And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the Lord thy God brought it to me.
And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not. Genesis, xxvii, 18-21.
QUOTE-MARKS NOT NEEDED FOR SMALLER TYPE
The quotation or extract which is set in smaller type and is made a separate paragraph needs no quote-marks. Change of size is enough to show that it is not a part of the text. When the name of the writer of the extract is given in the text, or in a credit or foot-note, quote-marks are a useless formality.[1]
General Denvers said:
There may have been individual guards who were rude, but rudeness was rare. The officer could scarcely ever visit the prisoners.
But when the quotation or extract is made a part of the paragraph, the quote-marks must be used.
In his testimony Mr. Wyeth said that "two men, for an infringement, were compelled to 'mark time' for more than an hour."
As there we stood, on me the Mantuan faced His eyes, and thus he spake: "Both fires, my son, The temporal and the eternal, thou hast seen."
Virgil's farewell to Dante.
- ↑ See page 163.
