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... long syllable requires double the time of a short one in pro- nouncing it ; thus , " Mate , " and " Note , " should be pronounced as slowly again as " Mat " and " Not . " As no utterance which is void of proportion can be GRAMMAR . 27.
... long syllable requires double the time of a short one in pro- nouncing it ; thus , " Mate , " and " Note , " should be pronounced as slowly again as " Mat " and " Not . " As no utterance which is void of proportion can be GRAMMAR . 27.
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L. Murray. As no utterance which is void of proportion can be agreeable to the ear ; and as quantity , or proportion of time in utterance , greatly depends on a due attention to the accent ; it is absolutely necessary for every person ...
L. Murray. As no utterance which is void of proportion can be agreeable to the ear ; and as quantity , or proportion of time in utterance , greatly depends on a due attention to the accent ; it is absolutely necessary for every person ...
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... proportion of time ; for the Comma sig- nifies a stop of leisurely telling one , the Semicolon two , the Colon three , and the Period four - And are made or marked thus : Comma ( , ) at the foot of a word . Semicolon ( ; ) a point over ...
... proportion of time ; for the Comma sig- nifies a stop of leisurely telling one , the Semicolon two , the Colon three , and the Period four - And are made or marked thus : Comma ( , ) at the foot of a word . Semicolon ( ; ) a point over ...
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... proportions . [ ] Brackets or Crotchets , generally include a word or sen- tence , explanatory of what went before ; or words of the same sense , which may be used in their stead . " Quotation , or double Comma inverted , is used at the ...
... proportions . [ ] Brackets or Crotchets , generally include a word or sen- tence , explanatory of what went before ; or words of the same sense , which may be used in their stead . " Quotation , or double Comma inverted , is used at the ...
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... proportion or width must be observed in the u , w , and o . The letters with stems , or heads , must be of equal height ; as the b , d , f , h , l , and j , and those with tails must be of equal depth , as the f , g , p , q , and j ...
... proportion or width must be observed in the u , w , and o . The letters with stems , or heads , must be of equal height ; as the b , d , f , h , l , and j , and those with tails must be of equal depth , as the f , g , p , q , and j ...
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Página 30 - O, there be players that I have seen play, and heard others praise, and that highly, not to speak it profanely, that, neither having the accent of Christians nor the gait of Christian, pagan, nor man, have so strutted and bellowed that I have thought some of nature's journeymen had made men and not made them well, they imitated humanity so abominably.
Página 514 - And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
Página 383 - Thus the ideas, as well as children, of our youth often die before us ; and our minds represent to us those tombs to which we are approaching ; where though the brass and marble remain, yet the inscriptions are effaced by time, and the imagery moulders away. The pictures drawn in our minds are laid in fading colours ; and if not sometimes refreshed, vanish and disappear.
Página 29 - Nor do not saw the air too much with your hand — thus ; but use all gently; for in the very torrent, tempest, and (as I may say) whirlwind of your passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance that may give it smoothness. Oh, it offends me to the soul, to hear a robustious periwig-pated fellow tear a passion to tatters, to very rags, to split the ears of the groundlings...
Página 514 - And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given Unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
Página 30 - ... twere, the mirror up to nature; to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time his form and pressure. Now this overdone, or come tardy off, though it make the unskilful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve; the censure of the which one must, in your allowance, o'erweigh a whole theatre of others.
Página 514 - Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
Página 30 - O reform it altogether, and let those that play your clowns speak no more than is set down for them, for there be of them that will themselves laugh, to set on some quantity of barren spectators to laugh too, 40 though in the mean time some necessary question of the play be then to be considered.
Página 474 - Nothing doubting but at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God. And as touching such worldly estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me...
Página 495 - Christ, or that in such an age it was not in. In a word, there is no sufficient certainty but of Scripture only, for any considering man to build upon. This therefore, and this only, I have reason to believe ; this I will profess ; according to this I will live ; and for this, if there be occasion, I will not only willingly, but even gladly, lose my life, though I should be sorry that Christians should take it from me.