ly a vestige remains."--_Id., ib._, p. 312.

"And that, which He delights in must be happy.
But when!--or where!--This world was made for Caesar."
--_Burgh's Sp._, p. 122.

"And that which he delights in must be happy.
But when, or where? This world was made for Caesar."
--_Enfield's Sp._, p. 321.

"Look next on greatness. Say, where greatness lies?
Where but among the heroes and the wise."
--_Burgh's Sp._, p. 91.

"Look next on greatness! say where greatness lies.
Where, but among the heroes and the wise?"
--_Essay on Man_, p. 51.

"Look next on Greatness; say where Greatness lies:
Where, but among the Heroes and the Wise?"
--_Brit. Poets_, vi, 380.

SECTION VII--THE ECPHONEME.

The Ecphoneme, or Note of Exclamation, is used to denote a pause with some
strong emotion of admiration, joy, grief, or other feeling; and, as a sign
of great wonder, it is sometimes, though not very elegantly, repeated: as,
"Grammatical consistency!!! What a gem!"--_Peirce's Gram._, p. 352.

RULE I.--INTERJECTIONS, &c.

Emphatic interjections, and other expressions of great emotion, are
generally followed by the note of exclamation; as, "Hold! hold! Is the
devil in you? Oh! I am bruised all over."--MOLIERE: _Burgh's Speaker_, p.
250.

"And O! till earth, and seas, and heav'n decay,
Ne'er may that fair creation fade away!"--_Dr. Lowth_.

RULE II.--INVOCATIONS.

After an earnest address or solemn invocation, the note of exclamation is
now generally preferred to any other point; as, "Whereupon, O king Agrippa!
I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision."--_Acts_, xxvi, 19.

"Be witness thou, immortal Lord of all!
Whose thunder shakes the dark aerial hall."--_Pope_.

RULE III.--EXCLAMATORY QUESTIONS.

Words uttered with vehemence in the form of a question, but without
reference to an answer, should be followed by the note of exclamation; as,
"How madly have I talked!"--_Young_.

"An Author! 'Tis a venerable name!
How few deserve it, and what numbers claim!"
--_Id., Br. Po._, viii, 401.

IMPROPRIETIES FOR CORRECTION.

FALSE PUNCTUATION.--ERRORS CONCERNING THE ECPHONEME.

UNDER RULE I.--OF INTERJECTIONS, &c.

(1.) "O that he were wise."--_Bullions, E. Gram._, p. 111.

[FORMULE. Not proper, because this strong wish, introduced by "O," is
merely marked with a period. But, according to Rule 1st for the