 | James Morgan Hart - English language - 1895 - 390 pages
...Dash is to mark a change or an interruption (and transposition) of the sentence-structure. E. g. : Was there ever a bolder captain of a more valiant band ? Was there ever — but I scorn to boast. The four greatest names in English poetry are among the first we come to — Chaucer, Spenser, Shakespeare,... | |
 | Brainard Gardner Smith - Oratory - 1898 - 216 pages
...Phocion, Tell — one peculiarity marks them all: they dared and suffered for their native land. 3. Was there ever a bolder captain of a more valiant band ! Was there ever — but I scorn to boast. IV. Before an unexpected turn of sentiment. EXAMPLES. 1 . Would that not only thou, but all that hear... | |
 | John Franklin Genung - English language - 1900 - 704 pages
...out, and the Gallo-Latin has quite got the upper hand." 2 b. Change or suspension of construction. " Was there ever a bolder captain of a more valiant band ? Was there ever — But I scorn to boast." Cassius. " Yet I fear him : For in the ingrafted love he bears to Csesar — Brutus. Alas ! good Cassius,... | |
 | John Franklin Genung - English language - 1900 - 702 pages
...out, and the Gallo-Latin has quite got the upper hand." 2 b. Change or suspension of construction. " Was there ever a bolder captain of a more valiant band ? Was there ever — But I scorn to boast." Cassius. " Yet I fear him : For in the ingrafted love he bears to Csesar — Brutus. Alas ! good Cassius,... | |
 | John Franklin Genung - English language - 1900 - 704 pages
...got the upper hand." J b. Change or suspension of construction. " Was there ever a bolder captain cf a more valiant band? Was there ever — But I scorn to boast." Cassias. " Yet I fear him : For in the ingrafted love he bears to Caesar — Brutus. Alas ! good Cassius,... | |
 | English language - 1900 - 570 pages
...generally used to mark an unexpected or an emphatic clause, as : — "Was there ever a bolder captain, or a more valiant band! Was there ever — but I scorn to boast." " To foster industry, to promote union, to cherish religious peace — these were his honest purposes."... | |
 | George W. Rine - English language - 1902 - 290 pages
...change in either the construction or the sentiment; as,— Her soul was noble—in her own opinion. Was there ever a bolder captain of a more valiant band ? Was there ever—but I scorn to boast. Then he turned to the future —and ordered his dinner. If you will give... | |
 | S. R. Winchell - 1908 - 200 pages
...treated by his friends." "It was the beginning of the end — the downfall of the Farmers' College." "Was there ever a bolder captain of a more valiant band ? Was there ever — but I scorn to boast." (6) After a period following a sub-heading. "NOTE. — This is the only instance of the kind to be... | |
 | Ellen E. Kenyon-Warner - Readers - 1910 - 310 pages
...sovereigns, the noblest; among conquerors, the mightiest. Chief. And does not Fame speak of me, also? Was there ever a bolder captain of a more valiant...there ever — but I scorn to boast. You yourself know I have not been easily subdued. Alex. Still, what are you but a robber — a base, dishonest robber?... | |
 | Samuel Chandler Earle, Howard James Savage, Frank Elias Seavey - English language - 1911 - 206 pages
...certain important uses: — (a) To indicate a sudden change or breaking off of sentence structure. Was there ever a bolder captain of a more valiant band? Was there ever — But I scorn to boast. (6) To mark an abrupt breaking off of a quotation. In the words of the Declaration, " When in the course... | |
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And does not Fame speak of me too ? Was there ever a bolder captain of a more valiant band ? Was there ever— but I scorn to boast. 
