Propriety, as a quality of style, in what consists —its oppos., impropriety, what embraces —Precepts aiming at offences against
Prose and verse, in the composition of lang., how differ
PROSODY
—Prosody, of what subjects treats
—etymol. and signif. of the word
—Prosody, meagrely and immethodically treated in the works of many
grammarians
—undetermined usage as to what things belong to; how treated by some
of the old prosodists; account of SMETIUS'S treatise of; do.
GENUENSIS'S
Prosthesis, explained
Proverbs, their elliptical character
Provincial expressions, use of, as opposed to purity
PUNCTUATION, arranged under the head of Prosody
—Punct., what
—principal marks of, named and shown; what they severally denote
—RULES of: for Comma; for Semicolon; for Colon; for Period; for
Dash; for Eroteme; for Ecphoneme; for Curves
—description of the other marks of
—(See Comma, Semicolon, &c.)
—Punct., the present system of, in Eng., common to many languages
—why often found diverse, in diff. editions and diff. versions of the
same work
—duty of writers in respect to, and of publishers in reproducing
ancient books
—some account of the orig. and prog. of
—"improvement" in, which is no improvement
—confused and discordant explanations, by some, of certain of the
marks of
Purity, as a quality of style, in what consists
—Precepts aiming at offences against
Pyrrhic, defined