A Practical Grammar of the English Language (Electronic book text)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. Excerpt from book: Section 313. Italics, Small Capitals, etc. I. Emphatic words, phrases, and clauses are frequently printed in italics. Ex."Do not you textit{grieve at this?" "The truth is, his lordship textit{weeps for the press, and wipes his eyes with the public."textit{Curran. II. Words borrowed from foreign languages should be printed in italics. Ex." Each word stood quite textit{per se."textit{Lamb. " This odd textit{quid pro quo surprised me into vehement laughter."textit{Walpole. III. The names of authors, annexed to selections from their writings, are usually printed in italics. Ex."His coward lips did from their color fly."textit{Shakspeare. IV. Parenthetical words and phrases are frequently printed in italics. Ex.Old gentleman textit{(looking quite unconcerned), "Run away, has she?" V. Names of ships, books, newspapers, and periodicals are frequently printed in italics or small capitals. Ex."The textit{Quaker City has arrived." "The Journal is committed to no such policy as that." VI. Names of important personages are frequently printed in small capitals. VII. Words requiring special emphasis are frequently printed in small capitals or capitals. Ex.-" I brand him as a textit{rogue, a Thief, a COWAED."textit{Placard. Rem. i.-Italicized words in the Bible are those supplied by translators to explain the original. Rem. 2In manuscripts, one line drawn under a word indicates textit{italics; two lines, Small Capitals; three lines, CAPITALS. Rm. 3In this work, full-faced types are also used for distinction. 14. Syllables. 1. A Syllable may be composed, 1. Of a vowel, digraph, or trigraph; as, o-men, o-ranography, eatt-de-cologne. 2. Of a vowel or diphthong, with one or more consonants pre fixed or affixed; as, textit{l-o, b-oy, a-m, a-nd. 3. Of a vowe...