"Semicolon" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... half-width space, generally between prefix and main word. These are not always unambigous; readers should consult page images or a printed text. The {;} is a punctuation mark similar to a semicolon. ...
— Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 - Part I: Texts • Various
... so as to be sure of the exact word he wanted; picking his way through his vocabulary, to get at the best expression of his thought, as a well-dressed woman crosses the muddy pavement to reach the opposite sidewalk. It was this natural slight and not unpleasant semicolon pausing of the memory which grew upon him in his years of decline, until it rendered conversation ...
— Ralph Waldo Emerson • Oliver Wendell Holmes
... The semicolon is autographic correction in B; the stop at Way is uncertain in A and B, is ...
— Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins - Now First Published • Gerard Manley Hopkins |
