 | John Franklin Genung - 1893 - 360 páginas
...following sentence commas are put where, for ordinary unemphatic expression no pauses would be needed : "' Beef,' said the sage magistrate, ' is the king of...venison, and pheasant, and plum-pudding, and custard.' "— In the following sentence commas are exaggerated to semicolons : " They have found their punishment... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1892 - 500 páginas
...he nailed up the cellar-door ; and would not allow his brothers a drop of drink to their victuals. Dining one day at an alderman's in the city, Peter...of his brethren, in the praises of his sirloin of 25 beef. Beef, said the sage magistrate, is the king of meat ; beef comprehends in it the quintessence... | |
 | John Miller Dow Meiklejohn - 1899 - 386 páginas
...of a sentence ; the omission of it contributes to its lightness and rapidity. 'Beef,1 says Swift, ' is the king of meat ; beef comprehends in it the quintessence of partridge and quail and venison and plum-pudding and custard.' Here the repetition of and gives the effect of piling up the qualities of... | |
 | John Franklin Genung - 1900 - 702 páginas
...expression of the conjunction after each word in the following compels due attention to every detail : " ' Beef,' said the sage magistrate, 'is the king of meat...venison, and pheasant, and plum-pudding, and custard.' "2 3. Of amplitude in punctuation. This has already been illustrated on p. 131, above. The following... | |
 | John Franklin Genung - 1900 - 704 páginas
...expression of the conjunction after each word in the following compels due attention to every detail : " ' Beef,' said the sage magistrate, 'is the king of meat...venison, and pheasant, and plum-pudding, and custard.' "2 3. Of amplitude in punctuation. This has already been illustrated on p. 131, above. The following... | |
 | 1900 - 570 páginas
...introduced ; in the last, eleven times. A redundancy of copulatives may be proper upon some occasions. Dining one day at an alderman's in the city, Peter...the manner of his brethren, in the praises of his sirlnin of beef. " Iteef (said the sage magistrate) is the king of meat. Reef comprehends in it the... | |
 | Robert D. Blackman - 1908 - 328 páginas
...introduced ; in the last, eleven times. A redundancy of copulatives may be proper upon some occasions. Dining one day at an alderman's in the city. Peter...venison, and pheasant, and plum-pudding, and custard." — Swift'sTale of a Tub. Here the repetition of the conjunction is sufficiently characteristic of... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1919 - 740 páginas
...Peter's beating his own and brothers' wives out of doors. — W. WOTTON. of drink to their victuals.1 Dining one day at an alderman's in the city, Peter...quintessence of partridge, and quail, and venison, and pheasants, and plumpudding, and custard. When Peter came home, he would needs take the fancy of cooking... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1999 - 276 páginas
...he nailed up the cellardoor, and would not allow his brothers a drop of drink to their victuals.** Dining one day at an alderman's in the city, Peter...quintessence of partridge, and quail, and venison, * The Pope is not only allowed to be the Vicar of Christ, but by several divines is called God upon... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 2006 - 194 páginas
...he nailed up the cellar-door, and would not allow his brothers a drop of drink to their victuals. 81 Dining one day at an alderman's in the city, Peter...quintessence of partridge, and quail, and venison, and pheasants, and plum-pudding, and custard. When Peter came home, he would needs take the fancy of cooking... | |
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Dining one day at an alderman's in the city, Peter observed him expatiating, after the manner of his brethren, in the praises of his sirloin of beef. Beef, said the sage magistrate, is the king of meat ; beef comprehends in it the quintessence of partridge,... 
