My hopes and fears
Start up alarmed, and o’er life’s narrow verge
Look down—on what? A fathomless abyss.
The king of France, with twice ten thousand men,
Marched up the hill, and then—marched down again.
38. When a word or phrase is repeated emphatically, or echoed, it is preceded by the dash.
The immediate question is upon the rejection of the President’s message. It has been moved to reject it,—to reject it, not after it was considered, but before it was considered!
The world continues to attach a peculiar significance to certain names,—a significance which at once recurs to one on hearing the isolated name unapplied to any individual.
39. An equivalent expression, or an idea repeated in different words, is properly set off by the comma and dash. {p117}
These are detached thoughts,—memoranda for future use.