combined and connected, form discourse”--_Cooper cor_ ”A letter which forms a perfect sound when uttered by itself, is called a vowel; as, _a, e, i_”--_Id_ ”A proper noun is the name of an individual, [or of a particular people or place]; as, John, Boston, Hudson, A a wise thing; ”--_Davis cor_ ”In the place of an ellipsis of the verb, a comma must be inserted”--_Id_ ”A common noun unlimited by an article, is sometimes understood in its broadest acceptation: thus, '_Fishes_ swim,' is understood to mean _all_ fishes; '_Man_ is mortal,'
_all_ men”--_Id_
”Thus, those sounds forutturals_; those formed principally by the palate, _palatals_; those formed by the teeth, _dentals_; those by the lips, _labials; and_ those by the nose, _nasals_”--_Davis cor_
”Soularly: as, _Good, letter, best; Bad, worse, worst; Little, less, least_”--_Felton cor_
”Under the fourth head of grammar, therefore, four topics will be considered; viz, PUNCTUATION, ORTHOEPY [sic--KTH], FIGURES, and VERSIFICATION”--_Hart cor_
”Direct her onward to that peaceful shore, Where peril, pain, and death, are felt no more!”--_Falconer cor_
GOOD ENGLISH RIGHTLY POINTED
LESSON I--UNDER VARIOUS RULES
”Discoveries of such a character are sorain and their end”--_Bullions cor_
”TRAVERSE, [literally to _cross_,] To deny what the opposite party has alleged To traverse an indictment, _or the like_, is to deny it”--_Id_
”The _Ordinal_ numerals denote the _order_, or _succession_, in which any nus _are_ mentioned; as, _first, second, third_, fourth, &c”--_Hiley cor_
”Nouns have three persons; _the_ First, _the_ Second, and _the_ Third The First person is _that which denotes_ the speaker: the Second is _that which denotes the person or thing_ spoken to; the Third is _that which denotes_ the _person or thing merely_ spoken of”--_Hart cor_
”Nouns have three cases; _the_ Nominative, _the_ Possessive, and _the_ Objective The _relations_ indicated by the _cases_ of a noun, _include_ three _distinct_ ideas; viz, those of subject, object, and ownershi+p”--_Id_
”In speaking of animals that are of inferior size, or whose sex is not known or not regarded, _we_ often _treat them_ as without sex: thus, we say of a cat, '_It_ is treacherous;' of an infant, '_It_ is beautiful;' of a deer, '_It_ was killed'”--_Id_