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Side 13
... figure is not forced , and avoid it if it would sug- gest a literal meaning , as in , ' His eye will be struck , on entering the cave , with huge pieces of rock . ' Do not be afraid of repeating for the sake of clearness . Nine times in ...
... figure is not forced , and avoid it if it would sug- gest a literal meaning , as in , ' His eye will be struck , on entering the cave , with huge pieces of rock . ' Do not be afraid of repeating for the sake of clearness . Nine times in ...
Side 15
... figure . To catch the resemblance to a scientific process , calls for thought that may be slow even in one familiar with the process . SOME GRAMMATICAL QUESTIONS . " The best way , " says Richard Grant White , " is to give yourself no ...
... figure . To catch the resemblance to a scientific process , calls for thought that may be slow even in one familiar with the process . SOME GRAMMATICAL QUESTIONS . " The best way , " says Richard Grant White , " is to give yourself no ...
Side 43
... or snow . It implies a violent movement of the at- mosphere , whether with or without rain , snow , or sleet . Sum . As a rule figures must not begin a sentence , and so it is sometimes convenient to begin with , WRITING FOR THE PRESS . 43.
... or snow . It implies a violent movement of the at- mosphere , whether with or without rain , snow , or sleet . Sum . As a rule figures must not begin a sentence , and so it is sometimes convenient to begin with , WRITING FOR THE PRESS . 43.
Side 114
... figures rests on considerations of space . The Boston Globe rule seems more reasonable , -to spell out all numbers under 10 and use figures for everything above nine , except that figures are to be used for street numbers , numbers of ...
... figures rests on considerations of space . The Boston Globe rule seems more reasonable , -to spell out all numbers under 10 and use figures for everything above nine , except that figures are to be used for street numbers , numbers of ...
Side 115
... figures , and that round numbers shall be set in figures when coming in close contrast with numbers not round . They would spell out " 2300 ' as ' twenty - three hundred , ' not , ' two thousand three hundred . The usual book prac- tice ...
... figures , and that round numbers shall be set in figures when coming in close contrast with numbers not round . They would spell out " 2300 ' as ' twenty - three hundred , ' not , ' two thousand three hundred . The usual book prac- tice ...
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Side 219 - Act, except as below provided, shall be printed from type set within the limits of the United States, either by hand or by the aid of any kind of typesetting machine, or from plates made within the limits of the United States...
Side 90 - They say it is in a strict sense taken for a malicious defamation, expressed either in writing or printing, and tending either to blacken the memory of one who is dead or the reputation of one who is alive, and to expose him to public hatred, contempt or ridicule.
Side 106 - Words of one syllable or words of more than one syllable accented on the last syllable, ending in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel, double the final consonant when adding a suffix beginning with a vowel.
Side 219 - That in the case of a book, photograph, chromo, or lithograph, the two copies of the same required to be delivered or deposited as above, shall be printed from type set within the limits of the United States, or from plates made therefrom, or from negatives, or drawings on stone made within the limits of the United States, or from transfers made therefrom.
Side 90 - Hamilton in the case of The People v. Croswell, 3 John. Cas. 354, is drawn with the utmost precision. It is a censorious or ridiculing writing, picture, or sign, made with a mischievous and malicious intent towards government, magistrates, or individuals.
Side 215 - There is no doubt that a work on the subject of book-keeping, though only explanatory of well-known systems, may be the subject of a copyright; but, then, it is claimed only as a book. Such a book may be explanatory either of old systems, or of an entirely new system; and, considered as a book, as the work of an author, conveying information on the subject of book-keeping, and containing detailed explanations of the art, it may be a very valuable acquisition to the practical knowledge of the community.
Side 22 - The editor of the Medical Times (England) says he dreamed that he was in Winchester Cathedral listening to an eloquent sermon on Christ cleansing the lepers from the reverend the...
Side 230 - ... copyright is a dedication to the public, after which any one may republish it." No pseudonym, however ingenious, novel, or quaint, can give an author any more rights than he would have under his own name. The policy of the law in this country has been settled too long to be...
Side 224 - If so much is taken, that the value of the original is sensibly diminished, or the labors of the original author are substantially to an injurious extent appropriated by another, that is sufficient, in point of law, to constitute a piracy pro tanto.
Side 213 - That in the construction of this act, the words " Engraving," " cut," and "print" shall be applied only to pictorial illustrations or works connected with the fine arts, and no prints or labels designed to be used for any other articles of manufacture shall be entered under the copyright law, but may be registered in the Patent Office. And the Commissioner of Patents is...