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... Senfe , and the Difgrace of the Poet . As for Spelling , How wretchedly is it practifed by a great part of the un- learned Word ? For having never at- tained a good Knowledge of the general Force and Sound of the English Letters , nor ...
... Senfe , and the Difgrace of the Poet . As for Spelling , How wretchedly is it practifed by a great part of the un- learned Word ? For having never at- tained a good Knowledge of the general Force and Sound of the English Letters , nor ...
Page xviii
... Senfe is the fame ; as Pre- tious may be written with a t , or a c . Perhaps they may tell me , that both these can never be right . But in feveral of thefe Inftances , the Criticks themselves are at great Variance , tho the Matter is ...
... Senfe is the fame ; as Pre- tious may be written with a t , or a c . Perhaps they may tell me , that both these can never be right . But in feveral of thefe Inftances , the Criticks themselves are at great Variance , tho the Matter is ...
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... Senfe , and have any proper Connexion with one another ; and it requires a Paufe a little longer than a Semicolon , as My Soul followeth hard after thee : thy Right Hand uphold- eth me . • But let it be noted , that a Colon and a ...
... Senfe , and have any proper Connexion with one another ; and it requires a Paufe a little longer than a Semicolon , as My Soul followeth hard after thee : thy Right Hand uphold- eth me . • But let it be noted , that a Colon and a ...
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... Senfe , but brought in by the by , to explain or illuftrate it ; as , To their Power ( I bear Record ) they were willing of themselves . I know that in me ( that is , in my Flesh ) dwelleth no good Thing . Note , That before and after a ...
... Senfe , but brought in by the by , to explain or illuftrate it ; as , To their Power ( I bear Record ) they were willing of themselves . I know that in me ( that is , in my Flesh ) dwelleth no good Thing . Note , That before and after a ...
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... Senfe or Subject be . gins , or fome new Matter . 6. A Quotation is marked with reverfed Comma's , thus " ; and is u- fed when fomething is repeated or quoted out of another Author , both at the beginning of the Quotation , and at the ...
... Senfe or Subject be . gins , or fome new Matter . 6. A Quotation is marked with reverfed Comma's , thus " ; and is u- fed when fomething is repeated or quoted out of another Author , both at the beginning of the Quotation , and at the ...
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Accent alfo almoft Anfwer becauſe Book call'd called CHAP Chapters chufe common Confonants Cuftom Defign diftin&t Sounds diftinct Diph Diphthongs Direction doth eafy Emphafis Emphatical Word English Tongue fame fecond feldom feven feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fhow fignify filent fingle fingle Confonant firft Syllable firſt fmall foft fome fome Words fometimes fonant foreign Words founded fpell fpell'd ftand fuch Words give Guife Hebrew Inftances itſelf juft Julap lable laft Syllable laſt Leffons Letters Lier in wait Line lofe its Sound loft Mafter Metre moft moſt muft muſt nants neceffary Note nounced Number Obferve Perfons placed printed Profe pronounced Pronunciation proper Names Reader reft Rhyme Rules Scholars Senfe Senſe Sentence Skrew ſpell Sylla Teftament tence thefe thefe Words themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe Tychicus ufed ufually uncon uſed Verfe Verſe Voice Vowels wherein Writing written
Popular passages
Page 65 - Tis the voice of the sluggard ; I heard him complain, " You have waked me too soon, I must slumber again." As the door on its hinges, so he on his bed, Turns his sides, and his shoulders, and his heavy head. "A little more sleep, and a little more slumber...
Page 57 - A dungeon horrible, on all sides round, As one great furnace, flamed; yet from those flames No light; but rather darkness visible Served only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell ; hope never comes That comes to all ; but torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed.
Page 64 - Glittering stones, and golden things, Wealth and honours that have wings, Ever fluttering to be gone, I could never call my own: Riches that the world bestows, She can take, and I can lose; But the treasures that are mine Lie afar beyond her line. When I view my spacious soul, And survey myself a whole, And enjoy myself alone, I'ma kingdom of my own.
Page 127 - ... to the greater; thus, IV. Four. V. Five. VI. Six. IX. Nine. X. Ten. XI. Eleven. XL. Forty. L. Fifty. LX. Sixty. XC. Ninety. C. A hundred. CX. A hundred and ten.
Page 135 - Writing, we can fit at home and acquaint ourfelves what is done in all the diftant Parts of the World, and find what our Fathers did long ago in the firft Ages of Mankind. By this means a Briton holds Correfpondence with his Friend in America...
Page 135 - By this means a Briton holds correspondence with his friend in America, or Japan, and manages all his traffic. We learn by this means how the old Romans lived, how the Jews...
Page 49 - After a pe-ri-od, or full stop, when a new sentence be-gins. 3. At the be-gin-ning of ev-e-ry line in poe-try, and ev-e-ry verse in the Bi-ble. 4. At the be-gin-ning of pro-per names of all kinds : whe-ther of per-sons, as Tho-mas ; pla-ces, as Lon-don ; ships, as the Hope-well, &c.
Page 33 - Syllable diftincl: and clear, without a long drawling Tone. Let the Tone and Sound of your Voice in Reading, be the fame as it is in Speaking ; and do not...
Page 49 - God muft begin with a great Letter, as God, Lord, the Eternal, the Almighty ; and alfo the Son of God, the Holy Spirit.
Page 40 - Emphajis indifferently, to fignify the Strefs that muft be laid on any Word in a Sentence, becaufe both are ufually placed on the fame Syllable. Yet if it happen that there be a plain Oppofition between two Words in a Sentence, whereof one differs from the other but in part, as righteous and unrighteous ; form, and reform, or conform...