A lady once remarked, he [Coleridge] could never fix _which_ side
of the garden walk would suit him best.--CARLYLE.

He was turned before long into all the universe, where it was
uncertain _what_ game you would catch, or whether any.--_Id._

At _what_ rate these materials would be distributed and
precipitated in regular strata, it is impossible to
determine.--AGASSIZ.


[Sidenote: _Adjective_ what _in exclamations_.]

152. In exclamatory expressions, _what_ (or _what a_) has a force
somewhat like a descriptive adjective. It is neither relative nor
interrogative, but might be called an EXCLAMATORY ADJECTIVE; as,--

Oh, _what a_ revolution! and _what a_ heart must I have, to
contemplate without emotion that elevation and that fall!--BURKE.

_What a_ piece of work is man!--SHAKESPEARE.

And yet, alas, the making of it right, _what a_ business for long
time to come!--CARLYLE

Through _what_ hardships it may attain to bear a sweet
fruit!--THOREAU.


Exercise.--Find ten sentences containing pronominal adjectives.