The Principles of English Punctuation: Preceded by Brief Explanations of the Parts of Speech - Softcover
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1838. Excerpt: ... Hence to thy fellows! dreadful, she began; Go, be a beast!--Pope. Arise, black vengeance, from the unhallow'd cell! Shakspeare's Othello. Rule II. Admiration, joy, love, transport. Examples--0 dearest, most revered of woman-kind!--Pope's Odyssey. 1 am thy father. O my son! my son!--Ibid. Light of my eyes! he comes! unhoped-for joy I--Ibid. Rule III. Anxiety, an ardent wish, despair, grief or lamentation. Examples--Oh! when shall I again behold him! Oh! had we both our humble state maintain'd, And safe in peace and poverty remain'd!--Pitt's Mneid. Alas! what hospitable land, he cry'd, Or, oh! what seas, a wand'ring wretch will hide!--Ibid. O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son! Rule IV. A pathetic farewell, irony, pity, sudden emotion. Examples--Farewell! and ever joyful mayst thou be, Nor break the transport with one thought of me! But ah! Ulysses!--Pope's Odyssey. O excellent guardian of the sheep!--a wolf! What an admirable poet! Alas, poor ghost!--Shakspeare's Hamlet. Bless the Lord, O my soul! and forget not all his benefits! Rule. V. An exalted idea of the Deity, an address, a gratulation, an invocation, a supplication. Examples--O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! Oh, stay! O pride of Greece! Ulysses, stay! Oh! cease thy course and listen to our lay!--Pope's Odysi All hail, Macbeth! hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor!--Macbeth. O Jove supreme! whom men and gods revere! And thou, whose lustre gilds the rolling sphere!--Pope's Oilys. Oh! let soft pity touch thy gen'rous mind!--Ibid. Rule VI. Surprise, terror, threatening, vociferation. Examples--My friend! this conduct amazes me! Angels and ministers of grace, defend us!--Hamlet. Go! lest thy insolence provoke beyond my b...
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