 | Lindley Murray - 1839 - 234 sivua
...a still greater pause is necessary, in order to mark the connecting or concluding sentiment : as, ' As we perceive the shadow to have moved along the...advances we make in knowledge, as they consist of such insensible steps, are onjy perceivable by the distance.' ' A Divine Legislator, uttering his voice... | |
 | Charles Henry Timperley - 1839 - 1266 sivua
...divisible by a semicolon, the former are to be separated by a colon ; as in the following sentence : " As we perceive the shadow to have moved along the...dial, but did not perceive it moving ; and it appears the grass has grown, though nobody saw it grow : so the advances we make in knowledge, as they consist... | |
 | William Russell - 1844 - 428 sivua
...journey of a day." In long sentences the fall is more obvious, and commences farther from the close. " As we perceive the shadow to have moved along the dial, but did not perceive its moving; and it appears that the grass has grown, though nobody ever saw it grow : so the advances... | |
 | John Wilson - 1844 - 142 sivua
...EXERCISES. Write, and punctuate with colons, the following sentences, agreeably to the preceding rule: — As we perceive the shadow to have moved along the dial, but did not see it moving; and it appears that the grass has grown, though nobody ever saw it grow so the advances... | |
 | James Edward Murdoch, William Russell - 1845 - 374 sivua
...'• the shortest,' from III! the dial-plate, | but did not perceive its moving; || and it appears I that the grass has grown, | though nobody ' ever saw...grow : |||| so the advances we make in knowledge, | consist of minute successive steps ; || and we are unconscious of them I until we look back, and... | |
 | William Russell - 1845 - 410 sivua
...journey of a day." In long sentences the fall is more obvious, and commences farther from the close. "As we perceive the shadow to have moved along the dial, but did not perceive its moving; and it appears that the grass has grown- though nobody ever saw it grow : so the advances... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 sivua
...present life (which is the first stage of the immortal mind) abounds in materials of poetry." 4th . " As we perceive the shadow to have moved along the dial, but did not perceive its moving ; so the advances we make in knowledge (consisting of insensible steps) are only perceived... | |
 | Noble Butler - 1846 - 276 sivua
...necessary before the full stop ; as, " We perceive the shadow to have moved along the dial, but did not see it moving ; and it appears that the grass has grown,...advances we make in knowledge, as they consist of insensible steps, are perceivable only by the distance." 3. When a quotation is introduced without... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Allen Fisk - 1846 - 180 sivua
...preceded, and a still greater pause is necessary, in order to mark the connecting or concluding sentiment ; as, ' We perceive the shadow to have moved along the dial but did not see it moving; and it appears, that the grass has grown, though nobody ever saw it grow : so the advances... | |
 | John Graham (compositor.) - 1848 - 94 sivua
...again divisible by a semicolon, the former parts are to be separated from the latter by a colon : thus, As we perceive the shadow to have moved along the...advances we make in knowledge, as they consist of such minute steps, are only perceivable by the distance. If any man think it convenient to seem good, let... | |
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As we perceive the shadow to have moved along the dial, but did not perceive it moving ; and it appears that the grass has grown, though nobody ever saw it grow : so the advances we make in knowledge, as they consist of such minute steps, are only perceivable... 
