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Instructions for children: or, The child's & youth's delight, teaching an easy way to…Instructions for children: or, The child's & youth's delight, teaching an easie way to…
Instructions for children: or, The child's & youth's delight, teaching an easy way to spell & read true English. : Containing the father's godly advice; directing parents in a right and spiritual manner to educate their children. : With a Christian catechism, wherein all the chief principles of true Christianity are clearly opened. : Together with many other things both pleasant and useful for the education of children. / Written by Benj. Keach.Instructions for children: or, The child's & youth's delight, teaching an easie way to spell & read true English. : Containing the father's godly advice; directing parents in a right and spiritual manner to educate their children. : With a Christian catechism, wherein all the chief principles of true Christianity are clearly opened. : Together with many other things both pleasant and useful for the education of children. / Written by Benj. Keach.
New York: printed by Will. Bradford, 1695
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Part 3 › Common Stops, to be observed in Writing and Reading.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
A Semi-colon [;] differs not much▪ from a Colon, but requires some-what a shorter pause. E. G. Psal. 3.5. I laid me down and s•ept; I awaked, for the Lord sustained me.
A Period [.] is a full stop, and is placed at the close of a sentence. As, Rejoice evermore. Pray without ⟨p. 831⟩ceasing. Here the stop or pause must be longer, that the Reader may recover his breath, and the Hearer have time to reflect a little on what is delivered, before they proceed to new matter.
A Period [.] is a full stop, and is placed at the close of a sentence. As, Rejoyce evermore. Pray without ⟨p. 831⟩ceasing. Here the stop or pause must be longer, that the Reader may recover his breath, and the Hearer have time to reflect a little on what is delivered, before they proceed to new matter.
An Interrogation Point, [?] is placed after the asking a Question. As, Why do the Heathen rage? And the people imagine a vain thing? In reading, make near as long a pause here, as at a Period.