 Born for your use, I live but to obey you, Know then 'twas I ! !" TRAGEDY OF THE REVENGE, Act 5. VIII. PAEENTHESIS. Parenthesis, says Dr. Johnson, is a sentence so included in another sentence, as that it may be taken out without injuring the sense of...  Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language - Page 291by John Walker - 1828 - 447 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Mason Good - 1813 - 904 pages
...Something done or said in honour of the dead. PARE'NTHESIS. s. (parenthèse, French, «ft, iv and Ti^ifxi.) A sentence so included in another sentence, as that it may be taken out without injuring the sense of that which encloses it : commonly marked thus ( ) (Watts). PARENTHETICAL, a. (from parenthesis.)... | |
 | George Fulton - English language - 1814 - 452 pages
...n. descent ; extraction Parental, pa-rcn'tal, a. befitting parents Parenthesis, pa-ren'thè-sis, n. a sentence so included in another sentence as that it may be taken out without injuring the sense of that which encloses it ; being commonly marked thus ( ) — PI. parentheses, pa-ien'tlïé-séz... | |
 | John Walker - English language - 1823 - 482 pages
...par'ren-tidje. t. extraction, birth Parental, pa-ren'tAl. o. becoming parents Parenthesis, pi-ren'/Ac^is. *, a sentence so included in another sentence, as that it may be taken out, without injuring the sense of it [the surface Parer, pi'rir. *. an instrument to cut away Parhelion, par-he'l£-&n. *. a mock... | |
 | John Walker - English language - 1823 - 482 pages
...par'n(n-tidje. *. extraction, birth Parental, pi-r«'n'tal. a. becoming parents Parenthesis, [la-r^nV/if-sis. i. a sentence so included in another sentence, as that it may be taken out, without injuring the sense of it [the surface Parer, pi'rur. t. an instrument to cut away Parhelion, p3r.hA'le-4n. 3. a mock sun... | |
 | Walter Hamilton (M.R.A.S.) - Science - 1825 - 474 pages
...the epidermis of trees and may be called the middle layer of the bark. PAR 'ARENTHESIS. -In Grammar, a sentence so included in another sentence, as that it may be taken out without injuring the sense of that which encloses it. It is commonly marked thus ( ). JARIAR. In the East Indies, a term employed... | |
 | J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - Elocution - 1828 - 314 pages
...of Kings, It is an attribute to God himself.'1 VII. PARENTHESIS. Parenthesis, says Dr. Johnson, is a sentence so' included in another sentence, ,as that it may be taken out without injuring the sense of that which encloses it. This figure, rather used to impart variety than elegance to composition,... | |
 | Stephen Jones - 1828 - 538 pages
...pir'-rin-tidje. t. descent Parental, p5-ren'-tul. a. becoming parents Parenthesis, pa-ren'-thy-sls. s. a sentence so included in another sentence, as that it may be taken out without injuring the sense of that which encloses it ; being commonly marked thus ( ) Parhelion, p&r-hi'-ly-nn. s. a mock sun... | |
 | John Ashburnham - England - 1830 - 440 pages
...admission of facts on the writer's own authority. A parenthesis is in Johnson's Dictionary defined to be " a sentence so included in another sentence, " as that it may be taken out without injuring the " sense of that which encloses it." Rapin, whose uniform omissions betray the want, not of advertency, but... | |
 | John Walker - 1834 - 460 pages
...extraction, birth. Parental, pâ-ren'-lal. a. becoming parents. Parenthesis, pà-ren'-iAè-sfs. ». a sentence so included in another sentence, as that...injuring the sense ofthat which encloses it. Parer) pà' -rar. s. an instrument to cut away the surface. Parhelion, pnr-hè'-lè-an. ». a mock sun. Parietal,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 404 pages
...iVrentage, *. birth, extraction, descent Piirent'al, a. pertaining to parents 0 ] PA R Paren'thesis, *. a sentence so included in another sentence, as that it may be taken out without injuring the sense of that which encloses it Parenthetical, a. relating to a parenthesis Parent'Uude, *- killing a father... | |
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