 | George Neville Ussher - 1803 - 102 páginas
...taking revenge a man is only even with his enemy ; but in forgiving the offence, he is fuperior to him. The pride of wealth is contemptible ; the pride of...ridiculous ; but the pride of bigotry is infupportable. Ex. A brute arrives at a point of perfection,which he cannot pafs; in a few years he has all the endowments,... | |
 | Samuel B. EMMONS - 1832 - 168 páginas
...succession, and there is a degree of connexion in their sense, they may be separated by a semicolon. As, ' The pride of wealth is contemptible; the pride of learning is pitiable; the pride of dignity is ridiculous; but the pride of bigotry is insupportable.' COLON. A colon is used when the preceding... | |
 | John Wilson - 1844 - 142 páginas
...pillars she hath killed her beasts she hath mingled her wine she hath also furnished her table. — The pride of wealth is contemptible the pride of learning is pitiable the pride of dignity is ridiculous and the pride of bigotry is insupportable. — The Christian orator speaks the truth... | |
 | Samuel Prout Newcombe - 1851 - 416 páginas
...surface; and pearls lie at the bottom. 9. Straws swim on the surface, and they lie at the bottom. 10. The pride of wealth is contemptible ; the pride of learning is pitiable : hnt the pride of dignity is ridiculous. No. 8 is a compound sentence. The two sentences are separated... | |
 | John Mulligan - 1854 - 326 páginas
...comprehended in the same sentence, but in this case all the parts of each proposition are fully expressed. "The pride of wealth is contemptible; the pride of learning is pitiable; the pride of dignity is ridiculons; but the pride of bigotry is insupportable." Some writers would employ only a comma in... | |
 | John Wilson - 1855 - 360 páginas
...separation may be indicated by a comma, instead of a semicolon, agreeably to the rule on page 98 ; as, " The pride of wealth is contemptible, the pride of learning is pitiable, the pride of dignity is ridiculous, and the pride of bigotry is insupportable." ORAL EXERCISE. What is the reason for the... | |
 | John Wilson - 1856 - 188 páginas
...by the conjunction and, the separation may be indicated by a comma, instead of a semicolon ; as, " The pride of wealth is contemptible, the pride of learning is pitiable, the pride of dignity is ridiculous, and the pride of bigotry is insupportable." (See p. 57, Rule, and Remark 6.) OBAL EXERCISE.... | |
 | John Wilson - 1856 - 360 páginas
...separation may be indicated by a comma, instead of a semicolon, agreeably to the rule on page 98 ; as, " The pride of wealth is contemptible, the pride of learning is pitiable, the pride of dignity is ridiculous, and the pride of bigotry is insupportable." ORAL EXERCISE. What is the reason for the... | |
 | John Wilson - 1856 - 364 páginas
...separation may be indicated by a comma, instead of a semicolon, agreeably to the rule on page 98; as, " The pride of wealth is contemptible, the pride of learning is pitiable, the pride of dignity is ridiculous, and the pride of bigotry is insupportable." ORAL EXERCISE. What is the reason for the... | |
 | John Mulligan - 1857 - 608 páginas
...comprehended in the same sentence, but in this case all the parts of each proposition are fully expressed. "The pride of wealth is contemptible; the pride of learning is pitiable; the pride of dignity is ridiculous ; but the pride of bigotry is insupportable." Some writers would employ only a comma... | |
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The pride of wealth is contemptible, the pride of learning is pitiable, the pride of dignity is ridiculous, and the pride of bigotry is insupportable. 
