...They mark a moderate pause, and the clause included is read with a depressed tone of voice ; as, " Know then this truth (enough for man to know) Virtue alone is happiness below." — Pope. It will be readily seen that the sentence is not at all dependent on the parenthetical clause...

...exclamation point, ! The parenthesis, ( ) as, " Are you sincere ?" " How excellent is a grateful heart !" " Know then this truth, (enough for man to know,) " Virtue alone is happiness below." 8. The following characters are also frequently used in composition An apostrophe, marked thus' : as...

...necessary remark in the body of awher sentence ; but commas are now more generally used than parentheses. " Know then this truth, (enough for man to know,} Virtue alone is happiness below." •• And was the ransom paid' it was; and paid : What can exalt his bounty more 0 for thee." The...

...sentence obliquely, and which may be admitted without injuring the grammatical construction ; as, " Know then this truth (enough for man to know), Virtue alone is happiness below." There are other characters, which are frequently made use of in composition, which may be explained...

...absolutely necessary to the sense, but useful in explaining it, or introducing an important idea; as, ' Know then this truth (enough for man to know), Virtue alone is happiness below.' EXERCISES. Supply the points omitted in the following passages:— We wait till to-morrow to be happy...

...posthumous reputation, is to save » few letters (for what is a name besides ?) from oblivion. " « Know then this truth, (enough for man to know,) " Virtue alone is happiness below." NOTE The parenthesis generally denotes a moderate Depression of th« INOTE. *" 1 ___,, *.__, _T,_ J^...

...sentence too much to he incorporated with it, and only such, should be enclosed in a parenthesis ; as, " Know then this truth, (enough for man to know,) Virtue alone is happiness below." — Pope. BULE II. INCLUDED POINTS. The parenthesis does not supersede the other stops ; it terminates...

...body of a sentence obliquely, and which may be omitted without injuring the construction : as, " ' Know then this truth ; (enough for man to know,) Virtue alone is happiness below.' " ' And was the ransom paid ? It was ; and paid (What can exalt his bounty more?) for thee.' " ' To...

...earth, join all, ye creatures, to extol Him first — Him last — Himmidst, and Him without end.* Know then this truth, (enough for man to know,) Virtue alone is happiness below.* Look round our world, bohold the chain of love Comhining all below and all above. See plastic nature,...

...in which he writes. — I have seen charity if charity it may be called insult with an air of pity. Know, then, this truth enough for man to know : Virtue alone Is happiness below. " 'Tis Maria," said the postillion, observing I was listening — " Poor Maria," continued he leaning...