"Mr. Stops"

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"Mr. Stops",  Punctuation personified (1824)

“ The CARET may be us’d by you;
As “This new book to Charles I send,
And hope to please my dearest friend.”
[Pg 12]
A Section, marked thus §.
This Gentleman of deep reflections,
Divides a subject into Sections;
Ideas ranging under heads,
As gardens are laid out in beds;
That o’er the whole the eye may move,
Survey the plan, & then approve.
”
Source: Gutenberg

"Mr. Stops",  Punctuation personified (1824)

“ Ellipsis is us’d where we letters leave out.
As k—t may be read for a knight.
The Parallels, Ob’lisk, & Daggers we find,
Like the ASTERISK only for ref’rence design’d.
[Pg 16]
HARRIS’S
CABINET OF AMUSEMENT AND INSTRUCTION,
Consisting of the most approved Novelties for the Nursery;
Printed in a superior manner upon good paper, 1s. 6d. each, and illustrated with Sixteen Engravings neatly coloured.
1. Mother Hubbard & her Dog.
2. Dame Trot and her Cat.
3. Cock Robin, a Painted Toy.
4. History of the House that Jack Built.
5. Nursery Novelties, or a New Alphabet for Children.
”
Source: Gutenberg

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