The compositor's text-book, by J. Graham [and J. Wilson]. |
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... contracted aversion to employment , must be a disease in the mind , equal to that of lethargy in the body . Observ . - There are many instances , particularly in the Bible , and in our old authors , of not only sentences , but ...
... contracted aversion to employment , must be a disease in the mind , equal to that of lethargy in the body . Observ . - There are many instances , particularly in the Bible , and in our old authors , of not only sentences , but ...
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... contracted words which retain the last letter ; as , Mr Locke . - Mrs Hannah More . Excep . 2. - Words derived from a foreign language , and intro- duced into the English , when uniformly used as contractions , and pronounced ...
... contracted words which retain the last letter ; as , Mr Locke . - Mrs Hannah More . Excep . 2. - Words derived from a foreign language , and intro- duced into the English , when uniformly used as contractions , and pronounced ...
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... contracted by the apostrophe , as bless'd , address'd , leap'd . In the latter way , all such words ought to be done in poetry , when the nature of the measure demands the elison of the last syllable in reading . The apostrophe is used ...
... contracted by the apostrophe , as bless'd , address'd , leap'd . In the latter way , all such words ought to be done in poetry , when the nature of the measure demands the elison of the last syllable in reading . The apostrophe is used ...
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... contracted into M'Farlane , M'Kenzie , & c . by means of an inverted comma , which seems to have been originally used instead of a very small c , ( Mc Farlane , ) to which letter it bears some resemblance ; and the apostrophe is used ...
... contracted into M'Farlane , M'Kenzie , & c . by means of an inverted comma , which seems to have been originally used instead of a very small c , ( Mc Farlane , ) to which letter it bears some resemblance ; and the apostrophe is used ...
Common terms and phrases
accent aforesaid apostrophe beginning capital colon comma commence composed compound sentence connected consonant copy corrector dash denote dictates dare despise distributing double employed enacts ending with silent example Excep expressed felony folios HALF SHEET HEBREW ALPHABET hyphen imperfect imposing table imposition Inner Form inserted interrogation inverted commas Lindley Murray Majesty's marks of parenthesis matter mind Mistel monarch its dictates nouns Observ OCTAVO omitted Outer Form overrunning paper paragraph participle passage pause peace person or persons poetry points preceded pressmen printers proper propriety Punctuation QUARTER SHEET QUARTO quotation require RULE Sect semicolon SHEET OF EIGHTEENS SHEET OF FORTY-EIGHTS SHEET OF THIRTY-TWOS SHEET OF TWELVES SHEET OF TWENTY-FOURS silent e single vowel space syllable Teth thereof THREE SIGNATURES tion treasonable Trepan types for printing Tzadde United Kingdom verb words ending writers young compositor εν ΟΙ ᎪᏎ
Popular passages
Page 9 - I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
Page 6 - My name is Norval: on the Grampian hills My father feeds his flocks; a frugal swain, Whose constant cares were to increase his store, And keep his only son, myself, at home.
Page 36 - Shrink, Shred, Shut, Sing, Sink, Sit, Slay, Sleep, Slide, Sling, Slink, Slit, Smite, Sow, Speak, Speed, Spend, Spill, Spin, Spit, Split, Spread, Spring, Stand, Steal, Stick, Sting, Stink, PROGRESSIVE EXERCISES 1ft Imperfect.
Page 16 - The air was sweet and plaintive, and the words, literally translated, were these. "The winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk; no wife to grind his corn.
Page 24 - Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. 46 And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.
Page 37 - Swing, swung, swung. Take, took, taken. Teach, taught, taught. Tear, tore, torn Tell, told, ' told. Think, thought, thought. Thrive, throve, R.
Page 21 - No matter in what language his doom may have been pronounced ;—no matter what complexion incompatible with freedom, an Indian or an African sun may have burnt upon him ;— no matter in what disastrous battle his liberty may have been cloven down -,—no matter with what solemnities he may have been devoted upon the altar of slavery; the...
Page 14 - The semicolon is used for dividing a compound sentence into two or more parts, not so closely connected as those which are separated by a comma, nor yet so little dependent on each other, as those which are distinguished by a colon. " The semicolon is sometimes used, when the preceding member of the sentence does not of itself give a complete sense, but depends...
Page 73 - Person so offending shall be guilty of Felony, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be transported beyond the Seas for the Term of his or her natural Life, or for any Term not less than Seven Years, or to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Two Years, with or without hard Labour, as the Court shall direct.
Page 34 - Bid, bid, bade, bidden, bid. Bind, bound, . bound. Bite, bit, bitten, bit. Bleed, bled, bled, Blow, blew, blown, Break, broke, broken, Breed, bred.