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A TREATISE

ON

PUNCTUATION.

LONDON:

GILBERT & RIVINGTON, PRINTERS,

ST. JOHN'S SQUARE.

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INTRODUCTION.

"Omne tulit punctum, qui miscuit utile dulci
Lectorem delectando, pariterque monendo."

Horatii Ep. ad Pisones.

ALL, that is dulce in the following treatise, is contained in the examples, with which it is enriched; if it be found to contain any thing utile, the author will feel, that he has made a very humble contribution to literature by enabling printers to do justice to the language and sentiments of their authors.

The treatise is one of modest pretensions; it is not intended for the Scholar, for he knows

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