The Grammar of English Grammars, page 558 by Gould Brown
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em>past comes next."--Hermes, p. 113. "I am my _beloved's_, and his desire is toward me."--_Sol. Song_, vii, 10. "Here's--a simple _coming-in_ for one man."--Shak.
"What are thy rents? What are thy _comings-in_? O Ceremony, show me but thy worth."--_Id._
5. Adverbs made nouns: "In these cases we examine the why, the what, and the how of things."--_L'Estrange_. "If a point or now were extended, each of them would contain within itself infinite other points or nows."--Hermes, p. 101. "The why is plain as way to parish church."--Shak. "'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter."--Addison. "The dread of a hereafter."--Fuller. "The murmur of the deep amen."--_Sir W. Scott_. "For their whereabouts lieth in a mystery."--Book of Thoughts, p. 14. Better: "Their whereabout lieth," or, "Their whereabouts lie," &c.
"Bid them farewell, Cordelia, though unkind; Thou losest here, a better where to find."--Shak.
6. Conjunctions made nouns: "The if, which is here employed, converts the sentence into a supposition."--_Blair's Rhet._ "Your if is the only peacemaker; much virtue is in if."--Shak.
"So his Lordship decreed with a grave solemn tone, Decisive and clear, without one if or _but_-- That whenever the Nose put his spectacles on, By daylight or candlelight--Eyes should be shut."--Cowper.
7. Prepositions made nouns: "O, not like me; for mine's beyond beyond."--_Shakspeare: Cymb._, iii, 2. "I. e., her longing is _further than beyond_; beyond any thing that desire can be said to be beyond."--_Singer's Notes_. "You whirled them to the back of beyont to look at the auld Roman camp."--Antiquary, i. 37.
8. Interjections or phrases made nouns: "Come away from all the _lo-heres_! and _lo-theres_!"-