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Knight of the Thistle Knight of St. Patrick Knight Commander of the Bath

Bachelor of Laws, i. e. the Canon and Civil Law.

Doctor of Laws, i. e. the Canon and Civil Law

Lord Chief Justice
The place of the seal
Book

Pound, shilling,

penny, farthing

Doctor of Medicine Member of Parliament Sacred to the memory Master, pronounced Mister

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Breaks and blanks are necessary in writing, both to relieve the eye, and present to it distinctly the more important topics of discourse.

Different subjects are usually separated into distinct paragraphs, with a break or blank preceding the commencement of the first line.-If very short, or very numerous in small compass, they may be conveniently separated by a period and dash, as above.

CAPITALS, &c.

Capitals are never used in the middle or at the end of a word, unless, occasionally, to indicate some important distinction or peculiarity in the spelling.

It was usual with our ancestors, both in writing and printing, to begin every noun with a capital. But this practice, which was neither useful nor ornamental, is now discontinued.

1. The first word of every sentence should begin with a capital.

2. The same rule applies to the appellations of the Deity; as, God, Jehovah, the Supreme Being, &c.

3. Titles of honour and respect, especially in direct addresses; as, Your Highness, Your Grace, My Lord, My Lady, &c.

4. Proper names, of every description; as, George, Mary, London, the Strand, the Thames, April, Sunday, &c.

5. Adjectives derived from the proper names of places; as, Grecian, Roman, Italian, &c.

6. The titles of books; as, Thomson's Seasons.

7. The first word of every line of poetry.

8. The first word of every quotation introduced in a direct form; as, Pythagoras says, "Reverence thyself."

9. The pronoun I and the interjection O are written in capitals.

10. Italic characters are employed chiefly to distinguish words not belonging to the language, or to point out emphatical words and phrases.

11. Entire words are sometimes written in capitals; as the title pages of books, or the beginning of chapters, sections, or paragraphs; and sometimes remarkable or emphatical expressions are thus distinguished.

Capital letters are used also to express numbers, as in the following table :

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XIII

Thirteen

XIV.

Fourteen

XV. Fifteen

XVI. Sixteen XVII. Seventeen XVIII. Eighteen

XIX.

Nineteen

XX. Twenty

XXI. Twenty-one

XXX. Thirty

CCCC. or CD.

D. or 10. Five hundred

DC.

DCC.

Six hundred

Seven hundred

DCCC. Eight hundred DCCCC. or CM. Nine hund. M. or CIO. A thousand

10. Five thousand CCIO. Ten thousand

1002. Fifty thousand

CCC. A hundred thous. 10000. Five hundred thous.

C. A million.

A FORM OF PRAYER AND THANKSGIVING

To be said before and after Meat.

BEFORE MEAT.

O Lord, who givest us food to eat and raiment to put on, we crave thy blessing on the provisions of which we are going to partake; and, as thou art feeding our bodies with the bread that perisheth, grant that our souls may be nourished by the bread of life, which endureth for ever; and, whether we eat, or drink, or whatsoever we do, enable us to do all to thy glory, through Jesus Christ our Lord.Amen.

AFTER MEAT.

Great Father of all our mercies, who givest us day by day our daily bread, we humbly thank thee for this seasonable refreshment; and, while we are partaking of these temporal favours, make us the recipients of the more precious blessings of thy grace; and this we beg for Jesus Christ's sake.Amen.

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