of a discourse, or chapter, into less parts or portions.”—­Ib., 282. (8.) “A Paragraph denotes the beginning of a new subject, or a sentence not connected with the foregoing.  This character is chiefly used in the Old and in the New Testaments.”—­Ib., 282. (9.) “A Quotation " “.  Two inverted commas are generally placed at the beginning of a phrase or a passage, which is quoted or transcribed from the speaker or author in his own words; and two commas in their direct position, are placed at the conclusion.”—­Ib., 282. (10.) “A Brace is used in poetry at the end of a triplet or three lines, which have the same rhyme.  Braces are also used to connect a number of words with one common term, and are introduced to prevent a repetition in writing or printing.”—­Ib., p. 283. (11.) “Two or three asterisks generally denote the omission of some letters in a word, or of some bold or indelicate expression, or some defect in the manuscript.”—­Ib., 283. (12.) “An Ellipsis ——­ is also used, when some letters in a word, or some words in a verse, are omitted.”—­Ib., 283. (13.) “An Obelisk, which is marked thus [dagger], and Parallels thus ||, together with the letters of the Alphabet, and figures, are used as references to the margin, or bottom of the page.”—­Ib., 283. (14.) “A note of interrogation should not be employed, in cases where it is only said a question has been asked, and where the words are not used as a question.  ’The Cyprians asked me why I wept.’”—­Ib., p. 279; Comly, 163; Ingersoll, 291; Fisk, 157; Flint, 113. (15.) “A point of interrogation is improper after sentences which are not questions, but only expressions of admiration, or of some other emotion.”—­Same authors and places. (16.) “The parenthesis incloses in the body of a sentence a member inserted into it, which is neither necessary to the sense, nor at all affects the construction.”—­Lowth’s Gram., p. 124. (17.) “Simple members connected by relatives, and comparatives, are for the most part distinguished by a comma.” [450]—­Ib., p. 121. (18.) “Simple members of sentences connected by comparatives, are, for the most part, distinguished by a comma.”—­L.  Murray’s Gram., p 272; Alden’s, 148; Ingersoll’s, 284.  See the same words without the last two commas, in Comly’s Gram., p. 149; Alger’s, 79; Merchant’s Murray, 143:—­and this again, with a different sense, made by a comma before “connected,” in Smith’s New Gram., 190; Abel Flint’s, 103. (19.) “Simple members of sentences connected by comparatives, are for the most part distinguished by the comma.”—­Russell’s Gram., p. 115. (20.) “Simple members of sentences, connected by comparatives, should generally be distinguished by a comma.”—­Merchant’s School Gram., p. 150. (21.) “Simple members of sentences connected by than or so, or that express contrast or comparison, should, generally,