" "Respect virtue."
In the use of many of the pauses, there is a diversity of practice among
our best writers and grammarians. Compound sentences connected by
conjunctions, are sometimes divided by the period; as, "Recreations,
though they may be of an innocent kind, require steady government to
keep them within a due and limited province. _But_ such as are of an
irregular and vicious nature, are not to be governed, but to be banished
from every well-regulated mind."
The period should follow every abbreviated word; as, "A.D. N.B. U.S. Va.
Md. Viz. Col. Mr."
DASH.
The Dash, though often used improperly by hasty and incoherent writers,
may be introduced with propriety, where the sentence breaks off
abruptly; where a significant pause is required; or where there is an
unexpected turn in the sentiment; as, "If thou art he, so much respected
once--but, oh! how fallen! how degraded!" "If acting conformably to the
will of our Creator;--if promoting the welfare of mankind around us;--if
securing our own happiness;--are objects of the highest moment: then we
are loudly called upon to cultivate and extend the great interests of
religion and virtue.
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