astonisher

It would, probably, have disappeared in the natural course of events, before the railroad between Leghorn and Pisa, which is a good one, and has already begun to astonish Italy with a precedent of punctuality, order, plain dealing, and improvement — the most dangerous and heretical astonisher of all.

Pictures from Italy 2007

It is the first of its kind; it is an astonisher in legal history.

Speech of Hon. Abraham Lincoln in Reply to Senator Douglas 1897

"I thought it would be an astonisher," said her father; "how are Grace and Eeny?"

Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters A Novel May Agnes Fleming 1860

It is the first of its kind; it is an astonisher in legal history.

The Great Conspiracy, Complete John Alexander Logan 1856

It is the first of its kind; it is an astonisher in legal history.

The Great Conspiracy, Volume 1 John Alexander Logan 1856

It would, probably, have disappeared in the natural course of events, before the railroad between Leghorn and Pisa, which is a good one, and has already begun to astonish Italy with a precedent of punctuality, order, plain dealing, and improvement -- the most dangerous and heretical astonisher of all.

Pictures from Italy Charles Dickens 1841

It is the first of its kind; it is an astonisher in legal history.

Complete Project Gutenberg Abraham Lincoln Writings Abraham Lincoln 1837

It is the first of its kind; it is an astonisher in legal history.

The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 3 The Lincoln-Douglas debates Abraham Lincoln 1837

The exclamation point (or "screamer" or "astonisher," as it is sometimes called in newspaper offices) is used sparingly in most writing because the statements that require it -- those containing a strong emotional charge -- are themselves relatively rare and because omitting the mark often produces a kind of understatement that is strong in itself.

About.com Grammar & Composition 2008

It is the first of its kind; it is an astonisher in legal history; it is a new wonder of the world; it is based upon falsehood in the main as to the facts, -- allegations of facts upon which it stands are not facts at all in many instances, -- and no decision made on any question -- the first instance of a decision made under so many unfavourable circumstances -- thus placed, has ever been held by the profession as law, and it has always needed confirmation before the lawyers regarded it as settled law; but Judge Douglas will have it that all hands must take this extraordinary decision made under these extraordinary circumstances and give their vote in Congress in accordance with it, yield to it, and obey it in every possible sense.

Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln, 1832-1865 Abraham Lincoln 1837