"Hyphen" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... — N. vinculum, link; connective, connection; junction &c. 43; bond of union, copula, hyphen, intermedium[obs3]; bracket; bridge, stepping-stone, isthmus. bond, tendon, tendril; fiber; cord, cordage; riband, ribbon, rope, guy, cable, line, halser|, hawser, painter, moorings, wire, chain; string &c. (filament) 205. fastener, fastening, tie; ligament, ligature; strap; tackle, rigging; ...
— Roget's Thesaurus
... thirteenth inclusive. To what class of words does each of these chief parts belong? Find in these sentences nouns that are not subjects. Find several compound nouns the parts of which are joined with the hyphen. ...
— Higher Lessons in English • Alonzo Reed and Brainerd Kellogg
... choice, are not to the purpose now. The first and cardinal consideration is the definition of a Cabinet. We must not bewilder ourselves with the inseparable accidents until we know the necessary essence. A Cabinet is a combining committee—a hyphen which joins, a buckle which fastens, the legislative part of the State to the executive part of the State. In its origin it belongs to the one, in its functions it belongs to ...
— The English Constitution • Walter Bagehot
... the declension of the following nouns, separating the base from the termination by a hyphen. Also give them orally. ...
— Latin for Beginners • Benjamin Leonard D'Ooge
... in this series are consistently printed with a hyphen in "lieutenant-colonel", some chapters in this book were printed with and some without. I added the hyphen where missing in chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, ...
— The Scouts of Stonewall • Joseph A. Altsheler
... no such thing, Heinrich." Miller's voice deepened. "The hyphen cannot be recognized. You are ...
— I Spy • Natalie Sumner Lincoln
... couple of hours; only afterwards he must have sufficient time to construct what may be called the hyphen between the two rooms. One night and a portion of the following day will do; we must not reckon upon less than two days, including putting ...
— Louise de la Valliere • Alexandre Dumas, Pere
... contributing a conscientious hyphen to the name and a laborious accent to the forepart of it. "Why, he doesn't look so very ...
— With the Procession • Henry B. Fuller
... — N. vinculum, link; connective, connection; junction &c 43; bond of union, copula, hyphen, intermedium^; bracket; bridge, stepping-stone, isthmus. bond, tendon, tendril; fiber; cord, cordage; riband, ribbon, rope, guy, cable, line, halser^, hawser, painter, moorings, wire, chain; string &c (filament) 205. fastener, fastening, tie; ligament, ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget
... America and the way in which he has most done credit to his stock as a Hollander, is that he has ceased to be a Hollander and has become an American, absolutely. [Great applause.] We are not Dutch-Americans. We are not "Americans" with a hyphen before it. We are Americans pure and simple, and we have a right to demand that the other people whose stocks go to compose our great nation, like ourselves, shall cease to be aught else and shall become Americans. [Cries ...
— Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z • Various |
