very Matter of Difcourfe; as The little Word [Man] makes a great Noife in the World.

Thefe Brackets are also used fometimes to include a part of a Sentence that is cited from another Author, fometimes to inclose a Word or Sentence that is to be explain'd, and fometimes the Explication itself; as, When David faid [Thou wilt fhew me the Path of Life] be foretold the Refurrection of Chrift, Pfal. xvi. 11.

Note, That Brackets and Parentheses [] and () are often used for one another without diftinction.

5. A Paragraph is thus marked Tor 5, and is ufed chiefly in the Bible, to diftinguish a new Paragraph or where another Senfe or Subject be. gins, or fome new Matter.

6. A Quotation is marked with reverfed Comma's, thus "; and is ufed when fomething is repeated or quoted out of another Author, both at the beginning of the Quotation, and at the beginning of every Line

of it; as, An old Philofopher faid, "I carry all my Goods about me."

7. A Section § is used for the fame Purpofe in other Books, as a Paragraph is in the Bible. Sections are made for dividing Chapters of any Book into several Parts.

Note, At the End of a Paragraph, or at the End of a Section, the Reader fhould make a little longer Stop, or Paufe, than he does at a common Period.

8. Ellipfis (or, as fome call it, A Blank Line) is used when part of the Word is left out and conceal'd, as D of Bm for Duke of Buckingham: or when part of a Sentence or Verfe, &c. is omitted or wanting, either in the beginning or the end, as that I may recover Strength before I go bence Pfal. xxxix.

13. When Part of a Book or Chapter is loft, it is often marked thus *** 9. Index, or Hand, points to fomething very remarkable that fhould particularly be taken notice of.

10 Afterifm or Afterisk*, a Star, and 11. Obelisk or Dagger t, and other Marks, such as Parallels || and |

&c.

&c. refer the Reader to fomething in the Margin.

12. A Caret is made thus A, and is fet under the Line where fome Word or Syllable is left out, which is commonly written above the Line, and fhould be read where this Note ftands, as in fear God, and bonour the

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King. But this is used only in Writing, not in Printing; and it is called interlining.

It may not be amifs to add here that crooked Line which is ufually called Braces, whofe Defign is to couple two or more Words or Lines together, that have a relation to one thing; thus

And it faves the Writer the Trouble of repeating the fame Word, or Words.

'Tis used also fometimes in Poetry, when three Lines have the fame Rhyme or Ending; as,

Not all the Skill that Mortals have,
Can ftop the Hand of Death, or fave
Their Fellow Mortals from the Grave.

There are alfo fome other Marks that belong to fingle Words, and not to Sentences; but these are seldom ufed except in particular Books, efpecially fuch as treat of Grammar, Spelling, Poefy, &c. (viz.)

Dialyfis

over two Vowels, to fhow they must be pronounced in diftinct Syllables, as Raphäel. Circumflex over a long Syllable, as Euphrates, Theffalonica, Ariftobúlus.

Accent to fhow where the Stress or Force of the Sound must be placed, as conftant, Contempt.

A Double Accent "fhows the following Confonant is pronounced double, as ba-nish.

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CHA P. XIV.

Directions for Reading.

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EFORE I give any Directions to Scholars, I would take the freedom here to propofe one to the Teacher; and that is, That what Leffons foever he appoints the Child to fpell or read, he fhould fometimes fpell or read that very Leffon over before the Child; whether it be the Tables of Syllables, or Words, or Names, or Verfes in the Bible or Teftament; or whether it be a NewsPaper, an Oration, a Dialogue, Poetry, &c. And let him obferve the Stops, read flow, give the proper Accents diftinctly to every Word, and every part of the Sentence.

Children that have a tolerable Ear, will take in the Sounds well, and imitate their Master's Voice, and be fecur'd against an ill Turn of Voice, or unhappy Tone, by this Method,, and they will better learn to pro

nounce