_resembles_ is here
marked by three periods. But, according to Rule 1st for the Dash. "A sudden
interruption, break, or transition, should be marked with the dash."
Therefore, the dash should be preferred to these points.]

"Sir, Mr. Myrtle, Gentlemen! You are friends; I am but a servant.
But."--See _Key_.

"Another man now would have given plump into this foolish story; but I? No,
no, your humble servant for that."--See _Key_.

"Do not plunge thyself too far in anger lest thou hasten thy trial; which
if Lord have mercy on thee for a hen!"--See _Key_.

"But ere they came, O, let me say no more!
Gather the sequel by that went before."--See _Key_.

UNDER RULE II.--EMPHATIC PAUSES.

"_M_, Malvolio; _M_, why, that begins my name."

[FORMULE.--Not proper, because the pauses after _M_ and _Malvolio_ seem not
to be sufficiently indicated here. But, according to Rule 2d for the Dash,
"To mark a considerable pause, greater than the structure of the sentence
or the points inserted would seem to require, the dash may be employed."
Therefore, a dash may be set after the commas and the semicolon, in this
sentence.]

"Thus, by the creative influence of the Eternal Spirit, were the heavens
and the earth finished in the space of six days, so admirably finished, an
unformed chaos changed into a system of perfect order and beauty, that the
adorable Architect himself pronounced it very good, and all the sons of God
shouted for joy."--See _Key_.

"If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop
remained in my country, I NEVER would lay down my arms; NEVER, NEVER,
NEVER."--_Columbian Orator_, p. 265.

"Madam, yourself are not exempt in this,
Nor your son Dorset, Buckingham, nor you."--See _Key_.

UNDER RULE III.--FAULTY DASHES.

"--You shall go home directly, Le Fevre, said my uncle Toby, to my
house,--and we'll send for a doctor to see what's the matter,--and we'll
have an apothecary,--and the corporal shall be your nurse;--and I'll be
your servant, Le Fevre."--STERNE: _Enfield's Speaker_, p. 306.

[FORMULE.--Not proper, because all the dashes here quoted, except perhaps
the last, are useless, or obviously substituted for more definite marks.
But, according to Rule 3d, "Dashes needlessly inserted, or substituted for
other stops more definite, are in general to be treated as errors in
punctuation." Therefore, the first of these should be simply expunged; the
second, third, and fourth, wi