The Principles of English Punctuation, Preceded by Brief Explanations of the Parts of Speech (Paperback)

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...