The philosophic alphabet, with an explanation of its principles; to which is added, a philosophic system of punctuation |
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... wisdom will irregular ticket пр ig - gee ig nz ing - ngee ing dig ring из us spelled ep - pee ep as heard in epidemic из eb - bee eb из ef - fee ef web effable ever из ev - vee ev из em - mee em из en - nee en из eth - thee eth из eth ...
... wisdom will irregular ticket пр ig - gee ig nz ing - ngee ing dig ring из us spelled ep - pee ep as heard in epidemic из eb - bee eb из ef - fee ef web effable ever из ev - vee ev из em - mee em из en - nee en из eth - thee eth из eth ...
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... wisdom of so doing . The object of Sentential marks , is to convey some necessary information for the use of the reader ; such information as he cannot readily collect from the words of the sentence . The only question therefore , which ...
... wisdom of so doing . The object of Sentential marks , is to convey some necessary information for the use of the reader ; such information as he cannot readily collect from the words of the sentence . The only question therefore , which ...
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... Wisdom is the principal thing ; therefore get wisdom . " DIRECTIVE AND ASSERTIVE . предању чу згу гру зно зчу захую зго " Forsake her not ; and she shall preserve thee . " INTERROGATIVE AND ASSERTIVE . 2 crz iz ez ziz jane v zrzu zu jr ...
... Wisdom is the principal thing ; therefore get wisdom . " DIRECTIVE AND ASSERTIVE . предању чу згу гру зно зчу захую зго " Forsake her not ; and she shall preserve thee . " INTERROGATIVE AND ASSERTIVE . 2 crz iz ez ziz jane v zrzu zu jr ...
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... Wisdom is the principal thing ; therefore , get wisdom ; and with all thy getting , get understanding . " Observe . In all cases where there are several sentences , all having some common dependence , ( like the word ' said ' in the ...
... Wisdom is the principal thing ; therefore , get wisdom ; and with all thy getting , get understanding . " Observe . In all cases where there are several sentences , all having some common dependence , ( like the word ' said ' in the ...
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... Wisdom for a man's self , is in many branches thereof , a depraved thing : FOR it is the wisdom of rats , that will be sure to leave a house sometime before it falls ; it is the wisdom of the fox , that thrusts out the badger , who ...
... Wisdom for a man's self , is in many branches thereof , a depraved thing : FOR it is the wisdom of rats , that will be sure to leave a house sometime before it falls ; it is the wisdom of the fox , that thrusts out the badger , who ...
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Accent Adjectives Adjuncts Anchises Antecedent ASSERTIVE betwixt called character COLUMN Consonants denote DIPHTHONGS English Language Exclamative express fait French Language happy heaven Hebrew Infinitive Interrogative knɔ learner letters lık mark names Noun Declarative Noun Ordinary Noun Participial Object Observe Optative Philosophic Alphabet Plural preceded Primary Comma principal Verb printed in Italic pronounced pronunciation Punctuation Referential RELATIVES SENTENTIAL represented RESUMPTIVE RULE II.-If rutil sentence Sentential Points Short Vowel sister Sarah sorts of Nouns spelled Subject Substantive Vowels syllable TABLE taught by Singular teaching her Singular telink temps tence thee Thou Triphthongs utik uttered virum weather wisdom words τε гру гу за зад зг згу зи зид зиз зно знь зп зчу из изу пу пури раз сизчу уг уч чу המים ויקרא אלהים
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Page 23 - Wisdom is the principal thing, therefore get wisdom : and with all thy getting get understanding. Exalt her, and she shall promote thee : she shall bring thee to honour when thou dost embrace her. She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace; a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.
Page 39 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Page 72 - True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise; it arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self; and, in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions; it loves shade and solitude, and naturally haunts groves and fountains, fields and meadows; in short, it feels...
Page 84 - Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears The palm, " That all men are about to live," For ever on the brink of being born : All pay themselves the compliment to think They one day shall not drivel, and their pride On this reversion takes up ready praise; At least their own; their future selves...
Page 84 - Tis not in folly not to scorn a fool, And scarce in human wisdom to do more. All promise is poor dilatory man, And that through every stage. When young, indeed...
Page 82 - Hope humbly then; with trembling pinions soar; Wait the great teacher Death ; and God adore. What future bliss, he gives not thee to know, But gives that hope to be thy blessing now. Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always to be blest.
Page 82 - Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate All but the page prescribed, their present state: From brutes what men, from men what spirits know: Or who could suffer being here below ? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play ? Pleased to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood.
Page 78 - All crimes shall cease, and ancient fraud shall fail ; Returning Justice lift aloft her scale ; Peace o'er the world her olive wand extend, And white-robed Innocence from heaven descend.
Page 79 - AT the close of the day, when the hamlet is still, And mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove, When nought but the torrent is heard on the hill, And nought but the nightingale's song in the grove...
Page 82 - Lo, the poor Indian ! whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind; His soul, proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk, or milky way...