TASK DEFINITION: The task is to identify if a given passage or sentence has proper punctuation. This includes proper capitalization and the use of punctuations such as commas, semi-colons and full-stops. The answer is True if all punctuation is properly applied, else the answer is False.
PROBLEM: The court was, however, prepared to consider Lord John Russell's proposal with regard to the cost of rebuilding;

SOLUTION: False

PROBLEM: He cannot and will not take the precautions of a dictator or a sovereign.

SOLUTION: True

PROBLEM: However, the fact must not be blinked that machine-made paper cannot in the nature of things be made of so good a texture as that made by hand.

SOLUTION:
True