The name of an object personified, when it conveys an idea strictly individual, should begin with a capital; as, “Upon this, Fancy began again to bestir herself.”—­Addison.  “Come, gentle Spring, ethereal mildness, come.”—­Thomson.

RULE XI.—­DERIVATIVES.

Words derived from proper names, and having direct reference to particular persons, places, sects, or nations, should begin with capitals; as, “Platonic, Newtonian, Greek, or Grecian, Romish, or Roman, Italic, or Italian, German, or Germanic, Swedish, Turkish, Chinese, Genoese, French, Dutch, Scotch, Welsh:”  so, perhaps, “to Platonize, Grecize, Romanize, Italicize, Latinize, or Frenchify.”

RULE XII.—­OF I AND O.

The words I and O should always be capitals; as, “Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.”—­Psalm cxlvii.  “O wretched man that I am!”—­“For that which I do, I allow not:  for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.”—­Rom., vii, 24 and 15.

RULE XIII.—­OF POETRY.

Every line in poetry, except what is regarded as making but one verse with the line preceding, should begin with a capital; as,

“Our sons their fathers’ failing language see,
And such as Chaucer is, shall Dryden be.”—­Pope.

Of the exception, some editions of the Psalms in Metre are full of examples; as,

“Happy the man whose tender care
relieves the poor distress’d! 
When troubles compass him around,
the Lord shall give him rest.”
Psalms with Com.  Prayer, N. Y., 1819, Ps. xli.

RULE XIV.—­OF EXAMPLES.

The first word of a full example, of a distinct speech, or of a direct quotation, should begin with a capital; as, “Remember this maxim:  ’Know thyself.’”—­“Virgil says, ‘Labour conquers all things.’”—­“Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?”—­John, x, 34.  “Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.”—­Luke, xviii, 20.

RULE XV.—­CHIEF WORDS.

Other words of particular importance, and such as denote the principal subjects treated of, may be distinguished by capitals; and names subscribed frequently have capitals throughout:  as, “In its application to the Executive, with reference to the Legislative branch of the Government, the same rule of action should make the President ever anxious to avoid the exercise of any discretionary authority which can be regulated by Congress.”—­ANDREW JACKSON, 1835.

RULE XVI.—­NEEDLESS CAPITALS.