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CSS Live Demo: :first-line

Type your CSS here: (any properties allowed except expression, behavior and @import) p:first-line { font-size:1.5em; font-style:normal; } p { font-style:italic; font-family:georgia,serif; color:#336; }

Type your HTML here: (any tags allowed except script, iframe, frame, object, img and embed) <p><q>And in case it crossed your mind to wonder, as I can see how it possibly might, I am completely sane. Which is why I call myself Wonko the Sane, just to reassure people on this point. Wonko is what my mother called me when I was a kid and clumsy and knocked things over, and sane is what I am, and how I intend to remain.</q></p>

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