64 ART OF READING AND WRITING. necessary to the sense, but brought in by the by, to explainor illustrate it ; as, To their power (I bear record) they were willing of themselves. I know that in me (that is, in myflesh dwellellt POgood thing. Note, That before and after a parenthesis you must stop as long as a comma ; and the words inclosed in the parenthesis, mast be pronounced with a little differ- ent sound of voice sometimes. 4. Brackets or crotchets, areused to include a word or two which is mentioned in the sentence, as the very matter of dis- course ; as, The little word [man] makes a great noise in the world. These brackets are also used sometimes to include a part of a sentence that is cited from another author, sometimes to inclose a word or sentence that is to be explained, and some- time the explication itself; as, When David said, [Thou wilt chew me the path of life] heforetold the resurrection of Christ ; Psal. xvi. I1. Note, That brackets andparenthesis [ ] and ( ) are often used for one another without distinction. 5. A paragraph is thus marked ¶, and is used chiefly in the bible, to distinguish a new paragraph, or where another sense or subject begins, or some new matter. 6. A. quotation is marked with reversed commas, thus " ; and is used when something is repeated or quoted out of another author, both at the beginning of the quotation, and at the begin- ning of every line of it; as, An old philosopher said, " I carry all my goods about ose." 7. A sections § is used for the same purpose, in other books, as aparagraph If is in the bible. Sections are. made for dividing chapters of any book into several parts. Note, At the end of aparagraph, or the end of a section, the reader should makea little longer stop, or pause, than he does at a common period. 8. Ellipsis, or, as some call it, a blank line, is used when part of the word is left out and concealed, as D of B ' na for Duke of Buckingham: or when part of a sentence or verse, &c. is omitted or wanting, either in the beginning or at the end, as that I may recover strength before Igo hence Psal. xxxix. 13. When part of a book or chapter is lost, it is often marked thus * * 9. Index or hand, qM points to something very remarka- ble, that should particularly be taken notice of. 10. Asterism or asterisk *, a star, and 11. Obelisk or dogged., and other marks, such as parallels ande jl, &c. refer the reader to something in the margin. 12. A caret ismade thus A, and is set under the line, where some word or syllable is left out, which is commonly written above the line, and should be read where-this note stands,
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