He remembered the apostrophic close of a novel in which the heroine dies after much emotional suffering.
"April Hopes"
William Dean Howells Last Updated: February 27, 2009
In one of the hushes there came a blow on the outside of the door that made Beaton jump, and swear with a modified profanity that merged itself in apostrophic prayer.
"A Hazard of New Fortunes"
William Dean Howells
Everywhere there is need for a mystic doctrine, which in itself is neither hypnotism nor hysteria, and in its expression is neither superlative nor apostrophic, lest the hungered minds of men die of surfeit following on starvation.
"On Prayer and The Contemplative Life"
St. Thomas Aquinas