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... that apostrophe and that look very well, when I went to bed about an hour later, nearly drunk, in the large room papered in white and gold, to which I was shown by a tall, broad-shouldered footman, who wished me good-night ...

— The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume III (of 8) • Guy de Maupassant

... lines occur in the apostrophe to Italy (Purg. vi.) where Dante refers to the Empire, idealized by him as the supreme authority ...

— Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) • John Addington Symonds

... Macedonian Empire. It is interesting chiefly for its style, which is simple and dignified, and for the flashes of wit and poetry that break into the fantastic combination of miracles, traditions, hearsay, and state records which he called history. In the conclusion is the famous apostrophe to Death, which suggests what Raleigh might have done had he lived less strenuously ...

— English Literature - Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World • William J. Long

... page 230.—The Translator has intentionally used both the singular and the plural of the second person in Fougas' apostrophe to Clementine, as it seemed to him naturally required by the ...

— The Man With The Broken Ear • Edmond About

... all somewhat staggered by this outburst; and the speaker himself, after that last hoarse apostrophe, appeared to sink gloomily into his own thoughts. But Rorie, who was greedy of superstitious lore, recalled him to the ...

— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI • Robert Louis Stevenson

... disdainfully protected Ursus against the theologian, now turned suddenly from auxiliary into assailant. He placed his closed fist on his bundle of papers, which was large and heavy. Ursus received this apostrophe full in ...

— The Man Who Laughs • Victor Hugo

Words linked to "Apostrophe" : punctuation, apostrophize, apostrophise, rhetorical device, punctuation mark