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PUNCTUATION IN VERSE; 
 
 OR, THE 
 
 BOOK OF STOPS. 
 
 BY MADAME LEINSTEIN, 
 Author of 
 
 RUDIMENTS OF GRAMMAR, MAMMA's TALES, UNLUCKY JOHN, 
 
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 TWELVE NEATLY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS. 
 
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 THE STOPS. 
 
 COMMA y 
 
 At the Comma each reader should stay, and count one; 
 As, " Charles had an orange, a tart, and a bun." 
 
 SEMICOLON 4} 
 
 At each Semicolon take breath, and tell ttvo; 
 As, " This is a Christian; the other, a Jew." 
 
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 COLON • PERIOD • 
 
 For the Colon count three — for the Period, four: 
 As, " The robin is dead: he now is no more." 
 
 EXCLAMATION • 
 
 Four also we count to the mark Exclamation: 
 
 INTERROGATION • 
 
 The same we allow to an Interrogation. 
 
 These rules but observe, you'll be sure to read well; 
 And from reading, in speaking learn soon to excel. 
 
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 At her book, little Jane was no dunce, all agreed; 
 Though the sense was oft spoiled, for she read with 
 such speed, 
 
 That her schoolmaster, Stops, out of kindness and 
 love, 
 
 Just set her two little examples, to prove 
 That, without punctuation, we find, to our cost, 
 How sense goes for nothing, and reason is lost. 
 
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 EXAMPLES. 
 
 Four rooms I have and hating gloom 
 I've twenty candles in each room 
 Five and twenty in the four 
 Indeed there are not less nor more 
 
 THE SAME, PROPERLY POINTED. 
 Four rooms I have; and, hating gloom, 
 I've twenty candles. In each room 
 Five; and twenty in the four. 
 Indeed there are not less nor more. 
 
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 Cook Comma, marked thus 3 
 
 Cook Comma, 'tis known, was a brisk little man, 
 
 Not given, however, to worry; 
 To be sure he would tarry at each pie or pan, 
 
 Nor was ever too much in a hurry. 
 
 And to show by a method how things should be done, 
 
 At each pause that he made 'twas to stay and Count one: 
 
 As, " I can bake, broil, stew, and steam, in a trice, 
 Peas, apples, potatoes, wheat, barley, and rice." 
 
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 Black Semicolon, marked thus 5 
 
 As I passed through Hyde Park, in the heat of the 
 day, 
 
 Semicolon came there on the cymbals to play; 
 
 I observed that he spoke with a diffident air, 
 
 Dividing each sentence with delicate care: 
 
 As, " I play very well ; but my brother excels : 
 
 I strike but the cymbals ; he, harp, lute, and bells." 
 
 I pulled off my hat; and I bade him adieu. 
 
 With friend Semicolon you stay and count two. 
 
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 Aunt Colon, marked thus • 
 
 Two dots form a Colon so funny and round, 
 Like Aunt Prim in her hoop, with her curtsey profound. 
 While you count one, tivo, three, of her you'll have 
 need, 
 
 Where the sense is complete, though the sentence 
 proceed: 
 
 As, " Minced pies are nice: they are best when they're 
 warm." 
 
 Good-nature is pleasing: 'tis certain <to charm." 
 
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 Like the full moon, as aptly round, 
 The solemn Period is found : 
 Tis he the verse and chapter ends, 
 And while we four can count, attends : 
 As, " Larks soar swiftly to the sky." 
 " Time and tide wait no reply." 
 " William's kite is made of paper." 
 And " See Eliza dance and caper." 
 
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 The Interrogation Point, marked thus • 
 
 Good morrow, says Interrogation, 
 
 Who often causes much vexation; 
 
 For sometimes, like a judge, he'll ask 
 
 " Who gave you leave? Who set your task ( 
 
 What is your business? Can't you tell 
 
 Who built that house? — .Who dug yon well?" 
 
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 To gaze at Punch, all admiration, 
 Stands gaping, wide-mouthed Exclamation ; 
 He looks amazed, and as you pass 
 Cries out, " O dear! behold! alas! 
 What strange events! heigho! good night! 
 Ah, fatal hour! heart-rending sight! 
 
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 5 
 
 An Apostrophe, marked thus 
 
 What than the Apostrophe can better 
 
 Fill up the absence of a letter? 
 
 In poetry it most avails: 
 
 As, " Summer winds have swell'd the sails: 
 
 The man is lovd: —the lion feard: 
 
 Wisdom approvd: — old age revcrd. 
 
A Quotation marked thus 
 
 Commas, when thus reversed, are meant 
 Another's words to represent: 
 As thus, " Time little loss affords," 
 Doth mean we quote some author's words 
 As, William said, " Be not too vain." 
 " Vice is to fame a deadly stain." 
 
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 Dash — Hyphen - Section § Asterisk * 
 Obelisk f Braces Z^Z Parenthesis ( ) 
 Ellipsis 
 
 A Dash stands thus — ; a Hyphen next is seen, 
 Uniting tea-pot, lap-dog, and Kew-green: 
 Of Sections, Asterisks, Obelisks, we hear, 
 As reference marks, to make the subject clear. 
 Braces, three rhyming lines together bind: 
 Ellipsis makes K g King, you'll find. 
 
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 Although the following marks may not be immediately useful to 
 so young a child as this elementary work is intended for, yet, as 
 the knowledge of them must certainly be necessary at an early 
 period of life, the author has inserted them. 
 
 ( ) PARENTHESIS serves to enclose a word or a 
 
 sentence that more fully explains the passage : as 
 He lay an hour (that is, during an hour) in bed, after his sister was up. 
 
 * ASTERISK, § SECTION, f OBELISK, 
 
 ^[ PARAGRAPH, || PARALLEL, 
 
 Are all used as references to notes in the margin or at 
 
 the bottom of the page. 
 The Section also denotes the division of a Chapter 
 
 into less parts. 
 The Paragraph denotes the commencement of a new 
 
 subject. 
 
 Ifph INDEX or HAND, points to a remarkable 
 passage. 
 
 AN ELLIPSIS shews where some letters are 
 
 omitted, as R 1 for Royal. 
 
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