III. Marks of Ellipsis (—, ....., * * * * *) indicate the omission of letters, words, or sentences.
1. “I was the true descendant of those old W—s.”—Lamb.
2. “I have a belief of my own, ... that by desiring what is perfectly good, even when we don’t quite know what it is, ... we are a part of a divine power against evil, widening the skirts of light, and making the struggle with darkness narrower.”—George Eliot.
Four words are omitted where the first dots are, and five where the second are.
3. “My lov’d, my honour’d, much respected friend!
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To you I sing, in simple Scottish lays,
The lowly train in life’s sequester’d scene,