House of Commons, trust to the principle
which has raised so mighty a revenue?

XLVII. A dash following a full stop occurs between the side-heading of
a paragraph and the paragraph itself.

_Extent and Boundaries._--England (including Wales) is
bounded on the north by Scotland; on the west by the Irish
Sea, St George's Channel, and the Atlantic Ocean; on the
south by the English Channel; and on the east by the German
Ocean.

XLVIII. When we place after a quotation the name of the author from
whom it is taken, the full stop and the dash are used in the same way.

"One touch of nature makes the whole word
kin."--_Shakespeare._

XLIX. The dash is sometimes used in place of, or in addition to,
other points, in order to indicate a pause greater than usual.

Now where is the revenue which is to do all these mighty
things? Five-sixths repealed--abandoned-sunk--gone--lost for
ever.

The highest rank;--a splendid fortune;--and a name, glorious
till it was yours,--were sufficient to have supported you
with meaner abilities than I think you possess.

There is seldom any reason for the use of double points. In the last
example they cannot be said to be of any real service. But the dash
may sometimes be rightly employed in addition to the full stop, in
order to mark a division of discourse midway between the sentence and
the paragraph. Even Cobbett, who abhors the dash, permits it to be
used for this purpose. The report of a conversation is often printed
in this way.

BRACKETS (OR THE PARENTHESIS.[1])

L. When a clause not strictly belonging to a sentence is thrown in, so
to speak, in passing, the clause is enclosed within brackets.

[Footnote 1: It seems better to use the term "brackets" both for the
curved and for the square brackets. "Parenthesis" can then be kept to
its proper use, as the name for the words themselves which form the
break in the sentence. We may note that in like manner the terms
"comma," "colon," "semicolon," originally signified divisions of a
sentence, not marks denoting the divisions. "Period" meant a complete
sentence; and it still retains the meaning, somewhat specialized.]

It is said, because the priests are paid by the people (the
pay is four shillings per family yearly), therefore they
object to their leaving.

In full confidence of this unalterable truth, I now (_quod
felix fa