Ah, that same pale hard-hearted wench that Rosaline, torments him so, that he will surely run mad. Ah, sinful nation.-Ah! beautiful!-Ah! if you only had been there.-Ah! sir, ah! sir. Well, death's the end of all Ah me! This object kills me. Rom. That I might touch that cheek! Jul. Rom. II. Of Ha! or Hah! Ah me! She speaks! 1. When this expresses surprise or exultation, it is equivalent to a definite interrogative exclamation: e. g. Ha! sure it is not so f-Ha! say'st thou so?-Hah! what is't thou sayest -Hah! have I caught thee at last ?—— Iago. You cannot, if my heart were in your hand; Nor shall not, while 't is in my custody. Oth. Iago. Ha! O beware, my lord, of jealousy. 2. When it expresses fear or disgust, it is equivalent to a declarative exclamation: e. g. Hah! it is a sight to freeze one! Ha! it sickens me. 3. When employed as an imitation of laughter, it is equivalent to a declarative exclamation: e. g. Fool. Then, pr'ythee, be merry: thy wit shall not go slipshod. Lear. Ha ha! ha! Cap. Wife, go you to her ere you go to bed, Acquaint her here of my Paris' love, And bid her, you mark me, on Wednesday next But, soft: what lay is this! Par. Monday, my lord. Cap. Monday? ha! ha! Well, Wednesday is too soon: On Thursday let it be. III. Of Aha! or, Ah! ha! This is always an expression of innocent or insulting exultation; and it is equivalent to two definite interrogative exclamations delivered in quick succession: e. g. Ah! ha! you thought me blind did you? Ah! ha! Mrs. Ford and Mrs. Page, have I encompassed you? Go to: via! Yea, they opened their mouth against me and said, Aha! aha! our eye hath seen it. Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame which say unto me, Aha! aha! Ham. Didst perceive? Hor. Very well, my lord. Ham. Upon the talk of the poisoning Hor. I did very well note him. Ham. Ah, ha!-Come; some music: come; the recorders.― IV. Of Eh? When an expression of surprise or curiosity, it is equivalent to a definite interrogative exclamation: when of pain, to a declarative exclamation: e.g. Eh! are you sure of it? Eh! you hurt me. James. Sir, how the folks will talk of it say enough of you already. Love. Eh! what do the people say, pray V. Of O! or, Oh! Indeed, people 1. When these exclamations are prefixed to exclamatory sentences expressing admiration, wonder, astonishment, love, fear, grief, &c., &c., they form, like No. I, 3, above, merely the key-note, more or less prolonged, of those sentences: e. g. O noble judge! O excellent young man! O, let me not be mad! not mad, sweet heaven! Nurse. O lamentable day! Lady Cap. What's the matter ! Nurse. Look! look! O heavy day! Lady Cap. O me! O me! my child, my only life, Revive, look up, or I will die with thee! Oh, that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice and Israel shall be glad. Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat! 2. When employed independently to express mental or physical suffering, they are equivalent to declarative exclamations: e. g. Why, then let fall Your horrible pleasure: here I stand, your slave: That have with two pernicious daughters joined Had it pleased heaven To try me with affliction; had he rained All kind of sores, and shames, on my bare head; Given to captivity me and my utmost hopes; To point his slow, unmoving finger at,― Iago. What are you mad? I charge you, get you home. Emil. Good gentlemen, let me have leave to speak': "Tis proper I obey him, but not now.— Perchance, Iago, I will ne'er go home. Oth. O! O! O! [Hanging over his wife.] Emil. Nay, lay thee down and roar; For thou hast killed the sweetest innocent, That e'er did lift up eye. O Desdemona! Desdemona! dead? Oh! oh!-Sir, you'll certainly break my bones. Quick. With trial-fire touch me his finger-end: It is the flesh of a corrupted heart. Pist. A trial: come. Eva. Come will this wood take fire ? [They burn him with their tapers.] Falstaff. Oh! Oh! Oh! VI. Of Alas! and Alack! These two words, which are really the same though differently written, are unlike all the preceding, in being equivalent to a part of a sentence only, terminating with the bend. The delivery is accurately represented by the first two words in each of the following sentences: "A lass, just sixteen years old to-day, was mairied this morning, at the house of her father." "A lack, I mean of rupees, is equal to fifty-five thousand dollars." E. g. Alas, the day! I know not.-Alas! sir, how fell you be side your five wits. Alas! alas! It is not honesty in me to speak What I have seen and known. Alas, what boots it with incessant care, Alack! how may I do it: having the hour limited ? Miscellaneous Examples of Exclamations. Sme of these examples are not, correctly speaking, the simple sentences they purport to be, but rather parts of compound sentences. I wish it particularly understood, therefore, that every exclamation point separates what precedes from what follows it, into perfect independence of each other. Each is to be considered by itself, as if the other had no existence. The Rhetorical pause or dash, is here and there employed, as an additional means of separation. What a spectacle !-Behold a parent subject to the degrading influence of an ungovernable temper!-Her very soul sickened at the sight!-O impossible! replied Mary.-O shocking!-How very tiresome! And this was once a court! thought she.-Humph! That's the reason people are always so glad to see them.—Fatigue ! Phoo! I am sure I mind fatigue as little as any man. My sweetest Blanch, do be quiet! I look after the pigs, Mr. Guffaw! I am really astonished at you! Do I look like a person made to look after pigs? For heaven's sake, Mr. Guffaw, make less noise! But you thought me the greatest delicacy of all! my dear.— You left all your other delicacies for me! Ha! ha! ha!What do you say to that! Ha! ha! ha!- -Surely, my mother cannot be dipleased at my attending church! said she in astonishment.-Oh! what a situation I am placed in!-How fortunate !-How excessively childish!—— There's a slap on the cheek for me! Mercy! how it burns!-God's will be done!-What! afraid of the effects of evil example !-Shocking! to mention pigeon-pies in the same breath with roses!-Oh! my friends! how little, with all my boasting, have I known my own heart!-Alas! all earthly good still blends itself with home!—I shall go down to posterity with the code in my hand!-Strive now to rival him in the sacred arts of peace! Oh! with what a sorrowful air of forced gayety was all this uttered!-How shall I endure it!-Oh! Epictetus, how!— Pho! pho! nonsense, man! I never saw you before !-Never saw me! Never saw ine! Is it come to this!-Who then can be saved!-You are not angry, sure!-Grant me this favor for once!-Let me not perish in this horrid manner!-Tush! tush! man, I made no reference to you!-Out upon you! Nurse. [Within.] Madam! Jul. I come anon.-But if thou mean'st not well, Nurse. [Within.] Madam! Jul. By and by I come :— And yet yet what ! No news! Mankind is mad! Unheard their clock repeats the hours!- Looked not on thee, the rudest partisan Yes. Die for thy country!-Thou romantic fool! But hark! What nearer war-drum shakes the glade It is That man of sorrow! O how changed! What pomp! frame ! Miscellaneous Examples of Declarative, Interrogative, and Exclamatory Sentences. How now, brother! Where is my cousin, your son Hath he provided this music? To be whipped! What's his fault! Wilt thou make a trust, a transgression? The transgression is in the stealer. What fire is in mine ears! Can this be true? |