anges by means of the dash.

XXV. A pause generally indicated by a semicolon may be indicated by a
colon, when the semicolon is used in the sentence for pauses of a
different nature.

The "Essay" plainly appears the fabric of a poet: what
Bolingbroke supplied could be only the first principles; the
order, illustration, and embellishments, must all be Pope's.

Not that we are to think that Homer wanted judgment, because
Virgil had it in a more eminent degree; or that Virgil
wanted invention, because Homer possessed a larger share of
it: each of these great authors had more of both than,
perhaps, any man besides, and are only said to have less in
comparison with one another.

Homer hurries and transports us with a commanding
impetuosity; Virgil leads us with an attractive majesty:
Homer scatters with a generous profusion; Virgil bestows
with a careful magnificence.

Compare these examples with those given to show how the semicolon
replaces the comma. (Rule XXIII.) Note also how the last sentence is
divided in the middle into two parts, and that each of these two parts
is itself divided into two parts. By Rule XXII. the second division is
indicated by the semicolon; and we bring out the grouping of the
sentence by using a colon for the first division.

XXVI. The colon is used before enumerations, especially where
"namely," or "viz.," is implied but is not expressed; and when so used
it is sometimes followed by the dash.

Three nations adopted this law: England, France, and
Germany.

One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou
hast, and give to the poor.

Dr Johnson's chief works are the following:--"Rasselas," The
Dictionary, "The Lives of the Poets," and "The Vanity of
Human Wishes."

When, as in the last example, a list of things is given in a formal
way, the dash is generally added. The combination of the two points is
partly an attempt to find a point stronger than the colon and not so
strong as the full stop, partly, perhaps, an imitation of a
finger-post.

XXVII. The colon is generally placed before a quotation, when notice
of the quotation is given by some introductory words. In this case
also the dash is sometimes used.

In this passage exception may fairly be taken to one short
sentence, that in which he says: "The law ought to forbid
it, because conscience does no